Sharon in Colorado
11-03-2006, 02:44 PM
I think I have to work on my push-ups!
http://www.rawveganforever.com/
Blogdate 11/3/06
Anti-Aging Workouts
As one of the oldest long term raw vegan athletes in the country I'm
always being asked what I do for my work outs.
I like to start the day off by stretching for half an hour. This is a new
innovation for me. I used to jump right into my workout without really
stretching but now I find that I have to warm up the joints and muscles
before I begin the main part of my workout. So in fact I have divided my
workout into 3 different parts.
The first part consists of 600 crunches. This not only builds the abs but it
also stretches and loosens the back. Then I roll over on my stomach and do
300 push ups. I have three different types of push ups that I do in groups
of 100 each so I'm not putting all of the pressure on just one group of
muscles. After that I go to the ball. This is a big workout ball that I
got from Gaiam.com I do 300 sit ups in groups of 100 each with lots of
stretches in between. I then roll over and do 3 sets of push ups with the
ball at my knees. This takes the pressure off of my lower back and I'm able
to really get into my chest and arm muscle. I change my hand position after
every twenty push ups so that I once again am not working the same group but
I'm spreading the workout over a series of chest and arm muscle groups.
At this phase I then start to focus on really stretching out my legs with a
series of Yoga, and Kung Fu stretches. I try to really focus on relaxing
and releasing without bouncing into the stretches. I think that bouncing
can bring about injury to the muscles and joints. But by sinking into the
stretch and breathing the muscle over time loosens and actually stretches.
At this point I'm ready to take a long walk. Jinjee usually walks with me
and we try to get some up hill into all of our walks. I used to run. At
this time I have no pains or injuries that prevent me from running. I just
feel that I can get just as much from walking fast without the impact on the
joints. We usually walk for 40 minutes to one hour.
When we get back home we do the Circular Workout. This is the most
important part of our workout. I feel that everything else was just a warm
up leading up to this. We usually do this aspect of our workout for one
hour. We use a lot of different equipment. Most of it is pretty simple. We
use a workout hula hoop (mine weighs 5 pounds), arm hoops, jump rope (mine
has weighted handles 2 pounds) and the bo (Japanese fighting stick). I have created
my own version of the bo. The original bo weighs less than a pound. Mine
weighs 9 pounds. Nun-chucks. Steel balls which weigh nine pounds each. I
juggle two of them. We also work out with bokens which are Japanese wooden
swords and which come in a lot of different weights.
It took me years to develop this form of working out. The concept behind it
being that by working with weights that are less than ten pounds you don't
develop a muscle bound body that can't move. By moving in a circle you put
the same amount of weight on each muscle for the same amount of time so you
don't end up with a body that has some muscles over developed while others
get no exercise at all. The body becomes evenly toned. This is huge when
you reach the age of forty and over. Because the body starts to breakdown
because of the imbalance of the development of different muscle strengths.
You become more prone to injuries and stress because the muscles are
pulling your body out of alignment and wear out. This is really true of the
Back. Everything is tied into the back so when we develop our muscles at
different levels of strengths this in turn pulls our spines out of alignment
creating all types of back problems. By toning and balancing all of our
muscle groups together many people have found relief from chronic pains that
have been with them for years.
I usually eat twenty minutes before or after I begin this workout plan. I
eat from the 7 day menu plan. To check it out you can click on this link:
http://www.TheGardenDiet.com
If you want a more detailed workout plan for the Circular Workout, I have
created the most detailed Circular Workout Video to date. it shows all the
the exercises above. We have developed a lot of new exercises since the
release of the first one. It shows Jinee and I going through our full
routine. This is not a work along type of video; it focuses more on the
different types of exercises and how to do them. You can then choose how
long you want to do each one. This DVD is one hour long with music by
Paradox.
Here's a gallery of some of our workout pictures (see site for link)
http://www.rawveganforever.com/
Blogdate 11/3/06
Anti-Aging Workouts
As one of the oldest long term raw vegan athletes in the country I'm
always being asked what I do for my work outs.
I like to start the day off by stretching for half an hour. This is a new
innovation for me. I used to jump right into my workout without really
stretching but now I find that I have to warm up the joints and muscles
before I begin the main part of my workout. So in fact I have divided my
workout into 3 different parts.
The first part consists of 600 crunches. This not only builds the abs but it
also stretches and loosens the back. Then I roll over on my stomach and do
300 push ups. I have three different types of push ups that I do in groups
of 100 each so I'm not putting all of the pressure on just one group of
muscles. After that I go to the ball. This is a big workout ball that I
got from Gaiam.com I do 300 sit ups in groups of 100 each with lots of
stretches in between. I then roll over and do 3 sets of push ups with the
ball at my knees. This takes the pressure off of my lower back and I'm able
to really get into my chest and arm muscle. I change my hand position after
every twenty push ups so that I once again am not working the same group but
I'm spreading the workout over a series of chest and arm muscle groups.
At this phase I then start to focus on really stretching out my legs with a
series of Yoga, and Kung Fu stretches. I try to really focus on relaxing
and releasing without bouncing into the stretches. I think that bouncing
can bring about injury to the muscles and joints. But by sinking into the
stretch and breathing the muscle over time loosens and actually stretches.
At this point I'm ready to take a long walk. Jinjee usually walks with me
and we try to get some up hill into all of our walks. I used to run. At
this time I have no pains or injuries that prevent me from running. I just
feel that I can get just as much from walking fast without the impact on the
joints. We usually walk for 40 minutes to one hour.
When we get back home we do the Circular Workout. This is the most
important part of our workout. I feel that everything else was just a warm
up leading up to this. We usually do this aspect of our workout for one
hour. We use a lot of different equipment. Most of it is pretty simple. We
use a workout hula hoop (mine weighs 5 pounds), arm hoops, jump rope (mine
has weighted handles 2 pounds) and the bo (Japanese fighting stick). I have created
my own version of the bo. The original bo weighs less than a pound. Mine
weighs 9 pounds. Nun-chucks. Steel balls which weigh nine pounds each. I
juggle two of them. We also work out with bokens which are Japanese wooden
swords and which come in a lot of different weights.
It took me years to develop this form of working out. The concept behind it
being that by working with weights that are less than ten pounds you don't
develop a muscle bound body that can't move. By moving in a circle you put
the same amount of weight on each muscle for the same amount of time so you
don't end up with a body that has some muscles over developed while others
get no exercise at all. The body becomes evenly toned. This is huge when
you reach the age of forty and over. Because the body starts to breakdown
because of the imbalance of the development of different muscle strengths.
You become more prone to injuries and stress because the muscles are
pulling your body out of alignment and wear out. This is really true of the
Back. Everything is tied into the back so when we develop our muscles at
different levels of strengths this in turn pulls our spines out of alignment
creating all types of back problems. By toning and balancing all of our
muscle groups together many people have found relief from chronic pains that
have been with them for years.
I usually eat twenty minutes before or after I begin this workout plan. I
eat from the 7 day menu plan. To check it out you can click on this link:
http://www.TheGardenDiet.com
If you want a more detailed workout plan for the Circular Workout, I have
created the most detailed Circular Workout Video to date. it shows all the
the exercises above. We have developed a lot of new exercises since the
release of the first one. It shows Jinee and I going through our full
routine. This is not a work along type of video; it focuses more on the
different types of exercises and how to do them. You can then choose how
long you want to do each one. This DVD is one hour long with music by
Paradox.
Here's a gallery of some of our workout pictures (see site for link)