When you research jumping rope the only thing better for you is swimming. One guy had a jump rope, work out, centered around 1950’s music. He had a ‘tempo’ work out for each song that you had to do for the whole 3 minute song.
I’ll have to try and find that again, sounds like a fun challenge.
Ok, I used that calendar all year and NOW! I am seeing these quotes.
“Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over.”
Check out February 1st. You can just make out the note to myself.
“5 a.m. GET UP!”
I was yelling at myself most mornings to get up with the alarm. I would get up, walk across the room, shut it off and climb or fall back into bed.
Success never felt so good.
The mind battle was ensuing. Did you ever yell at yourself inside your own head? GET UP! GET UP! GET UP!
I was trying different approaches for my morning routine.
This is what I have learned spiritually.
When, on purpose, you make a clear intention, of changing your life for the better and commit your way to the Lord, you absolutely shake the very foundations of hell itself and you absolutely upset the equilibrium of the world when you choose God.
The World, your Flesh and the devil himself will push back.
Here is a challenge for you. “No television, this week.”
Think it, say it, write it down and schedule to do anything else during the time you would have been watching t.v.. You have to commit to seven days, don’t cheat. But be warned, pay attention to how your world will seem to come apart at the seams. Also, watch the times when you have your tasks, hobbies or what ever else scheduled and be prepared for the onslaught of distractions, interruptions, procrastination’s, temptations and enticements that will try to tackle you away from your appointed rounds!
One of the goals I had for 2016 was to get healthy and lose some weight. I was trying a few different things. I tried a diet where you eat six times a day, 6 small meals spaced out. I tried cutting out one meal. I tried 3 meals but increased my water intake and would drink water through out the day and have a big drink in between meals when I felt hungry. I tried to cut out soda, stopped and started that one a few times. It would take to the end of the year for that one to really kick in.
What I settled on was a combination of light exercise with a sensible diet…
- eat breakfast consistently – 2 eggs, toast, coffee and a small 4-6oz of orange juice occasionally
- Body weight exercises, push ups, planks and crunches with stretching in the morning
- Heavy standard weight lifting in the evening after work, doing 3 major muscle group exercises with pull ups in a circuit format and only being in the gym 20 to 30 minutes tops.
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