ROCKHARD

Hello and welcome everyone...last week's blog concluded my four
part series on Ninja training. I illustrated 25-30 different drills. Mix
and match your weekly, two hour daily drills six days a week. By now, after four weeks you should be rock hard. Reminder...you will
gain more benefit from your workouts with...1) proper breathing,
exhaling when applying resistance. 2) Proper technique. 3) Proper
mental attitude. 4) Patience. 5) Proper stretching.
Now, I will address the intangible...mental toughness. You develop
mental toughness while training in Ninja training. Hard...yes.
Uncomfortable...yes. Rewarding...very. To get there...start here.
Let's say your are going to prepare a special meal. You need the
proper recipe, one that you can work with. As you get started,
it is some what confusing...until you get "into it." You begin to
visualize what the meal will look like and what it will taste like.
Yes, you can even sense what it will smell like. In reaching any
goal, you begin to visualize yourself as already being there.  You
begin to act and behave as though you were already there. That vision lives with you, drives you, it consumes you...it becomes
your passion. Nothing can stop you. You follow your vision.
Next week...pain relief.

Have a meaningful life everyone...Jimmy O
Reference: www.secondwindfitnessfilm.com

6 PAK

Hello and welcome everyone...in response to your requests, today I
will address "hard abs." Without sit ups and crunches! Here we go.
Hold a 20, 30, 40, 50 lb weight in both hands in front of you with
elbows slightly bent. Tighten stomach muscles and walk 10m.
Hold the weight waist high. Do three sets. Then do three sets holding weights shoulder high. You must keep stomach muscles
tightened. Next, do three more sets moving weights up and down
waist high to shoulder high. Yes, you will be giving your forearms
and shoulders a workout also. Next, walk up a stairs while holding
weight in front of you and repeat what you did on flat ground. Next, sit on floor with hands at your sides and starting at your knees, lean back to about 90 degrees and hold for count of 20 or
30 sec. Do three sets. Next, using an overhead bar that is stationary,
with  straps around your ankles, hanging by your ankles, come up
and reach over your toes and hold for count of 20 sec. Do five sets.
Next, do kangaroo hops. No weights. Hop for 10m. Three sets. As
you hop, the higher you raise your arms, with elbows bent, the
better your results. Remember, keep stomach muscles tightened
as long as you can. There you have it...hard abs.

Have a meaningful life everyone...Jimmy O
Reference: www.secondwindfitnessfilm.com