GRUNT

Hello and welcome everyone..,This is the seventh in our series of
eight blogs regarding "answers to your questions." Your positive
remarks has been very gratifying. Next week...a bonus for you.
This week "how do I achieve stamina/endurance?" Let me begin
this way...words to live by...fitness, training, workouts, jogging,
running, weight room, swimming and so on. Staying healthy must
be "A  WAY OF LIFE." Breaking your way of life will be your
un doing. Stop eating for three days, three weeks or three months
would be a health hazard. You can't say, "well, I'll just eat twice as
much for that length of time and catch up." Really?!!! Breaking
training will erode your endurance/stamina. Each time you go into
rehab for whatever reason...erosion takes place. For me, endurance/
stamina is attained by practicing endurance drills. Called GRUNT
work. I am a sprinter, tennis, racquetball, pickleball and martial
arts athlete. Those are my core sports. Skip roping, swimming,
running backwards, plyometrics, sprinting uphill forwards and
backwards with and without holding a 12 pound weight overhead
for 20 meters and sprinting in 3 feet of water at the lake...those are
some of the drills I do for stamina/endurance. And three days a week I run 800 meters. I do all this for three months, before I start
my sport drills.

Have a meaningful life everyone...JimmyO
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Winner's edge

Hello and welcome everyone...sixth in a series of eight in answering your questions. "Why is the mental so critical in training
and competing?" Let me answer this way...picture a bicycle, the
front wheel is the mental part. The front wheel get's you to where you want to go. The back wheel is the physical, that's what drives
you. Most people are on a unicycle. The unicycle will get you going in circles. Winners will profess that the mental part of their
game is more important than the physical. On any stage, any level
of competition, the "mental edge" is the winning edge. The EYES
show who is mentally ready to compete at a winning level. By
looking into one's eyes, you can tell who is ready and who is not.
Mentally tough people are very hard to beat. Physically, at any
given age or level of competition men and women are close to being
equal. The mental separates. You develop mental toughness in all
of your workouts long before the event. The mental will get you
there...:"first to the finish line." Mental fitness must be a part of
your every day life...not limited to training and competing. You
can't turn it on and shut it off when you feel like it. You either
have IT or you don't.

Have a meaningful life everyone...Jimmy O
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SPIKE IT!

Hello and welcome everyone...this is the 5th of a series of eight in
addressing your questions. Today's question...my workouts are boring, what's wrong? I like to compare working out to eating. If
you were to eat the same thing every meal, every day, that steady
diet...eating would become boring. It would become easy to skip
eating. Watch someone on a treadmill...I have never seen anyone on a treadmill, smile. Have you? I love working out, always have.
SPICE, VARIED, MENTAL and SHORT TERM GOALS for me
are keys for meaningful workouts. Write down your planned
workouts and your objectives. That's your Rx for success. Change
your drills/training. SPIKE your daily workouts. Once a week,
create a "workout beast." These KEYS will fire up your mental as
well as your physical. My workouts are for 90 minutes. That
includes a 15 minute warm up and cool down. Always challenge
yourself. Don't slack, don't give up and don't quit until you cross
that finish line. See you at the finish line.

Have a meaningful life everyone...Jimmy O
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The BURST!!!

Hello and welcome everyone...this is the 4th in a series of eight blogs. Today we concentrate on the "burst." No matter what sport or competitive event, whether team or individual, you need the "burst." The burst is different than having a "kick." In my "Webster," the  kick applies to running long distance, biking, or
skating/skiing, swimming...all long distance, over 400m. The burst
applies to sprints, T&F, racquet sports, X Games, endurance and
body building (weight lifting). My apologies if I missed your sport.
For the past one dozen years, I have used the word "NOW: as my
mental igniter. When I say the word NOW aloud, that triggers GO.
90% of my sprint drills demand the NOW command. My brain,
my body responds to that command. Example...200m, load and explode out of the blocks. That's the first "burst." All out for the
first 20m and then I pull back to 90% capacity for 80m. With
100m to go, my next NOW, with 40m to go, my next NOW, and
with 10m my final NOW. All bursts of additional speed. Arms,
legs are fluid...reaching. Remember...the faster you move your arms, the faster your legs will move...count on it! My training, drills...from 30m to 400m, including uphill sprinting...I practice
"BURSTS." Even in the high jump and long jump. The word NOW
has been the catalyst for all of my gold medals. Never underestimate the power of your mind.

Have a meaningful life everyone...jimmyo
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POP!!!

Hello and welcome everyone...this is the third installment (of 8) in
addressing questions by readers of this blog. Reader's question:
what is a typical one hour work out for you? I have five, one hour
workouts with progressive variations. Base workout consists of
(after 15 min. warm up) 1) floor exercise. Various core, leg and back stretches...hold each stretch for about 10 sec. This is a 15 min.
exercise. 2) Plyo...begin with jumping onto boxes at various heights, starting at 12 inches and progressing to 40 inches. Five to
seven boxes spaced about 18 inches apart. Then jump over each box or stand,  except the 40 inch one. The KEY is the POP. As soon as your feet touch the floor, you pop up. Why? Develop your
"fast twitch muscle fiber." Then add a 10 Lb. wt. in each hand and
repeat same exercise. Over 30 days, build up to 25lb wt. in each hand. This drill is for 30 min. 3) last 15 min. Skip rope for 30 sec.
rest for 10 sec. This is a 3 min. drill. Next, take a 30 Lb kettlebell,
squat, both hands on kettlebell and jump up with the kbell above
your head. This a 5 min. drill. Finish with a 20 min. cool down.
Jog and light stretching. When I start my "basic training" I do this
routine three days a week for one month. Then I progress to the
next variation. Hope this helps. See you at the finish line!

Have a meaningful life everyone...Jimmy O
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Supplements

Hello and welcome everyone...welcome to summer heat. The next
7/8 weeks will cover in detail questions you have sent to me. Last
week we discussed YOU. This week...supplements. Supplements
users do not know if supplements work. Supplements are a multi
billion a year business. What your body needs, should start with
blood tests and nutritionist. For over 50 years, I have not found
a supplement that does what it advertises and neither has my staff.
I recommend the following natural foods: Water and coconut water
(vita coco) before, during and after events/training. Drink a glass of
water 30 min, before each meal and before bedtime. Before bedtime, greatly reduces cramping. For cronic  pain, use Arnicare
and for acute pain, use Wintergreen oil. I also drink (breakfast) a
glass of almond milk or coconut milk. I take a tablespoon of
coconut oil and raw apple cider vinegar each day. To dialate blood
vessels, take ginger, watermelon, garlic, zinc and oysters. To help
prevent swelling and pain, use Turmeric and best over all to lower
core temp...bucket of ice water with "spirits of ammonia." opens
pores and cools blood flow. Get at pharmacy. For energy...bananas,
all nuts and seeds from chia, hemp and flax. Lots of blueberries.

Have a meaningful life everyone...JimmyO
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