I would argue that caring for your body in traditional ways- like eating a healthy diet, exercising, and taking your vitamins- may be the least important part of your health. (I know! Radical idea coming from a doctor!)
This may sound shocking to you. After all, you’ve probably watched many other doctors get on television to tell you that your health is all about using food as medicine, getting enough exercise, and avoiding bad habits. I’m not suggesting that those aren’t great health-inducing behaviors. What I’m saying is that it doesn’t matter how great your diet is if your body is flooded with stress hormones! No amount of kale is going to counterbalance the toxic effects of high levels of cortisol and epinephrine on your body.
So what’s the most important part of your health? The nature of your thoughts, beliefs, and feelings. When your thoughts, beliefs, and feelings are positive, relaxation responses are activated, healing hormones like oxytocin, dopamine, nitric oxide, and endorphins are released, and the body’s natural self-repair mechanisms are activated, allowing the body to do what it does best-heal itself.
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- Lissa Rankin, M.D
Author of What’s Up Down There: Questions You Would Ask Your Gynecologist If She Were Your Best Friend
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dendenenendeden:
Hamstring, Inner Thigh & Quad stretch. Perfect stretching for runners. (Y)
Always doing theese exept the lasdt one i didn’t know it
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WOD
Today my mom and I went to a gym recently opened by a couple guys who used to go to ours.
Besides all the equipment being beautiful and new, the trainers and atmosphere were quite different.
They were more encouraging and pushed us during the workout. They made sure to start on time and proceed in a timely manner through the skillwork, which they kept a close eye on and actually helped me iron out a few problems that I had with my cleans, which I could kind of feel but I was unsure what exactly I was doing wrong.
The actual WOD was
3 rounds of
1 minute wall balls (14 lbs)
1 minute tire flips
1 minute push presses (65 lbs)
1 minute burpees
1 minute sled pushes
Done in pairs, each partner alternating reps.
I’m not sure how many reps we finished exactly but I think it was 140ish. It was hard to keep track of, but It was a really great workout and I had a lot of fun.
I’m considering going to this gym in the fall since it’s only 10 minutes away from where I’m going to school. We’ll see.
civilizedcaveman:
Wow this is going to change lives. What do you think? #paleo lemon pound cake with lemon honey vanilla caramel glaze. Share this photo and ill type as fast as I can for this weekend :)
