I heard the lyrics to a song today before my workout and it got me thinking.
The song is "Dare You To Move", by Switchfoot. It was on overhead in the gym, and I found myself listening to the words: "I dare you to move, I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor".
It reminded me that unfortunately sometimes the days in our lives are not always easy. Things happen, the unexpected, things that aren't ideal for our circumstances, and we have to respond to them. This song is a challenge to people. Most of us respond better when challenged.
We have to pick ourselves up off the floor after something knocks us down. Sometimes it's not an immediate bounce-back, but the key is that we have to get back into our natural alignment, be the people we were born to be. After we get back up we accept the experience for what it was, use it as a learning experience, and get stronger from it.
We have to use the resources around us to help us: friends, family, pets, exercise, art, music, whatever brings joy to our lives. One of my passions is service to others, and it takes cooperation and us working together as a whole to make things better on so many levels. Let's make each stronger, let's live our true purpose, and let's dare each other to pick ourselves up off the floor when we get knocked down by life.
Here's a workout I did today if you want to use the natural endorphins of exercise to help lift you back up......I'm just here to help...(By the way, Jami did Hot Yoga today while I was working out and says she really got her sweat on)
Alright, here's how it went down:
- I started out with about 5 minutes of a dynamic warm-up. I really loosened up my hip flexors and got some good lateral movement it.
- I got things really going by circuiting through this 3 Times:
25 Kettlebell Swings (25 lbs)
25 Jumping Jacks
25 Push-Ups
24 DB Over-head Hold Alternating Lunges
That really got things going; I used very minimal rest between exercises.
- The meat of the workout had me circuit through these exercises for 5 Rounds:
6 BB Front Squats (100 lbs)
12 Pull-Ups
10 Burpees (only went thru 3 times)
6 BB Bench Press (185 lbs)
I scaled back Burpees because this workout was going a little long in duration and the first circuit gave me plenty of cardio. You can always scale-down and modify a workout. I encourage you to exercise and do resistant weight training, but caution you to be realistic with your movements and start with the basics. Use a workout like this as a blueprint and modify off of it necessary. I am always available for questions; please leave comments if you wish.
To Your Health and Wellness with both body and mind! Keith
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