Piña Movie

Pihttp://louizaspiritualityandreligion.blogspot.com/2012/02/pina-movie.htmla, an Oscar-nominated 3D movie I saw recently, was an experience. I did not like the first third of the film, with the dance seeming like some kind of comment on menstrual pain (for some women). I think that our 3D technology leaves a lot to be desired. I did enjoy comments her students said she made, the earthy, passionate performance of the dancers, and the beautiful, diverse male dancers.

Some of what she has said:

Keep searching.
Be a stand for each step you take.
What do you long for? Where does it come from?

For the movements, including psychological connotations and interpretations, you will have to see the movie. The dancers seemed ordinary at first, and then came to life. This post is also posted on www.louizaspiritualityandreligion.blogspot.com. I posted it here because of the wonderful spirit-mind-body connection shown in the movie.

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Intermittent Fasting

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_fasting

Sounds good -- like getting off a plateau or interval training. Will look more into it.


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Gym Dangers -- Oprah

http://www.oprah.com/health/7-Unexpected-Dangers-to-Avoid-at-the-Gym/2

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Training a Thin Client

I did a training session with a healthy, tall size four 30ish graduate student the other day. We did basic sit-ups, squats against the wall, the plank, spiderman walk (see post) and jumping jacks. Although she looked thin and in shape, she was out of breath and sweating. The workout was not too rigorous. This goes to show: health and energy are most important. Being in shape is endurance, streangth and flexibility. Genetics are involved. The rest is work. It is not about fitting into a certain size.

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Swiss Ball Rotations

Here is an easy exercise that targets the abdominal muscles. Sit on a Swiss Ball. Keep your torso straight and steady. You can put your hands on your waist. Rotate clockwise until you fatigue. Rotate counterclockwise until you fatigue. The Swiss Ball should remain as steady as possible.

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Extreme Workouts from Science Times

Remember: Balance and rest most used muscles for a day after a workout. Use working out to connect with yourself to know what your limits are. They change over time, not to slowly with plateaus, but not too quickly with shock. Massages and warm showers and baths work too.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/personal-best-workouts-have-their-limits-recognized-or-not/?ref=science


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Study on the Beneficial Public Health Effects of Taxing Soft Drinks

http://www.rwjf.org/childhoodobesity/product.jsp?id=73809&cid=XEM_573955

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Great Advice from the Sunday Times about New Year's Resolutions

Happy New Year!

I especially like the reward point.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/sunday-review/new-years-resolutions-stick-when-willpower-is-reinforced.html?pagewanted=all

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Sit Up with Octagon Weight

Pick an octagon weight that will give you a challenge and that you can use for four sets of ten repetitions.
Perform a standard sit up. Start lying on the floor, lower back pressed against the floor, holding the octagon weight straight over your head with both arms. Come up for a sit up with your arms straight, the weight straight over your head. Your head, neck and spine should be aligned.

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Stand Up and Get Down Variation

As I have posted before, working with body weight may be the most effective means of training for strength and endurance. Here is one variation?

Stand on the edge of a mat with legs shoulder-width apart. Bend your knees and get down toward the floor by placing the palms of your hands in front of you. You are now extended horizontally over the floor. Keep your head, neck and spine aligned. Do not have your hips or butt be higher than your back. Now extend the right arm and then the left arm straight outward in front on you, aligned with your shoulder. Repeat for four sets of ten repetitions. Each repetition extends each arm out one time.

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Oblique Muscles

Here is a sit up variation: Lay on your back with your legs bent, knees 90 degrees. Push back with your abdominal muscles so your lower back is on the floor. Put your hands behind your neck with your elbows out. Keep your head, neck and spine aligned. Come up for a sit up. Extend your right arm and bring up your bent left leg straight up so that your hand touches your left ankle. Repeat for four sets of ten repetitions. Now extend your left arm and bring up your right bent leg straight up so that your left hand touches your right ankle. Repeat for four sets of ten repetitions.

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Chicken and Free Weights

I do not mind some fat. In fact, I think for women it is essential to have some in the arms, legs, chest, and hips. One little piece of fat I can do without when it creeps up is front underarm fat, right between the shoulder and breast. Here is an exercise for both men an dwomen to firm up this area.


Grab one free weight with each hand. They must be heavy enough to give you a workout but light enough to finish four sets of ten repetitions. In a slow movement while keeping your shoulders down and keeping your elbows bent at 90 degrees, lift your arms as if doing a chicken clucking move. Lower the elbows back down to the waist. Repeat for four sets of ten repetitions.


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Variation on Quadriceps Using Leg Extension Machine

Raise and lower your legs at two-second intervals for each motions. Repeat for four sets of ten repetitions. You may find you will break into a sweat and get more good pain from one set of these than you get from four sets of regular one-motion repetitions.

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Variation on Squats Using Swiss Ball

Take a medium- or small-sized Swiss ball and place it between your thighs. Squeeze. Sit and stand up form a seat. It is more difficult if you go up to an inch over the seat, not completely sitting down. Repeat for four sets of ten repetitions.

This primarily works out your inner thigh and gluteus maximus muscles.

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Skin and Food from Martha Stewart

Food and Nuts from Martha Stewart Living


December 2011 Issue, page 49

Watercress: A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that daily serving of watercress increased blood cells’ ability to resist DNA damage

Cinnamon: stabilizes blood sugar, may help to prevent diabetes, contains longevity-promoting properties that enhance cell function

Berries: contains the pigments anthocyanins that activate cell protective mechanisms that prevent collagen breakdown

Turmeric: contains curcuminoids that trigger activity of cell-protective enzymes and inhibit microscarring of collagen that leads to wrinkles

Cocoa: inhibits wrinkle-producing chain of reactions, stops production of inflammatory arachidonic acid protects skin from sun damage

Salmon: is rich in omega-3 fatty acids and high in collagen-building protein and anti-oxidant that prevent DNA damage from free radicals

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Nuts According to Martha Stewart

From the December Martha Stewart Living,

December 2011 Issue, page 58
Nut Health Facts

Almonds: vitamin B riboflavin, vitamin E, anti-aging antioxidant, magnesium, and molecules that prevent oxidation that leads to heart disease

Peanuts: folate, oleic acid, resveratrol – a heart anti-oxidant also found in red wine and chocolate

Pistachios: potassium, may reduce stress

Walnuts: alpha-linoleic acid, an omega-3 that boosts cognitive function, and disease-fighting gammatocopherol, a type of vitamin E

Hazelnuts: proanthocyanidins that may help strengthen blood vessels, reduce heart disease and boost brain health

Pecans: high ORAC score (antioxidant measurement), may delay age-related cognitive decline

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Body Over Mind?

This can be true at times...Or spirit, mind, and body change places in what is "ruling" at a given moment. Perhaps it is best for spirit to usually prevail. Check out the video by Kimerer Lamothe, Ph.D.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsRym4RiLk8&feature=share

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Tips on Motivation

From Linked In Boo Sadikot

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From Healthcare-Now: US Ranks Last on Preventable Deaths Among High-Income Nations

http://www.healthcare-now.org/u-s-ranks-last-among-high-income-nations-on-preventable-deaths/

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Is Pizza a Vegetable?

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/11/17/pizza-as-vegetable-congress-proposes-new-school-lunch-bill/

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