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August 19th, 2008: "Thoughts for the Day" (2)
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We continue with various selected articles:
How to Handle diet or lifestyle Sabotage:
How to Turn Your Body Into a 'Love Handle' Slaughtering Machine
Various good articles at Mens Health:
Diet Bites: Articles on weight loss:
=========================================================
Some Skinny on Ketogenic Diets: (to give differing viewpoints)
==========================================================
A view of the Cyclical Ketogenic Diet (or one way one can implement it). Bare in mind one can modify and adapt to their own specific situation if they desire
The Cyclical Ketogenic Diet: True Fat Loss
In recent media, low carbohydrate diets have been THE fad for almost everybody in America wanting to lose weight. From your secretaries, elementary school teachers, and desk clerks, to bodybuilders, models, actresses, and athletes.
However, there is a huge difference between those who follow an Atkins plan and those who follow a cyclical ketogenic diet (CKD). Atkins is a low carb plan for those who are quite sedentary, walk maybe 3 times a week at the most, and just follow normal everyday activities. So forget Atkins here. The CKD is for those who’s main concern is true fat loss and muscle preservation—muscle for sports and high intensity activities.
My opinion for those who practice Atkins is that while they do lose fat, there is much water loss and most importantly muscle loss. Something we athletes do not want. A CKD is a true fat loss diet that works undeniably, if followed properly and strictly. Yes, low carb diets can be hell at first, but after two to three weeks, there have been anecdotal reports from many dieters that the cravings for carbohydrates decrease. This route to fat burning is unlike any traditional diet all the low-fat diet authors and FDA people have been advocating in history.
I got turned onto this diet a few years back when I got tired of cutting fat and still not being able to lose those last percentage points of bodyfat without losing hard earned muscle. I would start a low-fat diet, and be a either a social misfit (not going out with my friends to party or not going out to eat). Or in the worse case, feel so deprived of delicious junk foods I missed and bail out on the diet all together. One advantage to this diet is that there is no true restrictions on food. One may eat anything labeled a "food"! Well, almost. I’ll explain later.
How the diet works.
The science behind the CKD is simple. Carbohydrates in the diet cause an insulin (a "storage" hormone) output in the pancreas. It is used to store glycogen, amino acids into muscles, while causing excess calories to be stored as fat. So common sense asks me, "How can one try to break down fat, when your body is in a storage-type mode?" Difficult to do, indeed. That is why it makes perfect sense for step one to be cutting carbs.
The next thing that happens in your body is the rise in catecholamines (a "fat mobilizing" hormone), cortisol (a "breakdown" hormone), and growth hormone. Now your body realizes there’s no more carbs to burn for energy, so it must find another energy source: fat.
This usually happens during a metabolic condition called "ketosis." This is when your liver is out of glycogen and starts to produce ketones (by-products of fatty acids). You can check your status of whether or not you are in ketosis with urinalysis strips you can pick up at any local drug store called "Ketostix." Just urinate and see if it turns color. If so, you have ketones in the urine.
When the body is fed fat and protein, it will use dietary fat along with bodyfat for energy with protein going towards repair.
As a side note, there is another reason why this diet makes the most sense to use while keeping muscle. When one follows a high carbohydrate, low-fat, reduced-calorie diet, there’s a point when some bodyfat is burned, but when the body is still in a carbohydrate burning metabolism while trying to lose "weight," it will strip down precious body protein to convert to glucose for energy.
On the other hand, during fat metabolism, protein cannot be converted into free-fatty acids for energy. Although there is no scientific research done on this, there have been reports from followers that there truly is a "protein-sparing" effect. It makes sense doesn’t it? Where else would the body look for fat energy when all dietary fat is burned? Bodyfat.
Diet Requirements Mon. to Fri.
The phrase "working smarter, not harder" applies here more than any diet one has tried. One must fully understand what they must do in order to optimize their goal. To set a CKD up, one cannot just expect to cut all carbs in the diet, train hard, and lose fat! Although some have come up with variations to this plan, the one stated in this article, I have found, has worked for myself (it got me to 6% BF), and other clients I’ve trained to the leanest, hardest they’ve ever been.
First, to set up the diet, write down your lean mass weight. Not your total weight, dough boy. If you weigh 200, but have 20% bodyfat, your lean mass weight would be around 160 pounds. Multiply this by one, getting your grams of protein requirements for a day. Make sure you eat at least one gram of protein/pound of lean mass! This is important in recovery from workouts and enough nitrogen retention to keep muscle. Next, multiply by four, to get your protein calories. Here, it is 640.
The rest of your caloric requirements for the day should be fat. Here is the catch: you must eat fat to burn fat. There’s no way around it. There are many advantages to dietary fat on this diet: Feeling of fullness since fat digestion is slow (less hunger), tastes great, and lowers blood glucose levels (lowering insulin and allow all the fat burning hormones to do their job).
So how much fat? I always recommend starting out with a 500 calorie deficit from your maintenance calories. If you don’t know, it is usually 15 times body weight (full body weight here) depending on an individuals metabolic rate. So here, the example would need 3000 calories a day to maintain weight, and 2500 calories to begin fat loss.
2500 minus 640 (protein calories) is 1860 which works out to be around 206 fat grams a day. Now as you go deeper into the diet, and find the need to restrict calories more, you must cut fat calories, not protein.
The Weekend Carb Load
Since muscle glycogen is the main source of energy for anaerobic exercise such as weight training, we cannot simply deplete all stores while working out and not fill them back up. If that does happen, be rest-assured that the body WILL use protein for fuel then. But this won’t happen on the CKD.
Your one and a half days of "freedom" allow you to do two things: First, reward your carb cravings from the previous days, allowing you to enjoy pleasures like pizza, pasta, breads, etc. Second, eating these things are physiologically rewarding as insulin levels run high, storing amino acids and carbs, as glycogen, into the depleted muscle allowing you to be able to workout again the following week.
Your "carb-up" should begin Friday night and last until around midnight Saturday. Now the next important issue to address is how many carbs. Some lucky individuals find that they eat whatever they want for the 24-30 hour time interval and receive perfect glycogen compensation, while others rely on a better statistical number.
What has been recommended by other authors of the CKD is 10-12 grams of carbs per kilogram of lean mass. Again, time to do math. Our example had 160 pounds of lean mass, so divide that by the conversion factor of 2.2, and we get roughly 73 kg.
100 Grams of easily digested liquid carbs along with around half as many grams of carbs in protein (here 50) as a whey shake or something of that nature should be taken right after the last workout (which I will address in the workout section of the article) when insulin sensitivity will be at its greatest.
A few hours later this individual will start to spread the remaining 630 grams of carbs, along with the important number of 160 grams of protein (remember, keep this constant) during the remainder of the compensation period.
So what about dietary fat? I know you’re reminding yourself, "Didn’t this guy mention pizza?" Yes, I did. And here’s why. During the first 24-30 hours of carbing up, the body will use all dietary carbohydrates to refill glycogen, protein for rebuilding, and get this: fat for energy. Still?
Just like the previous five and a half days. Makes sense. When all the carbohydrates are being used for more important functions (muscle), what else is there to be used? However, you can’t just eat all the fat you want. Keep grams of fat intake below your body weight in kilograms. Again, here our example will keep is fat below 73 during the carb-fest.
By anecdotal reports, this should keep fat regain minimal to nil. Keeping fat intake extremely low has even caused some extra fat burning during the carb up!
As stated before, some dietary fat should be eaten to slow digestion and keep sugar levels stable. Whether it be saturated, unsaturated, or essential fats, is the dieter’s decision. All have nine calories per gram. (Note: there is a claim that essential fatty acids such as flax seed oil increase insulin sensitivity within the muscle cells, in turn, increasing glycogen intake.)
In Case You Missed It
So here’s how it breaks down during the week: Sunday through Friday afternoon , you will follow the low carb diet outlined above. Eat fat and protein all day everyday except on workout days because after workouts, you will need to consume strictly just protein—no fat or carbs.
Some have found to enjoy a protein shake afterwards because they are easily digested. Do whatever works for you. But fat is not logical since you want the protein to fuel the healing process as quickly as possible and fat will only slow it down.
Friday afternoon, around two hours before your last workout of the week, eat two to three pieces of fruit. This will get your body/liver ready to start the carb loading and give you some energy for that final, dreadful workout (trust me, during the first few weeks, you will not want to do that final workout, but you must). Then from Friday night until Saturday at midnight or until bed, eat those carbs!
=========================================================
What is Ketosis:
=========================================================
THE KEY INTO KETOGENIC DIETS
(BY ANNA TEMLOCK)
=========================================================
The Ketogenic DIET MENU:
=========================================================
Muscle.net's view on the Keto diet:
Another view on the cyclical Keto diet, and other tips:
=========================================================
Remember today, for it is the beginning of always. Today marks the start of a brave new future filled with all your dreams can hold. Think truly to the future and make those dreams come true--Unknown
Wish you all the best!........he, he.
Best regards,
Chillen
^^^^^:jump1: :luxlove:
==============================================
We continue with various selected articles:
How to Handle diet or lifestyle Sabotage:
How to Turn Your Body Into a 'Love Handle' Slaughtering Machine
Various good articles at Mens Health:
Diet Bites: Articles on weight loss:
=========================================================
Some Skinny on Ketogenic Diets: (to give differing viewpoints)
==========================================================
A view of the Cyclical Ketogenic Diet (or one way one can implement it). Bare in mind one can modify and adapt to their own specific situation if they desire
The Cyclical Ketogenic Diet: True Fat Loss
In recent media, low carbohydrate diets have been THE fad for almost everybody in America wanting to lose weight. From your secretaries, elementary school teachers, and desk clerks, to bodybuilders, models, actresses, and athletes.
However, there is a huge difference between those who follow an Atkins plan and those who follow a cyclical ketogenic diet (CKD). Atkins is a low carb plan for those who are quite sedentary, walk maybe 3 times a week at the most, and just follow normal everyday activities. So forget Atkins here. The CKD is for those who’s main concern is true fat loss and muscle preservation—muscle for sports and high intensity activities.
My opinion for those who practice Atkins is that while they do lose fat, there is much water loss and most importantly muscle loss. Something we athletes do not want. A CKD is a true fat loss diet that works undeniably, if followed properly and strictly. Yes, low carb diets can be hell at first, but after two to three weeks, there have been anecdotal reports from many dieters that the cravings for carbohydrates decrease. This route to fat burning is unlike any traditional diet all the low-fat diet authors and FDA people have been advocating in history.
I got turned onto this diet a few years back when I got tired of cutting fat and still not being able to lose those last percentage points of bodyfat without losing hard earned muscle. I would start a low-fat diet, and be a either a social misfit (not going out with my friends to party or not going out to eat). Or in the worse case, feel so deprived of delicious junk foods I missed and bail out on the diet all together. One advantage to this diet is that there is no true restrictions on food. One may eat anything labeled a "food"! Well, almost. I’ll explain later.
How the diet works.
The science behind the CKD is simple. Carbohydrates in the diet cause an insulin (a "storage" hormone) output in the pancreas. It is used to store glycogen, amino acids into muscles, while causing excess calories to be stored as fat. So common sense asks me, "How can one try to break down fat, when your body is in a storage-type mode?" Difficult to do, indeed. That is why it makes perfect sense for step one to be cutting carbs.
The next thing that happens in your body is the rise in catecholamines (a "fat mobilizing" hormone), cortisol (a "breakdown" hormone), and growth hormone. Now your body realizes there’s no more carbs to burn for energy, so it must find another energy source: fat.
This usually happens during a metabolic condition called "ketosis." This is when your liver is out of glycogen and starts to produce ketones (by-products of fatty acids). You can check your status of whether or not you are in ketosis with urinalysis strips you can pick up at any local drug store called "Ketostix." Just urinate and see if it turns color. If so, you have ketones in the urine.
When the body is fed fat and protein, it will use dietary fat along with bodyfat for energy with protein going towards repair.
As a side note, there is another reason why this diet makes the most sense to use while keeping muscle. When one follows a high carbohydrate, low-fat, reduced-calorie diet, there’s a point when some bodyfat is burned, but when the body is still in a carbohydrate burning metabolism while trying to lose "weight," it will strip down precious body protein to convert to glucose for energy.
On the other hand, during fat metabolism, protein cannot be converted into free-fatty acids for energy. Although there is no scientific research done on this, there have been reports from followers that there truly is a "protein-sparing" effect. It makes sense doesn’t it? Where else would the body look for fat energy when all dietary fat is burned? Bodyfat.
Diet Requirements Mon. to Fri.
The phrase "working smarter, not harder" applies here more than any diet one has tried. One must fully understand what they must do in order to optimize their goal. To set a CKD up, one cannot just expect to cut all carbs in the diet, train hard, and lose fat! Although some have come up with variations to this plan, the one stated in this article, I have found, has worked for myself (it got me to 6% BF), and other clients I’ve trained to the leanest, hardest they’ve ever been.
First, to set up the diet, write down your lean mass weight. Not your total weight, dough boy. If you weigh 200, but have 20% bodyfat, your lean mass weight would be around 160 pounds. Multiply this by one, getting your grams of protein requirements for a day. Make sure you eat at least one gram of protein/pound of lean mass! This is important in recovery from workouts and enough nitrogen retention to keep muscle. Next, multiply by four, to get your protein calories. Here, it is 640.
The rest of your caloric requirements for the day should be fat. Here is the catch: you must eat fat to burn fat. There’s no way around it. There are many advantages to dietary fat on this diet: Feeling of fullness since fat digestion is slow (less hunger), tastes great, and lowers blood glucose levels (lowering insulin and allow all the fat burning hormones to do their job).
So how much fat? I always recommend starting out with a 500 calorie deficit from your maintenance calories. If you don’t know, it is usually 15 times body weight (full body weight here) depending on an individuals metabolic rate. So here, the example would need 3000 calories a day to maintain weight, and 2500 calories to begin fat loss.
2500 minus 640 (protein calories) is 1860 which works out to be around 206 fat grams a day. Now as you go deeper into the diet, and find the need to restrict calories more, you must cut fat calories, not protein.
The Weekend Carb Load
Since muscle glycogen is the main source of energy for anaerobic exercise such as weight training, we cannot simply deplete all stores while working out and not fill them back up. If that does happen, be rest-assured that the body WILL use protein for fuel then. But this won’t happen on the CKD.
Your one and a half days of "freedom" allow you to do two things: First, reward your carb cravings from the previous days, allowing you to enjoy pleasures like pizza, pasta, breads, etc. Second, eating these things are physiologically rewarding as insulin levels run high, storing amino acids and carbs, as glycogen, into the depleted muscle allowing you to be able to workout again the following week.
Your "carb-up" should begin Friday night and last until around midnight Saturday. Now the next important issue to address is how many carbs. Some lucky individuals find that they eat whatever they want for the 24-30 hour time interval and receive perfect glycogen compensation, while others rely on a better statistical number.
What has been recommended by other authors of the CKD is 10-12 grams of carbs per kilogram of lean mass. Again, time to do math. Our example had 160 pounds of lean mass, so divide that by the conversion factor of 2.2, and we get roughly 73 kg.
100 Grams of easily digested liquid carbs along with around half as many grams of carbs in protein (here 50) as a whey shake or something of that nature should be taken right after the last workout (which I will address in the workout section of the article) when insulin sensitivity will be at its greatest.
A few hours later this individual will start to spread the remaining 630 grams of carbs, along with the important number of 160 grams of protein (remember, keep this constant) during the remainder of the compensation period.
So what about dietary fat? I know you’re reminding yourself, "Didn’t this guy mention pizza?" Yes, I did. And here’s why. During the first 24-30 hours of carbing up, the body will use all dietary carbohydrates to refill glycogen, protein for rebuilding, and get this: fat for energy. Still?
Just like the previous five and a half days. Makes sense. When all the carbohydrates are being used for more important functions (muscle), what else is there to be used? However, you can’t just eat all the fat you want. Keep grams of fat intake below your body weight in kilograms. Again, here our example will keep is fat below 73 during the carb-fest.
By anecdotal reports, this should keep fat regain minimal to nil. Keeping fat intake extremely low has even caused some extra fat burning during the carb up!
As stated before, some dietary fat should be eaten to slow digestion and keep sugar levels stable. Whether it be saturated, unsaturated, or essential fats, is the dieter’s decision. All have nine calories per gram. (Note: there is a claim that essential fatty acids such as flax seed oil increase insulin sensitivity within the muscle cells, in turn, increasing glycogen intake.)
In Case You Missed It
So here’s how it breaks down during the week: Sunday through Friday afternoon , you will follow the low carb diet outlined above. Eat fat and protein all day everyday except on workout days because after workouts, you will need to consume strictly just protein—no fat or carbs.
Some have found to enjoy a protein shake afterwards because they are easily digested. Do whatever works for you. But fat is not logical since you want the protein to fuel the healing process as quickly as possible and fat will only slow it down.
Friday afternoon, around two hours before your last workout of the week, eat two to three pieces of fruit. This will get your body/liver ready to start the carb loading and give you some energy for that final, dreadful workout (trust me, during the first few weeks, you will not want to do that final workout, but you must). Then from Friday night until Saturday at midnight or until bed, eat those carbs!
=========================================================
What is Ketosis:
=========================================================
THE KEY INTO KETOGENIC DIETS
(BY ANNA TEMLOCK)
=========================================================
The Ketogenic DIET MENU:
=========================================================
Muscle.net's view on the Keto diet:
Another view on the cyclical Keto diet, and other tips:
=========================================================
Remember today, for it is the beginning of always. Today marks the start of a brave new future filled with all your dreams can hold. Think truly to the future and make those dreams come true--Unknown
Wish you all the best!........he, he.
Best regards,
Chillen
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Chillen, I will make you snap. Mark my words.
LOL Eric. thats hilarious
August 21st, 2008: "Thoughts for the day" (1)
We continue with various articles:
The Anabolic Diet:
The Anabolic Diet: More Muscles, More Strength, Less Fat | StrongLifts.com
Iron Dungeon - Bodybuilding - High-Fat / Anabolic Diet
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Carbohydrate loading: Can your diet boost your athletic performance?
Carbohydrate loading: Can your diet boost your athletic performance? - MayoClinic.com
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Staying Focused For Training
Staying Focussed For Weight Training
===========================================================
Various Strength Training Articles that may interest you:
Link source right here brotha and sista's:
Strength Training - Articles at Natural Physiques
=========================================================
Variety of topics that may be of interest to you:
Source right here Brotha and Sista's:
Free Training and Nutrition Articles - Mahler's Aggressive Strength
=========================================================
More various articles on some basics that may interest many of our newest members:
Source: Weight Lifting (Resistance Training) Types, Programs, Tips and Benefits on MedicineNet.com
=========================================================
Bodyweight Strength Training
Bodyweight Strength Training Articles from Dragon Door Publications
=========================================================
Skipping Rope:
Skipping rope exercises help losing weight burning fat
Skipping Rope Doesn't Skip Workout
Jumped rope (skipping rope) for fitness on MedicineNet.com
=========================================================
Everyone have a nice day!
Best Wishes
Chillen
We continue with various articles:
The Anabolic Diet:
The Anabolic Diet: More Muscles, More Strength, Less Fat | StrongLifts.com
Iron Dungeon - Bodybuilding - High-Fat / Anabolic Diet
=========================================================
Carbohydrate loading: Can your diet boost your athletic performance?
Carbohydrate loading: Can your diet boost your athletic performance? - MayoClinic.com
=========================================================
Staying Focused For Training
Staying Focussed For Weight Training
===========================================================
Various Strength Training Articles that may interest you:
- Total Body Training
- The Top 10 Bonehead Workout Mistakes to Avoid (by Tom Venuto)
- Pilates Workouts (by Imogene Garish)
- Ten User-Friendly Habits for Successful Fitness Training (by Kyle Battis)
- "Bodybuilding Sins" That Cause Back Pain and Missed Workouts Part 4 (by Jesse Cannone and Steve Hefferon)
- "Bodybuilding Sins" That Cause Back Pain and Missed Workouts Part 3 (by Jesse Cannone and Steve Hefferon)
- "Bodybuilding Sins" That Cause Back Pain and Missed Workouts Part 2 (by Jesse Cannone and Steve Hefferon)
- Dance to the Tempo (by Jeremy Likness)
- "Bodybuilding Sins" That Cause Back Pain and Missed Workouts Part 1 (by Jesse Cannone and Steve Hefferon)
- Firm and Flatten Your Abs Author Interview (by Tom Venuto)
- Bodybuilding at Age 77 (by George Finney)
- That Pain in my Rear! (by Jesse Cannone)
- Aches, Pains, and Injuries (by Jesse Cannone)
- 5 Star Arm Workouts (by Tom Venuto)
- Six Keys to Successful Bodybuilding (by Dave Draper)
- Kettlebell Training (by Mike Mahler)
- Good Form, Bad Workout? (by Clint Phillips)
- Stretching Guide Part I: Upper Body Stretches (by Jeremy Likness)
- Stretching Guide Part II: Lower Body Stretches (by Jeremy Likness)
- Stretching Principles and Guidelines (by Chad Tackett)
- Training on the Go (by Jeremy Likness)
- Bodybuilding for Everyman (by Todd "Spike" Reinhard)
- DOMS - Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (by Kiran Sawhney)
- Growing Stronger: Strength Training for Older Adults (Tufts University)
- Your First Pull-up (by Jeremy Likness)
- Core and Abdominal Training - Great Abs! (by Jeremy Likness)
- Squat Variations (by Jeremy Likness)
- Applied Chaos (by Jeremy Likness)
- Hypertrophy-Specific Training (by Bryan Hay****)
- Joint Troubles (by Will Brink)
- Weight Training for the Adolescent (by Johnny Nguyen)
- Do You Want a Big Bench Press? (by Mike Westerdal)
- The Shoulder Joint (by Jeremy Likness)
- Should I be squatting below parallel? (by Tom Venuto)
- The Bench has Many Faces (by Jeremy Likness)
Link source right here brotha and sista's:
Strength Training - Articles at Natural Physiques
=========================================================
Variety of topics that may be of interest to you:
- Kettle Ball Training Articles
- General Fitness Training Articles
- Fat Loss And Conditioning Articles
- Joint Mobility Training
- Weight Training Articles For Size and Strength
- Weight Training Articles For A Strength Focus
- MMA Training Articles
- Workout Recovery Articles
- Aggressive Strength Living Articles
- Program Design Articles
- Nutrition Program Articles
- Sandbag Training Articles
- Bodyweight Training Articles
- Aggressive Strength Interviews
Source right here Brotha and Sista's:
Free Training and Nutrition Articles - Mahler's Aggressive Strength
=========================================================
More various articles on some basics that may interest many of our newest members:
- What is resistance exercise?
- What are types of resistance exercise?
- What is progressive overload?
- What is volitional fatigue?
- What are sets and repetitions (reps)?
- How many sets should I do?
- How do I go about lifting for strength?
- How do I go about lifting for tone and endurance?
- How many days should I lift?
- How do I know how much weight to lift?
- How much do I increase?
- Free weights vs. machines
- How important is the order in which I perform my exercises?
- What are weight-lifting splits?
- How much should I rest between sets and between days?
- What about proper weight-lifting techniques?
- What are the benefits of weight lifting? Is it ever too late to start?
- Weight-lifting programs
- Pictures What It Takes to Get an Olympic Body - Slideshow
Source: Weight Lifting (Resistance Training) Types, Programs, Tips and Benefits on MedicineNet.com
=========================================================
Bodyweight Strength Training
Bodyweight Strength Training Articles from Dragon Door Publications
=========================================================
Skipping Rope:
Skipping rope exercises help losing weight burning fat
Skipping Rope Doesn't Skip Workout
Jumped rope (skipping rope) for fitness on MedicineNet.com
=========================================================
Everyone have a nice day!
Best Wishes
Chillen
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August 21, 2008: "Thoughts for the Day" (2)
Continuing various articles:
Dealing with Shoulder Pain:
Shoulder pain reduction using resistance training
Bodybuilding.com - Michael Kurilla - All About Shoulder Pain.
Your Orthopaedic Connection: Shoulder Pain
Shoulder Pain -- familydoctor.org
How To Heal And Prevent Shoulder Pain
Shoulder Pain and Weight Training
Possible Error Detected
Strengthening the shoulder girdle:
Strengthening
Strength Training: overextended ligaments (shoulder), rotator cuff strengthening exercises, shoulder girdle
Shoulder girdle exercise & rehab for strength
Stretch, Stabalize, Strengthen
=========================================================
I wish everyone the best as always,
Chillen
Continuing various articles:
Dealing with Shoulder Pain:
Shoulder pain reduction using resistance training
Bodybuilding.com - Michael Kurilla - All About Shoulder Pain.
Your Orthopaedic Connection: Shoulder Pain
Shoulder Pain -- familydoctor.org
How To Heal And Prevent Shoulder Pain
Shoulder Pain and Weight Training
Possible Error Detected
Strengthening the shoulder girdle:
Strengthening
Strength Training: overextended ligaments (shoulder), rotator cuff strengthening exercises, shoulder girdle
Shoulder girdle exercise & rehab for strength
Stretch, Stabalize, Strengthen
=========================================================
I wish everyone the best as always,
Chillen
Wish us a good day all you want.
But it's not going to happen...because you did not post your leg pics yet.
Thanks for ruining my day yet again, Chillen.
Here's my own list of articles:
Bodybuilding.com - Marie Rochat - Building Massive Legs!
Leg Pain - Leg Cramps - Causes - Symptoms - Diagnosis - Treatment - Pain Relief
How to Build Strong Muscular Legs
That's all for you Chillen.
Seriously though...what did you think the reactions would have been once you taunted us with posting the 'ol mighty wheels of the Chillmeister?
:boxing_smiley:
Surrender. Now.
Eric
But it's not going to happen...because you did not post your leg pics yet.
Thanks for ruining my day yet again, Chillen.
Here's my own list of articles:
Bodybuilding.com - Marie Rochat - Building Massive Legs!
Leg Pain - Leg Cramps - Causes - Symptoms - Diagnosis - Treatment - Pain Relief
How to Build Strong Muscular Legs
That's all for you Chillen.
Seriously though...what did you think the reactions would have been once you taunted us with posting the 'ol mighty wheels of the Chillmeister?
:boxing_smiley:
Surrender. Now.
Eric
13 ways to deal with adversity
(by Jayaram V)
Most of us are familiar with adversity. We have either experienced it ourselves or seen someone else suffering form it. Many people are familiar with the way adversity moulds our lives and shapes our thoughts either for good or bad. Adversity has this propensity. It either builds or destroys. It builds those who are strong enough to withstand its wickedness and wise enough to learn from its strange teachings. It destroys those who lose faith in themselves and in the innate strength of the human spirit, our wondrous capacity to survive against odds. The problem or the opportunity with adversity is it lasts so long as we do not learn the wisdom it intends to teach us with its ugly smirk.
Adversity has this air of unpredictability about it. That's why we come across situation that may last for a while and some for years together consuming our inner peace and resources and leaving us with bitter memories that we would hate to remember. Depending upon the situation, our own world views and attitudes we learn to deal with such situations in our own individual ways. Some times these methods lead to success and happiness. But some times they put us in deeper trouble and lead to more pain and suffering. Since there is so much of uncertainty attached to our actions, there is no one particular way to deal with the problem of adversity. We need a great deal of awareness and intelligence and some time tested principles to sail through the rough weather.
Difficult situations defined: Adversity is any unfavorable situation that is not conducive to realization of ones goals. It is a situation that is seemingly out of our control, defy known solutions and seem to threaten our existence or survival, at least temporarily, leading to moments of anxiety, frustration, feelings of guilt, helplessness and sense of inadequacy. Following are some of the more specific situations.
The details in each individual situations may however vary:
1. Loss of job or gainful employment
2. Business failure
3. Loss of income
4. Separation from near and dear
5. Prolonged illness
6. Repeated rejections and failures
7. Reduced income or excessive debts.
8. Relationship problems and conflicts
9. Unfavorable circumstances or environment
10. Conflict with Law or institutions
Coping:
The coping strategies we usually evolve to deal with difficult situations are products of our individual awareness, past experiences, belief systems and the environment in which we live. In some societies people consider adversity as a consequence of ones wrong actions either in this life or in some previous ones. They attribute it to the combination of stars and circumstances and look to universal forces for necessary guidance, intervention or help. In some societies people regard adversity as a result of some displeasure on the part of the spirits or God. They try to mend their ways or appease the ethereal beings by indulging in various rituals or superstitious acts. In materialistic societies people regard adversity as a personal failure or a combination of chance and wrong choices. Since they internalize failure and accept responsibility for their failures, they suffer a great deal more than those who externalize their failures as some divine or karmic retribution.
Fundamentally each of us is endowed with an inherent capacity to deal with adverse situations. We all are great survivors and heroes of this world in our own ways. In this vast universe we are undoubtedly unique beings because we learned in the shortest span of our history how to cope with different situations and adapt ourselves to different challenges. In the known part of the universe there is none compared to us. Despite our propensity to misjudge ourselves and underestimate our own abilities and potentialities or lead ourselves astray, we have the innate intelligence to understand a situation and deal with it. We know how to sense the environment around us and establish some meaningful relationship with it. We can predict logical outcomes in uncertain environments and prepare ourselves to meet with it.
Since the earliest times of our civilizations, we have innovated, improved and perfected many systems and ideas and developed a huge arsenal of defensive and protective mechanisms to protect our selves from debilitating forces and consolidate our position on earth as the ultimate species of survival. We have walked a long way from the caves to cities and from the primitive worlds to the modern. We are incapable of appreciating this heroic struggle of our ancestors and this story of our stupendous success, because we are disunited and divided on racial, religious or national grounds and are busy with our petty politics for control and conflicts for resources. Many of us tend to take pride for being part of a particular race, nation, or religion, caste or community. We hardly appreciate the fact that we are part of a great humankind, a unique form of life in the vast spaces of the gigantic universe.
Principles: Adversity strikes us in many ways. Much of our fear and anxiety is for this reason only. Most of us turn to God or become philosophical because at the back of our minds we know how precarious our existence is and how incapable we really are against the forces of Nature. The irony is neither material wealth nor strength takes away this fear and this psychological uncertainty. And when it really comes, many remain unprepared and take a long time to prepare for the battle. The fundamental truth about adversity is, it is there because you have invited it through some opening in your personality or consciousness and it wont go away until you realize the flaw and correct it.
In this section we present some of the important principles that may prove to be helpful to deal with difficult situations. We are stating the principles because while our actions and methods may vary, the principles underlying them are more or less the same. These principles provide the necessary background against which an individual can work out his plans to deal with different situations or strengthen himself against the forces of adversity and uncertainty.
1. Learn from your past. As stated already, adversity comes into our lives because somewhere in our lives we open a door for it. It may be because of some flaw in our character, thinking or attitude. It is therefore very important to analyze our thoughts and actions to understand what in us attracted this situation in the first place. A careful analysis of our immediate past can bring to light the real causes that precipitated the present adversity. It would help an individual to understand the role he played in precipitating the tragedy and what actions he should have done or not done to prevent it from happening. Was it because he was careless, ruthless, over confident, unprepared, or was it because he trusted an untrustworthy person? A careful analysis of ones past is therefore very crucial to understand the causes that brought about the adversity in the first place. In adversity it is normal for people to think about the past in an emotional way or prejudiced way. It is also normal on their part to try to forget about it in order to avoid the painful memories associated with it. But what is actually required is an intelligent and rationale analysis of the past in order to learn from it and avoid similar mistakes. In life we cannot afford to repeat mistakes more often.
2. Accept responsibility. It is normal for people to internalize success and externalize failure. In other words we attribute success to our individual merits while we tend to blame the external forces or events for most of our failures. This is the most natural way we preserve our self esteem and protect ourselves from getting hurt. While such an attitude may provide temporary relief, it will also prevent us from taking appropriate actions to deal with our failures. A student may attribute his poor grades in the examination to the teacher or the school or the education policy, ignoring the fact that he was busy with his friends on crucial occasions when he should have studying or seldom listened to the lectures in the class room. His lopsided thinking may help him emotionally to cope with failure, but it is difficult to believe that it would eventually get him good grades. What may help him actually is when he looks at himself honestly and accepts responsibility for his actions and failures. By accepting responsibility for his problems he will bring the problem into his domain of control and will eventually deal with it by doing what is with in his capability. By knowing the actual cause and knowing what he can do, he will rise to the occasion and steer his way through the difficulty.
3. Join forces. When we are in difficulties we tend to avoid people. We go into a shell. We become depressed and defensive and withdraw into ourselves. We avoid phone calls, conversations and possible contacts. We stay indoors like a wounded tiger licking its wounds in some dark cave. The fact is when a person is going through some serious difficulties he actually need a great deal of help and support from other people, his friends, relations or previous contacts. He may need an effective network of friendships, relationships and associations who may help him eventually with suggestions or material support and enable him to pull himself through difficult situations. When a person is in difficulties it makes sense to acknowledge that he needs help. It makes sense to seek help from others. As long as he is not approaching wrong people against the established moral and social values and against his own conscience, those who may exploit him and eventually land him into even greater problems by their unscrupulous methods, it makes sense to seek the help of those whom he can trust and truly rely upon. It is true that when in difficulties a person is more vulnerable to temptations and easy solutions. It is therefore extremely important for him to form alliances with worthy people and seek their help while guarding himself against the temptations of evil people.
4. Don't miss opportunities: Three things happen when a person is in difficulties. Firstly, he becomes depressed and loses focus. Secondly he becomes insecure and less confident. Thirdly he becomes dejected and cynical and develops a negative attitude towards the system that he believes gave him all the trouble. These three most unfortunate developments in his personality reduces his overall effectiveness and efficiency to recognize the many opportunities that he would have otherwise noticed and utilized successfully. Of these the first one takes away his sensitivity to identify the opportunities that come his way. The second and the third mental conditions prevent him from seizing the opportunities even though he clearly perceives them. In other words when a person is passing through adversity, he loses many opportunities to redeem himself from the adverse situation, where as what is required is to remain focused so that when the opportunities present themselves he becomes aware of them and seizes them at the right time. He needs to understand his irrational fears and remain confident so that by being alive to the new worlds of opportunities he can vastly improve his chances of survival and success.
5. Conserve your resources: Generally speaking adversity is a situation where a person suffers from some kind of scarcity - a resource, some means, some capacity or opportunity to deal effectively with a situation or some vacuum or void that cannot be filled. We suffer when we lack something but need it badly. For the same reason, adversity also creates in us a deeper longing for the thing we do not have or we want badly. Therefore when things are not going well, it becomes all the more important for a person to realize the value and importance of his existing resources because by losing them he would create more scarcity for himself and thereby cause himself additional suffering and pain. Amidst difficulties a person needs to keep his costs down and his inventory of personal resources up so that if necessary he can prolong his battle against his adversary. He should spend his resources reasonably and only when necessary.
PART TWO NEXT........
August 21, 2008: "Thoughts for the day" (3)--continued
(by Jayaram V)
6. Prepare for a long battle: Because we are not certain how long a situation would last and how things would eventually turn out, it is better to be prepared for all eventualities in adverse circumstances. The longer the time frame we work out the better, because such an approach prepares us mentally to persevere till the end. It also saves us from the trouble of losing hope or getting frustrated. In life each action leads to one or more consequences and each consequence demands one or more remedial actions. We really do not know how things would eventually turn out. It is therefore better to prepare ourselves mentally to face the situation for longer periods of time.
7. Be objective: People normally become emotional and subjective when things are not going well. It is indeed difficult to be rationale and objective when there is trouble all around. But the truth is emotions make matters worse. They complicate the situation and make the problems difficult to solve. Therefore it is very important that we keep our cool and learn to think objectively in the midst of difficulties. With objective thinking we can vastly improve our chances of overcoming our difficulties. Objectivity means detachment and freedom from emotional and prejudiced thinking. Objectivity adds clarity to our thoughts and improves the quality of our decisions. With objective thinking comes realistic awareness of our situations and problems which in turn helps us deal with the problem situations more effectively. With objectivity a person will become aware of his own shortcomings and weaknesses. It will help him avoid committing the same mistakes or repeating his erroneous thinking. He will also develop better network of relationships because he is not excluding people from his life based on his prejudiced notions.
8. Be optimistic: When things are down and unfavorable, optimism is the biggest help. Without optimism, it is rather difficult to pass through the dark caves of adversity and suffering. Whatever be the degree of difficulty, an individual can pass through them, deal with them and manage them successfully, only when has copious amounts of hope stored in him. Without hope nothing much is accomplished in life. Without hope man would have never come this far because in our short history on earth, as a race, we have emerged through many difficult situations triumphed over many destructive forces. These tasks were accomplished by our ancestors because they had unshakeable faith in themselves to deal with them. In time of difficulties, nations, groups and individuals succeed only when they believe that they would ultimately and eventually triumph over their adversary. One of the paradoxes of life it is always never the same. In its impermanence is the hope and the tragedy. One event follows another. One situation develops into another. Something comes in to replace something else. So, whatever be the difficulty, it makes sense not to lose hope. However daunting it may be, with hope you can steer yourself successfully out of any difficulty. Hope prolongs your willingness to persevere and stand against the toughest of odds. Hope keeps alive your dynamism and enthusiasm to continue your fight till you accomplish your goals. So when things are not going well for you, keep tons of optimism in your heart and fight your battles with confidence.
9. Be open minded: Adversity at times creates such bitterness in our minds that we develop mental walls all around us and prevent ourselves from accepting new ideas, situations and people entering into our lives. We find it difficult to venture into new situations about which we have no previous experience. We hesitate to deal with people about whom we cannot make an intelligent guess. Hurt already by difficult and unpleasant situations in the past, we become over sensitive to the prospects of embracing new ideas or new situations in our lives that may lead to uncertain consequences. Unfortunately, such an attitude may give us some temporary relief. But it would prevent us from being innovative and creative in our approach to solve our problems or deal with different situations. When we are in difficulties what we need most is more ideas, more friends or supporters, more opportunities, more solutions, more resources and options, so that we can choose our options wisely out of them. But we can't have them unless we are willing to clear our preconceived notions and break free from our existing paradigms, fears and prejudices that normally prevents us from venturing into unknown areas or experiment with new ideas. Open mindedness does not mean you put yourselves in risky situations. It means you are alert to new situations, new opportunities and new ideas so that when they present themselves you perceive them and subject them to the scrutiny of your best intelligence and discretion before accepting them or discarding them. It means your decisions are based upon your rationale judgments rather than your preconceived notions about them.
10. Keep your faith: When you are in difficulties, it is really difficult to persevere. It is really really hard to keep doing what you are doing. Oh, how many times you wish you have a clue to where you are going, what you are doing and whether you will eventually succeed or fail in your efforts! In times of difficulties, doubts , discouragement, depression, anxiety, loss of self esteem, criticism and even ridicule from insensitive friends and bystanders dog our path and wear us down.
If you study nature, you will realize you harsh nature is towards all failure and weaknesses. Nature has a weird way of dealing with injury and failure. Initially it gives an opportunity to the organism to deal with it, but at the same time sets in motion a number of hostile forces to work against its defensive and recovery mechanism and defeat it by all means. Nature favors brave beings, strong characters, resolute minds and persistent actions. It is as if each time we fail, nature puts us to this fundamental test to see whether we are really qualified to be a part of this vast existence.
Endurance is part of this great struggle. Endurance and persistence are children of faith, faith in yourself, your abilities, your beliefs, your methods, your decisions and your actions. With faith you have a super mind. You belong to a select breed of individuals, the ultimate group of survivors, who cannot be defeated mentally and morally and whose spirit cannot be broken. When you have lost something that you valued all your life, keep your faith. You will either regain it or develop the ability to cope with it in a successful and positive way to work on the alternatives. This is your life, the life God has given you, to deal with Nature on your terms. You can do it when you have the faith to confront Nature and circumstances on your terms.
11. Be Steadfast: When you are in difficulties, when things are not going the way you want them to, when your existence and survival seems to be threatened, when hostile forces raise their hoods and start hissing, as a rationale being, your first reaction should be to think intelligently and bravely and deal with the situation by developing alternative action plans. You need a plan A, a plan B and perhaps a plan C or D.
You need to give a definite shape and time frame to each of these plans, add necessary details and put them into writing for easy and quick reference. Once you have them in place, you may take up your best plan and initiate action. Action is the best antidote to fear and failure and to all that cause, within and without, that has landed you in the first place into this unfortunate situation. But unless you persevere, action by itself will not be sufficient. You need to be steadfast in your actions, doing what the best of your intelligence tells you to do and keep doing it till you accomplish your goals. You mind is the secret source of combative power to the debilitating forces of nature that are always in conflict with our existence. Adversity is our harshest but best friend because in the end it improves us physically, mentally and spiritually and makes us stand against nature on our terms.
12. Know your goals: Adversity is often a product of confused thinking, lack of proper goals and aims in life. If an individual is doing what he does not like to do or doing what he is not supposed to do or do not know what he should do, chances are he is inviting trouble into his life. It is also true that if a person is already going through difficulties and has not learned this lesson, chances are he may have to cope with more difficulties for a longer time. Resolve today to know what you think your aims are. Try to know to what extent your lack clarity on this issue is causing confusion and restlessness in your life. If you have clearly defined goals and if you are determined mentally to achieve them solutions will come eventually. You will perceive hidden opportunities present themselves to your conscious mind and leading your towards your goals.
Whatever be the gravity of the situation, keep the goals clearly in your mind and focus on them. Make them an integral part of your consciousness, so that whether you are awake of asleep they are there in your subconscious mind secretly awakening and integrating your hidden potentialities to precipitate the reality you so desire. Develop a sincere and genuine, if not serious, urge to achieve your goals. Remember, goals are the hands that shape your dreams in the world of reality.
13. Deal with your fears: If you become a passive self observant and observe yourself and your actions intently for a day or two, you will realize that the most dominant feeling of your daily existence is fear. Fear limits and shapes our actions in myriad ways. The way we dress, the way we communicate with the world in general consciously or unconsciously, the way we establish relationships with people and things, the way we take different decisions, accumulate things or form opinions or stand points, are influenced substantially, if not completely, by our self preservation instinct, which in simple terms means our concern for survival.
All our efforts in this world are guided by this singular most concern, which has many other guises, our concern for approval, our concern for acceptance, our concern for having the best of everything. It is this concern, which drives us to have more and more of what we already have, in the anxiety that what we have may not be sufficient enough to protect us from scarcity when things go wrong. Fear is therefore the most powerful force we need to understand and use effectively and positively in order to deal with our problems of survival. Especially, when a person is threatened by an adverse condition, he need to understand what fears drive him and guide him or what fear limits him and prevents him from achieving his goals. Once you understand the maze of fears that operate in your consciousness you can use them wisely to protect your interest and to further your goals by separating your genuine concerns from your imaginary and exaggerated ones.
Conclusion: Using your physical mental and spiritual resources, with definite goals, working out a suitable plan of action, with enough faith and confidence in yourself and your abilities, with hope, courage and perseverance you can eventually overcome any obstacle and emerge successfully. Keep faith, keep hope, keep courage, aim for the best and do your best and keep doing till you get the desired result. Remember, adversity is inherent in the very way life is shaped and regulated on earth by the forces of nature. Nature uses adversity to weed out weaknesses in its forms. All religions acknowledge this fundamental fact and exhort us to gain freedom from its control. The only way to deal with adversity at the human level, unless you can command the help of the gods and Angels, is to deal with it the way Nature want you to deal with it. It is by establishing the fact beyond doubt that when it comes to survival nothing can beat you and that your are a proud specimen of this unique race in the vast spaces of the universe.
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Have a good day everyone.......Keep ROCKEN!
Best wishes to all of you: each and every day.
Chillen
13 ways to deal with adversity--CONTINUED
(by Jayaram V)
6. Prepare for a long battle: Because we are not certain how long a situation would last and how things would eventually turn out, it is better to be prepared for all eventualities in adverse circumstances. The longer the time frame we work out the better, because such an approach prepares us mentally to persevere till the end. It also saves us from the trouble of losing hope or getting frustrated. In life each action leads to one or more consequences and each consequence demands one or more remedial actions. We really do not know how things would eventually turn out. It is therefore better to prepare ourselves mentally to face the situation for longer periods of time.
7. Be objective: People normally become emotional and subjective when things are not going well. It is indeed difficult to be rationale and objective when there is trouble all around. But the truth is emotions make matters worse. They complicate the situation and make the problems difficult to solve. Therefore it is very important that we keep our cool and learn to think objectively in the midst of difficulties. With objective thinking we can vastly improve our chances of overcoming our difficulties. Objectivity means detachment and freedom from emotional and prejudiced thinking. Objectivity adds clarity to our thoughts and improves the quality of our decisions. With objective thinking comes realistic awareness of our situations and problems which in turn helps us deal with the problem situations more effectively. With objectivity a person will become aware of his own shortcomings and weaknesses. It will help him avoid committing the same mistakes or repeating his erroneous thinking. He will also develop better network of relationships because he is not excluding people from his life based on his prejudiced notions.
8. Be optimistic: When things are down and unfavorable, optimism is the biggest help. Without optimism, it is rather difficult to pass through the dark caves of adversity and suffering. Whatever be the degree of difficulty, an individual can pass through them, deal with them and manage them successfully, only when has copious amounts of hope stored in him. Without hope nothing much is accomplished in life. Without hope man would have never come this far because in our short history on earth, as a race, we have emerged through many difficult situations triumphed over many destructive forces. These tasks were accomplished by our ancestors because they had unshakeable faith in themselves to deal with them. In time of difficulties, nations, groups and individuals succeed only when they believe that they would ultimately and eventually triumph over their adversary. One of the paradoxes of life it is always never the same. In its impermanence is the hope and the tragedy. One event follows another. One situation develops into another. Something comes in to replace something else. So, whatever be the difficulty, it makes sense not to lose hope. However daunting it may be, with hope you can steer yourself successfully out of any difficulty. Hope prolongs your willingness to persevere and stand against the toughest of odds. Hope keeps alive your dynamism and enthusiasm to continue your fight till you accomplish your goals. So when things are not going well for you, keep tons of optimism in your heart and fight your battles with confidence.
9. Be open minded: Adversity at times creates such bitterness in our minds that we develop mental walls all around us and prevent ourselves from accepting new ideas, situations and people entering into our lives. We find it difficult to venture into new situations about which we have no previous experience. We hesitate to deal with people about whom we cannot make an intelligent guess. Hurt already by difficult and unpleasant situations in the past, we become over sensitive to the prospects of embracing new ideas or new situations in our lives that may lead to uncertain consequences. Unfortunately, such an attitude may give us some temporary relief. But it would prevent us from being innovative and creative in our approach to solve our problems or deal with different situations. When we are in difficulties what we need most is more ideas, more friends or supporters, more opportunities, more solutions, more resources and options, so that we can choose our options wisely out of them. But we can't have them unless we are willing to clear our preconceived notions and break free from our existing paradigms, fears and prejudices that normally prevents us from venturing into unknown areas or experiment with new ideas. Open mindedness does not mean you put yourselves in risky situations. It means you are alert to new situations, new opportunities and new ideas so that when they present themselves you perceive them and subject them to the scrutiny of your best intelligence and discretion before accepting them or discarding them. It means your decisions are based upon your rationale judgments rather than your preconceived notions about them.
10. Keep your faith: When you are in difficulties, it is really difficult to persevere. It is really really hard to keep doing what you are doing. Oh, how many times you wish you have a clue to where you are going, what you are doing and whether you will eventually succeed or fail in your efforts! In times of difficulties, doubts , discouragement, depression, anxiety, loss of self esteem, criticism and even ridicule from insensitive friends and bystanders dog our path and wear us down.
If you study nature, you will realize you harsh nature is towards all failure and weaknesses. Nature has a weird way of dealing with injury and failure. Initially it gives an opportunity to the organism to deal with it, but at the same time sets in motion a number of hostile forces to work against its defensive and recovery mechanism and defeat it by all means. Nature favors brave beings, strong characters, resolute minds and persistent actions. It is as if each time we fail, nature puts us to this fundamental test to see whether we are really qualified to be a part of this vast existence.
Endurance is part of this great struggle. Endurance and persistence are children of faith, faith in yourself, your abilities, your beliefs, your methods, your decisions and your actions. With faith you have a super mind. You belong to a select breed of individuals, the ultimate group of survivors, who cannot be defeated mentally and morally and whose spirit cannot be broken. When you have lost something that you valued all your life, keep your faith. You will either regain it or develop the ability to cope with it in a successful and positive way to work on the alternatives. This is your life, the life God has given you, to deal with Nature on your terms. You can do it when you have the faith to confront Nature and circumstances on your terms.
11. Be Steadfast: When you are in difficulties, when things are not going the way you want them to, when your existence and survival seems to be threatened, when hostile forces raise their hoods and start hissing, as a rationale being, your first reaction should be to think intelligently and bravely and deal with the situation by developing alternative action plans. You need a plan A, a plan B and perhaps a plan C or D.
You need to give a definite shape and time frame to each of these plans, add necessary details and put them into writing for easy and quick reference. Once you have them in place, you may take up your best plan and initiate action. Action is the best antidote to fear and failure and to all that cause, within and without, that has landed you in the first place into this unfortunate situation. But unless you persevere, action by itself will not be sufficient. You need to be steadfast in your actions, doing what the best of your intelligence tells you to do and keep doing it till you accomplish your goals. You mind is the secret source of combative power to the debilitating forces of nature that are always in conflict with our existence. Adversity is our harshest but best friend because in the end it improves us physically, mentally and spiritually and makes us stand against nature on our terms.
12. Know your goals: Adversity is often a product of confused thinking, lack of proper goals and aims in life. If an individual is doing what he does not like to do or doing what he is not supposed to do or do not know what he should do, chances are he is inviting trouble into his life. It is also true that if a person is already going through difficulties and has not learned this lesson, chances are he may have to cope with more difficulties for a longer time. Resolve today to know what you think your aims are. Try to know to what extent your lack clarity on this issue is causing confusion and restlessness in your life. If you have clearly defined goals and if you are determined mentally to achieve them solutions will come eventually. You will perceive hidden opportunities present themselves to your conscious mind and leading your towards your goals.
Whatever be the gravity of the situation, keep the goals clearly in your mind and focus on them. Make them an integral part of your consciousness, so that whether you are awake of asleep they are there in your subconscious mind secretly awakening and integrating your hidden potentialities to precipitate the reality you so desire. Develop a sincere and genuine, if not serious, urge to achieve your goals. Remember, goals are the hands that shape your dreams in the world of reality.
13. Deal with your fears: If you become a passive self observant and observe yourself and your actions intently for a day or two, you will realize that the most dominant feeling of your daily existence is fear. Fear limits and shapes our actions in myriad ways. The way we dress, the way we communicate with the world in general consciously or unconsciously, the way we establish relationships with people and things, the way we take different decisions, accumulate things or form opinions or stand points, are influenced substantially, if not completely, by our self preservation instinct, which in simple terms means our concern for survival.
All our efforts in this world are guided by this singular most concern, which has many other guises, our concern for approval, our concern for acceptance, our concern for having the best of everything. It is this concern, which drives us to have more and more of what we already have, in the anxiety that what we have may not be sufficient enough to protect us from scarcity when things go wrong. Fear is therefore the most powerful force we need to understand and use effectively and positively in order to deal with our problems of survival. Especially, when a person is threatened by an adverse condition, he need to understand what fears drive him and guide him or what fear limits him and prevents him from achieving his goals. Once you understand the maze of fears that operate in your consciousness you can use them wisely to protect your interest and to further your goals by separating your genuine concerns from your imaginary and exaggerated ones.
Conclusion: Using your physical mental and spiritual resources, with definite goals, working out a suitable plan of action, with enough faith and confidence in yourself and your abilities, with hope, courage and perseverance you can eventually overcome any obstacle and emerge successfully. Keep faith, keep hope, keep courage, aim for the best and do your best and keep doing till you get the desired result. Remember, adversity is inherent in the very way life is shaped and regulated on earth by the forces of nature. Nature uses adversity to weed out weaknesses in its forms. All religions acknowledge this fundamental fact and exhort us to gain freedom from its control. The only way to deal with adversity at the human level, unless you can command the help of the gods and Angels, is to deal with it the way Nature want you to deal with it. It is by establishing the fact beyond doubt that when it comes to survival nothing can beat you and that your are a proud specimen of this unique race in the vast spaces of the universe.
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Have a good day everyone.......Keep ROCKEN!
Best wishes to all of you: each and every day.
Chillen
Give Chillen a break guys. He has done well just to post his six pack. Most of the guys asking to see Chillen's leg pics haven't even posted their own six pack pics let alone their legs.
Keep ROCKEN CHILLEN !!!
You can't make a statment like that and then not show them. I think Chillen either has:
a) Chicken legs and hopes people stop asking
b) Huge legs and wants to build up the skinny leg rumour before unleashing his giant quads and crushing his doubters
There is a reason behind Chillen's motives...as always.
He likes torturing the impatient and likes to build suspense.
I'm sure these words will fall on deaf ears, but, post 'em when you will Chillmeister.
The more you make us wait the more we will expect them to be either horribly big or petite.
I am betting on the latter though
JK!
Good day Chillen...
Eric
He likes torturing the impatient and likes to build suspense.
I'm sure these words will fall on deaf ears, but, post 'em when you will Chillmeister.
The more you make us wait the more we will expect them to be either horribly big or petite.
I am betting on the latter though
JK!
Good day Chillen...
Eric
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It was a request, on top of my old one. And no one has said anything negative about his current pics, they look great and I'll be the first to say it (I've referred to them in other threads). My pics have been up before, and with a pic of my forearm I was already accused of steroids on here. So maybe, instead of advising people to 'give chillen a break' you should educate yourself of the topic you're speaking.
On a side note: Chillen I have no doubt your legs/back look great, and are on par. I'm only at a low bf% on occasion, so I appreciate seeing a ripped back when I'm sittin around 13-14%
I remember you being accused of posting someone elses arm
You're just a big fraud, admit it. You're really a 100lb 15 year old living in your mums basement
Post them again as many of us were not on the site when you posted your legs/back/abs pics. As long as you do not look like a napalm survivor, people will not accuse you of being on the juice.It was a request, on top of my old one. And no one has said anything negative about his current pics, they look great and I'll be the first to say it (I've referred to them in other threads). My pics have been up before, and with a pic of my forearm I was already accused of steroids on here. So maybe, instead of advising people to 'give chillen a break' you should educate yourself of the topic you're speaking.
On a side note: Chillen I have no doubt your legs/back look great, and are on par. I'm only at a low bf% on occasion, so I appreciate seeing a ripped back when I'm sittin around 13-14%
Post them again as many of us were not on the site when you posted your legs/back/abs pics. As long as you do not look like a napalm survivor, people will not accuse you of being on the juice.
I shot some napalm at Mreik once
I don't think he's ever had a back pic on here (other than that in his avatar now, but that's messed up anyways
) or anything big. But if someone doesn't want to post their pics, we've got to respect that.*cough*fifteenyearoldlivinginhismomsbasementweightingonlyhundredandfivepounds*cough*
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Post them again as many of us were not on the site when you posted your legs/back/abs pics. As long as you do not look like a napalm survivor, people will not accuse you of being on the juice.
History tells us otherwise. And noobs are the exact reason I don't want to post pics. My pics will soon be up in the mod/admin section where I'll ask for a critique from people who I know, know there stuff. Many of the forum 'OGs' have seen plenty of pics before.
Hoss
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I remember you being accused of posting someone elses arm
You're just a big fraud, admit it. You're really a 100lb 15 year old living in your mums basement
You caught me, I'm a member of that 'getfat' forum!
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