SPECIFICS

Welcome everyone...thank you for the great feedback re acute and chronic pain. Let's talk about thrust and specific training drills. Almost every sport and certain drills require bursts. Sports + 100's of exercises/drills are tempting to try. The weight room is most abused for your body. Stop looking at picture ads. Be specific in your drills and preparing for your thrusts. In track and field it's bolting out of the blocks for sprints. Name any event in T@F and you have a thrust. Train specific for that thrust. Most pulled hams in sprints occur coming out of the blocks and about the 50m mark. Don't just throw weights around or in reckless fashion. Start early and stay late. Out of 100's of drills, select 10 or less. Rather, enjoy your time training vs. rehab. Rehab is costly in money and your valuable time. Next writing, more bounce to the ounce. Jimmy O
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Rid Aches and Pain

Welcome everyone...aches and pains and rehab infiltrates and can destroy one's training. At the very least, be disruptive. In my personal training, teaching, coaching and interviews w/hundreds of athletes...for acute pain, apply Arnicare cream and for chronic pain, apply 100% pure Wintergreen liquid and/or 100% Tea Tree liquid. Prior, for pulled muscles, apply cold, not ice pack, asap. Don't stop your training routine. Rather, slow it down, low impact. Bruised areas need blood flow. You know your body better than anyone. Lite stretching is the Rx of the day. Even after you think you are healed...keep using the above remedies for another week/10 days.
Jimmy O www.secondwindfitnessfilm.com

HAPPENS in 3's

Welcome everyone...perhaps you have noted that so much in life happens in 3's. And after talking to dozens of both athletes and non athletes they are in agreement with that assessment. Let's get started. Periodically reference previous writing...1) write down 3 core goals you want/need to reach over the next x___# of months. Now write down the 3 drills you need to perform daily/weekly as your first steps in reaching your goals. In weeks 2,3,4, phase in 3 more drills over that 3 week period. End of week 4...analyze progress or lack thereof. Repeat this route for 3 months. Test yourself...compete against yourself. The 3's will get you 'there' better than any other way. Never leave a job before completion.
Jimmy O . www.secondwindfitnessfilm.com

Envision where you want to be...

Welcome everyone...if you cannot see yourself "there," don't bother to write it down. We can talk about goals, weights, barbells, lifting, running, any competition...and if we can't 'see' ourselves being there...you won't get there. If you were handed a road map and were told that the map would give you a "maybe" in getting there, would you buy the map. When and until you have the passion and vision of 'there' chances are you will not get there. When you start acting like you are already there...you will realize that dream...you are living it. Next writing...starting that journey. jimmy o www.secondwindfitnessfilm.com  You pack your own chute.

TIME

Welcome everyone... Merry Christmas and a safe  New Year with inner peace. Inner peace to combat inner and outer stress. I am still quite active in the business world presenting seminars and as a keynote speaker. The cross section of audiences want hear about my "Profiles in Leadership" more than any other venue. This is a good time of year to assess 'who we are.'  Give a hug to our loved ones...daily. Stamp out the negative...only think and speak only POSITIVE. www.secondwindfitnessfilm.com

Ringing in 2019

Welcome everyone...it's that time of year...so many interruptions and so little time. You want to cut back on training and yet not lose it. Warning...if you go three days w/out exercising...then it's like starting all over again. Staying the course...do various stretching exercises, standing, sitting and kneeling. Get a soccer ball or exercise ball...feet 4-6-8 inches from a wall and place ball between you and the wall with ball at or below 'belt line.' Slowly up and down, bending knees while leaning back to hold ball. As you go down, ball will move up to middle of back. You will feel a great massage. Each set 10x. Twist slowly from side to side, 5x each way. This drill will keep that blood flowing to critical areas. And oxygen flow. While reading or watching TV, and place a tennis ball or soccer ball under your stocking feet and rotate in multi directional fashion. One foot at a time. That will stimulate your nerve endings. Select  drills daily and work for 30 min. or more. Three x a week walk at least one mile. There, that will cover 2-3 weeks. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Wishing you the best. Jimmy O www.secondwindfitnessfilm.com

Ugly Holiday Buldge

Welcome everyone...first we welcome the holidays...then look in the mirror...then curse the holidays...then come those New Year's resolutions. Ahh Yes.  The battle of the bulge. Ouch! You are what you eat...what you look like. Only your vote counts. If you want to pig out...have at it. Want to stay trim, stay in shape, stay in training...then Restraint is called for. Break training for three days or abuse your training...it's like starting all over again. Do you want to flunk again and start all over.....again and again and again. get a passing grade and stay on top of your game. First to the Finish Line...where winners and survivors always meet. Next blog...getting ready for 2019! "Profiles in Leadership" at
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