Jumping will give you a Good Feeling!

It's time again for a new workout!

We've delivered another workout that will give you that "Good Feeling" Like you've actually done something! When you are done with this, you will KNOW that you burned some fat, and that even after you leave the gym, your metabolism is on overdrive!

Exercise #1

         Box Jump  

                        When doing your box jumps you want to focus on INTENSITY, but also SAFETY.  Try to keep your movements as fluid and athletic as possible.  Jump high, land light, drop softly, spring back up!  Start with a reasonable height a household step stool works great when you are at home. Make sure you stabilize it so that it doesn't shift too much on you.  (Do these at your own risk!)

Exercise #2

        Three Point Hop

                          This exercise is great for keeping your heart rate up, and working the core!  Once again, keep up your intensity, and do your best to never stop moving. Slow down if you must, but never stop!  Start in the frog position, hands on the floor, legs right behind your elbows. Extend your body out to plank position in the center. Move to the left, back to center frog position, then out to the right. Back to center is one rep once you've hit all three points.  Hit all three points! 

Exercise #3

       Jump Squats (with a spin)

                        Jump squats are working multiple muscles in your leg. Make sure you are getting a good deep squat before you spring back up! That's engaging those muscles and allows you to work those glutes! Ladies, we know you want to sculpt those buns!  Squat deep, spring up, land soft, turn quickly, and do it again, spin back, and that's one rep!

Exercise #4

         The Burpee

                               Simple and effective, this move hits multiple muscles in your body, and gets your heart rate booming!  I've chosen a variation that skips the pushup. For more of a challenge feel free to throw in a pushup at the plank portion.  From standing, drop down hands on the ground, extend your legs out into plank position, bring feet back up to center in a frog stance, then jump up. That's one rep!

Two Choices!

       Try both of these.  

           HIIT style:  Set an interval timer for 50 second intervals, with 10 seconds of rest.  12 Rounds. Do each exercise for 50 seconds straight, take your 10 second rest, then it's on to the next one.  Record your reps, and post here to let us know how you do!

           

           Circuit style: Do each exercise for 10 reps, cycle through 3 times.  This allows you to take more rest in-between to keep your form up to par. 

Share your feedback with us! Let us know what you think about the workout, how you did, and what you want to see next. As always we will do our best to deliver the best, and most relevant content directly to you!

Can't Be Tamed Ab Workout

You are the type of person that wants to get in shape but can't spend all day at the gym.  Good!  Optimizing You is dedicated to providing options for busy people like yourself.  The "Can't Be Tamed Ab Workout" is great for the core.  Try to get it done in 10 minutes.  Enjoy the work!

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Back to the meat and potatoes

"It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you...."

Ladies and gents, the official Optimizing You blog is back. I apologize about the hiatus. We took a break from the official blog to put a little bit more effort into our facebook fan page. I hope you have been following us there.  We even created the Optimizing you 30 day Challenge.  We witnessed people like Kalicia Coffman (Taulborg) and Anthony Semones achieve their health goals in a 30 day period.  Now it's time to give you more of what we started Optimizing You for. Monthly video episodes of the content you love! Health, Nutrition, fitness, and mindset tips.

So far we have addressed misconceptions on Skipping meals, How often you need to work out, and how to keep your immune system up. We even covered some areas in mindset, and encouraged you to Think Arete.  We've got more to come, but as always, we want to know what YOU the fans want to learn about. I am more than happy to deliver that information directly to you, and make sure that you get more of the content that you want to hear.

We love to hear from you as much as you love to hear from us! If you are out there watching, let us know!  Leave comments here on the blog, or as always E-mail me @ YorHealthBrian@Gmail.com

More videos to come very soon recapping our 30 day challenge! Stay tuned!

In Health,
-Brian Sullivan

Afraid of getting sick? Let's talk immunity!

It's Fall!

And that means it's getting cold outside! With cold weather, people are more worried about catching colds, and also there has been huge concerns over other illnesses like the H1N1 Virus. To make yourself less susceptible to theses things you must boost your immune system!

Getting sick is not inevitable!

There is no need to say "I hope I don't get sick!" as if it's some kind of role of the dice! There are many different steps that you can take to make sure that you reduce the likelihood of yourself getting sick! What you put in your body does have an effect on how well it will run!

So what am I doing wrong?!

Sometimes, it's not easy to get health right, and we don't always know what we are doing wrong! I'll tell you a couple of things that you might do on a daily basis that might actually hurt your immune system and might actually make you more likely to become sick!

1. Reduce your alcohol consumption!
2. Avoid pop and other soft drinks (Pepsi, Coke, Sprite, Mountain Dew, Ect)
3. Avoid Processed/Bleached foods

These things harm your digestive system, add stress to your body, and don't make it easy for your body to fight of illness.

So what should I do?

Of course there are many other things that we can do to hurt our immune system, but what should we do to HELP it? Info on why it's important to invest in your health can be found HERE, but here is a list of things I find helpful.

1. GET YOUR ENZYMES
2. Get your VITAMINS (not a 1 a day)
3. Drink plenty of water!
4. Have a solid "Rise and Rest pattern"
5. Get about 7-8 hours of sleep a night
6. Mind your nutrition! Eat the right foods!
7. Supplement to fortify your body's natural defenses.
8. Use a Pro-Biotic

Why talk so much about nutrition and supplements?

In the list above I mention a lot about nutrition and gave you some links also to the supplements that I use. The supplements I recommend are the ones that I use, and have found to be the most effective, but find what you like the best, and use those based on your own research if you don't want to take my word for it. The reason that digestion is so important, is because 87% of disease originates in your digestive system! Take care of your digestion (and elimination) and your body can take care of itself!





In Health,
-Brian Sullivan


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Think Arete, The manifesto

Hello again faithful Blog viewers, and new viewers as well!

Today's installment of Optimizing You is something that really hits home for me, and covers something very important for you!

We all (Should) understand the importance of good nutrition in our lives, and the role that fitness should play in our lives, but one of the most important, and most overlooked aspects of our lives is MENTAL HEALTH!

Thoughts are things. When you have a positive outlook on life, it will manifest itself into a positive life for you. One of the most defeating things, is not living up to your potential. It's that piece in your life that's often missing for most people and is why we all aren't as positive as we want to be, or think we should be. This is a piece I discovered from Brian Johnson. It's called "The Think Arete Manifesto" Arete is a greek word that means Virtue, or Excellence. The gist of it in this case though is LIVING TO YOUR HIGHEST POTENTIAL!

Here is a link to where I found it. You can find the text to it also. I recommend printing it out and keeping it somewhere that you will see every day!


Here is my version of Think Arete, the manifesto!



The moral of the story... Dare to dream. Turn your dreams into goals. Define what it is that you want, be specific, then set a deadline. A goal is just a dream with a deadline. Keep your goals around you and remember them every day. With determination, there is nothing that you cannot achieve if you have DECIDED that you will accomplish it! You will be surprised just how much the simple task of having goals will do for your health!


As always, leave your COMMENTS, or concerns, and questions. Let me know what you would like to see in the next installment of Optimizing You! Send me E-mails at BrianSullivan@YorHealth.com

Your Feedback, and COMMENTS are what keeps me going, and keeps the content fresh, so KEEP THEM COMING!

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In Health,
-Brian Sullivan



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