CHISELED/cut

Welcome everyone...much of society covers up what they don't want the public to see. That would be the tummy and wrinkles for the most part. Translation..."hide and seek." To be transparent, takes passion, dedication and anger. By the way, women have the edge over men in getting chiseled. The tummy...I'm not a fan of sit ups and crunches...that only rolls the fat. Tighten that stomach first. Start with laying flat on your stomach w/elbows parallel too shoulders and push up off your elbows and toes. Keep your butt and back level. Hold for count of 20 or 30. 10 sets. Next move elbows forward 3/4 inches. Repeat same as above. Next move elbows another couple of inches and repeat the above. Next, on your back, legs together and straight and raise to a 45 degree and upper body up and reach out and touch your toes (or as far as you can) and hold for count of 20. 10 sets. Next, staying on your back, holding an 8 lb. med. ball, legs straight out and together, hold med. ball straight up from your forehead, raise your upper body to a 45 degree and KEEPING the ball above your head...that's the KEY. 20 sets. Next week...another 3. www.secondwindfitnessfilm.com.

MAKESHIFT

Welcome and Happy Easter...how does one get from point A to point B? Over the past 100 years that path has been zig zag. There are 100's of exercises, "machines" methods to achieve, coaching styles and then add supplements and on top of all that, add the billions of dollars spent on adds. About 10% of the above actually work. The word game, packaging, pics showing "false" results. The billions spent on all of the above, it's estimated only 17% is used. Just in home purchases of "machinery" alone, 85% stands idle collecting cobwebs and dust. 27% of purchases remain in the box, never opened. So much for intent. Let's go back 100 years. Men and women made their own. For starters, rocks, leather straps, blacksmith's designed weights. Many of  today's  track and field events did not exist. In the early days working out, weight  (heavy)lifting racing was forbidden for women. Today women are more tuned into working out, getting and staying in shape than men. In my fitness classes women out number men by 10 to 1. We need to get back to designing some of our own methods and ways of getting results. Research before you buy. Next blog...getting cut w/
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SILENT HEALER

Welcome everyone...my Heroes this week, our youth, all involved in
"NEVER AGAIN." Marchers and those of us cheering. March on!
Every Sunday I need to be alone...silence. I take a long walk to get to know who I am. Yes, I talk to myself...I have to like who I am. I'm all I have. I clarify my purpose in life...why I do the things I do.
I need to focus. I walk until I reach a conclusion...what I want to grow into as a person, community leader and fostering the homeless, hunger, the lonely, and the physically and mentally challenged. Those are the ones I learn from...care about. When I conclude my one/two hour walk I feel refreshed...ready to climb my Mt. Everest and knowing why I do it. It's always for them. Have a great life everyone...Jimmy O

ON LAND and WATER

Welcome everyone...I call certain drills...Crazy Time. Start w/a bungee cord. Affix one end to something sturdy and the cord should be heavy duty and according to your weight. Place the 2 handles, one in each hand and move away from the fixed object 'til cord is taught with your back to the fixed object. Keep walking away
until you are at capacity, hands are waist high. Hands can be waist high, shoulder high or bending knees and keeping waist high. You can also do this drill facing the fixed object. High impact...with 3 feet of slack, sprint. Try and increase your distance w/each attempt. You can also do this sideways with crossover steps. 3 sets each way
with 5 to each set. Next drill...sprinting in water about 3 ft. deep for about 10 m. Knees can be in or out of water. Do 10 times. Next, sprinting in sand. Go easy on this one, your quads will have a work out. These drills will challenge your every muscle. I do these drills once each week...they made me stronger, faster and have more stamina. Even walking through the above will help.
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THE FINISH LINE/13 OF 13

Welcome back everyone...the finish line is calculated by time, numbers and distance. With every drill/exercise...what is your finish line, end result. your success is dependent upon your practice. How you practice predicts your event performance Track when you give up and why. I know...you are tired. NO!!! You gave up. You gave in to weakness. You programed your brain to quit. That's what quitters do. With a built in factory of excuses. Stop it! Once you start THINKING about winning...finish by winning. Winners conquer themselves. Last points...Balance...99% of balance comes from the inner ear and nerve endings in your feet. Work Plyo and Iso into your workouts...especially Plyo. Accept success and you will find it. Accept failure and it will find you. Have a meaningful life everyone. www.secondwindfitnessfilm.com

BURSTS/12 IN SERIES OF 13

Welcome back everyone...and welcome to the field of bursts. Warning...before entering the burst field, "heat up." Stretching on grass" or dry surface and skips. The drills, everything in double time. Sets are continues  with deep breathing. 30 sec. break between each drill and 3 min. break between sets. I select 5/7 drills over a 45 min. session. Tough? Yes! High Impact? Yes! It's supposed to be. The 45 min. session, done right, is worth more than a 90 min. session. My selection, and in any particular order. 1) jump rope. 5 sets with 1 min. each. 2) jumping in place, jump and bring knees waist high and land on balls of feet, don't be flat footed or you may as well sit down. 30 in 15 sec. 3 sets.3) sprint 10m. and sprint running backwards 10m. 5 sets. 5) facing in the opposite direction you will be sprinting, holding a soccer ball and flip it over your head as far as you can, turn and sprint for the ball and try and catch it on the first bounce...at the very least the 2nd bounce. 5 sets. Now you are 100% better than before you started. See you at the finish line. www.secondwindfitnessfilm.com

No Comfort Zone/11th in series of 13

Welcome everyone...in training, working out and competing we need to take out boredom and just being a mechanical apparatus. Insert
brain and muscle confusion. Once a week select 3 drills and enter the no comfort zone. Here are mine that  I select 3 drills: Jump rope, full body up, push 2x4 on smooth surface for 10m, rope climb or rock climbing. Three drills (choose # of sets ) and mix in 30-50m. sprints. Jump rope for 30-60 sec. w/1 min. rest between sets. Full body up, strap feet/ankles to stationary overhead bar, hang upside down, come up and touch your toes 10 times. 5 sets. Rope climb w/knots and about 25 feet long. A tree works great, so you climb 25 feet up.  jimmy o www.secondwindfitnessfilm.com