1 November 2007
Gym Grunting |
Paleolithic Diet
| Aromatherapy | Communcating Stress | Heroes | Healing Sexual Issues
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In every difficult
situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
- Norman Vincent Peale
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This
eZine (No. 102)
The Gym Grunting Controversy
By:
Ainsley Laing
A
large well known fitness facility company has a “no grunting”
policy. Last year, they made news in the U.S. when
they called
the police to escort a member out of the gym for
grunting. What’s the deal with that?
Ok,
ok. Aside from being drama queens and a bit annoying, what are
these grunters really doing wrong? And how does
the gym staff decide what is a grunt and what’s just normal
exhalation of air upon exertion?
Do
they hire “Grunt Monitors”?
I
can see it now in Grunt Monitor Training: “Ok grunt monitors, a
grunt is considered
a legitimate grunt when it sounds like “uuuoooohhhgg” but is not a
grunt when it sounds like “ugh”.” I mean,
honestly – doesn’t this seem pretty silly?
Of
course, there’s the deeper more philosophical question: is there
a difference between a snort and a grunt?
What
if you drop a weight on your toe and scream “ouch”. Do you get
expelled for that?
And
what are the exact procedures for expulsion from the gym for grunting?
Is a member issued a grunt warning first?
Maybe two grunt warnings? Three grunts - you are out?
Imagine
what happens at the employees’ shift change: “Hi Jack, you see
that guy over there in the red shirt? Watch
him carefully. He’s had two grunt warnings already and I believe
I heard the beginnings of a grunt earlier. His
days are numbered…”
“Ok
Susie, you can count on me…I never miss a grunter”.
What
about the poor grunters? Don’t you think they feel discriminated
against? Is this the beginning of gym apartheid?
Will
people have to be grunt-tested before they can join the gym? If they
grunt, will they be sent to the grunter’s gym?
New
membership drives and advertisements will go something like this:
“Are you a grunter? No problem! Come on down”
Maybe more avant garde gyms could have tiered membership fees –
as in, “Yes indeed sir, we do have a Gold
Membership
just for grunters. Of course, it will cost you more.”
Most
women when they workout make more of a moaning sound than a
grunt. Do gyms need special rules for moaners?
Or
is it like ladies night at a bar? Ladies attract men, so they are
allowed to moan.
Here’s
an idea: they could implement special hours for lady moaners.
That would be good for business, don’t you think?
Fit women sweating and making moaning sounds. Most guys I know
would be there for sure – and not to workout
either!
On
a more serious note, what is the grunting and moaning all about?
Does it really serve any purpose? Well, there’s
not much evidence that it serves a physiological purpose.
Psychological? My guess is that’s the reason people
do it.
To
lift heavy things properly, it’s important to breathe deeply.
Holding one’s breath when lifting can drive blood pressure
up.
There
used to be a belief among trainers to teach people to exhale at
exertion, but that idea is continuously challenged
by new research. It’s more common now for trainers to explain to
folks the importance of breathing well and
continuously while working out.
Whether
one inhales or exhales on the lift doesn’t really matter.
Whatever is comfortable is best…so long as breathing
occurs.
So
here’s to all the grunters and moaners out there….happy lifting!
About the Author:
Ainsley Laing, MSc. has been a Fitness Trainer for 25 years and writes
exclusively Body for Mind eZine. She holds certifications in Group
Exercise, Sports Nutrition and Personal Fitness Training. She is also a
professional engineer and mom. To see more articles by Ainsley visit http://www.bodyformind.com
or the blog at http://www.bodyformind.blogspot.com
Isn’t it time you tried
something different?
Paleolithic Diet - A Stone Age Diet
That Works
By: Chris
You must have seen several movies on cavemen, remember the movie “A
night at the museum?” Ever wondered how they have been so lean.
There are more than 84 tribes in this world who are hunter gatherers.
These kinds of people have the perfect body; they are stronger and are
faster just like a leopard. They have no eye sight problem and have the
best teeth. Problems like Diabetes, hypertension, heart diseases, and
cancer are Greek and Latin to them.
The simple reason being a secret diet something that has changed from,
as put by Dr. Ben Balzar, the first humans 2 million years ago, and
their predecessors up to 7 million years ago.
Read on as you have a bag of surprises waiting for you.
As mentioned earlier this diet of the caveman was known as the
"Paleolithic Diet". This era was known as the Paleolithic or the Stone
Age. There have been terms such as "Stone Age Diet", "Cave Man Diet" or
the "Hunter-Gatherer Diet", which have been used. There are many who
romanticize it and call it the diet from the "Garden of Eden".
Understanding the Paleolithic Diet is as easy as it is to understand a
high school math problem. It is said that the Paleolithic Diet
unmatched qualities It represents a combination of all the features of
other dietary theories, by eliminating the bad ones from the lot and
making it simple to understand and follow.
Almost all the important components are covered, like fats, proteins,
carbohydrates, fibrous fruits etc. You can have lean proteins, nuts,
and fibrous carbs, reduce processed products and starch.
Did you know that the caveman had no modes of entertainment? He had to
find food, which could be all sorts of wild meat, freshwater or
saltwater fish or a variety of greens. There was no fast food that was
available then. His only exercise was to hunt animals which involved a
lot of running, probably lifting boulders and lighting fire. The
caveman used no spices, or fatty syrups like white sauce or corn syrup.
He did not even have shops around to buy preservatives or chemical
products. His diet included nuts, seeds, vegetable, some herbs, fruits,
meat and fish.
The diet completely bans the usage of potatoes or carb foods. The use
of rice or potatoes is forbidden when it comes to the Paleolithic
diets. Try oatmeal in the mornings instead of sugar, or wheat flour
food. You can have naturally sweetened potatoes, like the sweet
potatoes, which are neither processed by man or machine. In today life,
there is too much fat in the food, and in turn lead it to problems like
obesity and all sorts of diseases. No grain or no starch food is much
wise a choice.
It’s better to have natural foods. Fruits, Veggies and other such
things which are not made by man, but come naturally. The more the
processed food in the house, the more damage it causes. Then why even
try and damage your life with your own hands? About the author: Chris
McCombs is an Anaheim Personal Trainer. He owns a company Positively
Fit Personal Training with specialty in fat loss and muscle toning.
About the author:
http://www.socalworkout.com/anaheim_personal_trainer.html
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Introduction
To Aromatherapy
By: Barbara Williams
Aromatherapy
is
an alternative health methodology founded on a more holistic approach
to coping with health problems and complaints. It is a completely
natural, non-invasive treatment that treats the person as a whole as
opposed to treating a disease or illness in isolation. On the whole,
Western medicine tends to isolate a patient's problem areas and health
concerns and treats them alone. Whereas Eastern medicine, which is
considered alternative medicine in the West, tends to use a more
holistic approach. That is, it views the body as an integrated system
so that when there is a medical problem in one area, the practitioner
of alternative medicine determines the best way to return to proper
whole-body function.
Aromatherapy
combines both art and science by utilizing naturally occuring aromatic
plant extracts to promote mind, body, and spiritual health. Essential
oils and essences used in aromatherapy seek to harmonize and rebalance
the body while enhancing the body's own healing process so to promote
the body's self-regulating, maintaining, and healing capabilities.
Aromatherapy also seeks to bring relief on emotional as well as
physical levels.
Aromatherapy
has
provided relief and beneficial results for a vast array of conditions.
These include treatment of skincare complaints such as dermatitis,
acne, eczema, psoriasis, cellulite, varicose veins and stretch marks,
among others. Aromatherapy can also provide emotional benefits to
combat depression, hysteria, irritability, panic attacks, difficulty
with concentration, insomnia and moodiness. Additionally, aromatherapy
has been utilized successfully to treat burns, bruises, sprains and
strains, asthma, bronchitis, flu, muscular aches and pains, skin
inflammation, and digestive problems such as constipation.
Aromatherapy
utilizes essential oils and essences to promote health. In fact it is
an art which must be learned properly to be used successfully. If one
is seeking aromatherapy treatments, it is essential that one is dealing
with a qualified aromatherapy practitioner because using essential oils
is a precise and learned science. Further, if used incorrectly,
essential oils can do more harm than good. They tend to be highly
concentrated extracts which are harvested by distilling a variety of
plant materials including, but not limited to, flowers, leaves, fruit
peel, wood, and grasses. An essential oil can be distilled a number of
ways, most commonly by either using water or steam or by mechanically
processing it, particularly in the case of citrus rinds, or by dry
distillation of natural materials. Following the distillation process,
the essential oil is then physically separated from the water.
Essential oils generally do not feel greasy and many of them do not
leave an oily residue. These oils penetrate the skin very easily and
get absorbed into the bloodstream where they will then be reabsorbed at
different rates by different organs throughout the body.
About the author:
Barbara Jones writes for
several web sites, on health and wellness and alternative health
themes.
How To Communicate One's
Stress
By: John Andrews
In case of stress,
all too often we feel helpless and alone. We know we should do
something about the problem, but we do not have an idea what exactly
needs to be done. In such situation, the only solution is to talk about
your stress and the situation that has caused it. Be mindful, though:
you must not talk to just anyone.
You can't
just pick people at random, talk to them and hope it will help. In some
situations this may cause more problems than it solves. In case of
work-related problems for example, you should rather discuss them with
your boss rather than with your fellow employees. They will then spread
information about your problems in a form of a gossip and this is
simply begging for trouble.
If you
have problems at work, consider going on a short holiday. A week off
usually allow you enough rest to let you get back into work and solve
your problems in no time. This tactics is used by most experienced
managers and it works just fine unless the problems are directly
related to the kind of work or a company you are employed in. In such
situations you should really think about changing job - it will
probably save you severe depression and health problems.
In case of
problems rising from your personal relationships, the one thing you
should do is to meet those person and talk everything over at the
earliest opportunity. This may be hard especially when it concerns a
family member, but such talk is the only way to change the situation
for the better.
Problems
in your love life can also be an important source of stress. If you
feel that your relationship is going in a way that makes you more and
more stressed, make sure to discuss it with your loved one and openly
tell what makes you down. Together you will surely be able to find a
solution that will be acceptable for both sides. If it is the other
side however, who causes all the problems, and he or she refuses to
discuss about it, you may consider increase the distance between each
other in order to get rid of the stress inducing situations.
Openly
admitting your emotions is a powerful tool that can be used to get rid
of the stress that has built up in your mind and body. Talking about
your state of mind is the best way to lower your stress level and in
many situations it is the only way to solve the underlying problems
that cause the stress in the first place.
About the Author:
John Andrews likes to write about health related topics that really
matter and are of great concern today. For more information on Stress
Management and how to Deal With Stress.
Ainsley's Favorite
Relationship Experts Susie and Otto Collins:
 
The Chocolate Ice Cream, The Hero, The
Insight And The Human's 'Being'
By: Neil
Fellowes
When the
insight hit me last week I happened to be ordering ice cream for my
daughter.
There we
were, in Spain, by the sea front, enjoying the sun, having fun, buying
a chocolate cone and not really looking for or expecting any special
insights into life. But sometimes that's the way it happens. And it did
happen.
Earlier in
the week I'd been in a similar situation - speaking broken Spanish to a
Spaniard who was speaking back to me in very broken English and using
body language to get the point across. That day my daughter had given
me a tough question to ask the Spanish lady. And I guess that's where
the insight really began.
'Ask if
the watch is waterproof?' my eight year old said.
I looked
at the price. Just 8 Euros. No way was it waterproof. 'But ask,' she
insisted.
That's
when doubt hit me in the gut. I didn't know how to say 'Is this
waterproof' in Spanish? I could tell the shop assistant didn't do
English well and right about then my confidence dipped.
I felt
lost. So I looked at my daughter, stern faced, hoping she'd relent if I
could brow beat her. I told her, no way for 8 Euros was that watch
going to be waterproof.
Did she
relent?
No.
Why not?
Because,
no great teacher ever let's you off the hook.
'Daaad,
just ask.' Big eyes, smile, massive pressure: 'You're my hero,' she
added for good measure.
That's
when I heard the lady behind me say 'Ah'. And that's when I realised
that I was front of the queue.
Eloquence
out the window, I jabbed a finger at the watch and blurted out my
question. The shop assistant looked at me. She made a swimming gesture
and said, 'No.' She said a word I knew. 'Bath,' I said translating.
'Yes' she said. 'Okay in bath, but not - ' she made the swimming
gesture again.
My
daughter grinned and opened her purse. I breathed a sigh of relief. But
what has this got to do with the insight I had while buying chocolate
ice cream?
I became
aware of how my confidence dips when language becomes a perceived
barrier. I became aware of how I became almost Neanderthal, trying to
manipulate my daughter through tone and body language and how I jabbed
at the things and forgot my usual social grace.
Little
wonder then when the Japanese come to London, or the Germans are in
town - and even when I go to Spain - that the foreigners can appear a
bit rude! Maybe they're all feeling a little like I felt.
In fact
maybe that's how some children feel - our own, or sometimes kids we
meet in the street. Maybe they don't fully understand the language,
maybe they forget social grace.
At times
it can be body language that can get us through. You can say pretty
much all that's worth saying with your body, and, but for a few hand
gestures, body language is international. But that's not all I want to
share with you on my insight.
Beyond
body language, amongst my new awareness of how I feel when the
perceived barrier of language comes up, there is something I will
remember.
Whatever
language we speak, whatever country we're from, whatever our culture or
religion, we all share one thing - we're human. And more important than
any language, is the language of humans 'being'.
We're all
learning almost all the time. At times we all lose confidence,
brow-beat others or muddle through situations. But if we become aware
enough to catch the insights, we can reshape our understanding and grow
in confidence.
Last
night, I watched, Bristol newspaper owner, John Dawson, breakdown many
barriers, in being present and speaking from the heart in front of
anyone. He demonstrated how it's okay to feel what we feel, because
often others just feel the same as us.
A problem
I frequently come across, through working with people, is that they are
often on auto-pilot, doing the muddling through part - trying to fight
their way through a barrier that only exists in their mind.
Sometimes
they feel that their clients seem to have vanished, the finances are in
a mess, the jeans are getting too tight, the kids are always arguing or
the relationships going down the pan.
What I do
is flip them off auto-pilot and teach them to fly the plane, using
their own navigation system.
With Love
and good wishes,
Neil
About the author:
CommunitySoul takes the
holistic approach to life. At it's core lies the commitment to
individual's personal development and growth. Best-selling authors, top
life coaches and experts contribute. http://www.communitysoul.co.uk
Healing Sexual Issues Improves
Self-Esteem & Relationships
By
Helene Rothschild
Our
sexuality is a healthy, normal, human part of us. Sexual problems can
hurt your self-esteem and relationships. As a practicing Marriage,
Family Therapist for 27 years, I have learned fascinating insights as
to the causes of our sexual issues. The following are some case studies
of clients who overcame their sexual blocks.
Randi, a
twenty-two-year-old woman, came to me complaining that she never found
her sexual experiences satisfying. She asked me, “Do women really enjoy
sex?”
I replied,
“Yes, Randi. Do you allow yourself to enjoy your sense of hearing,
sight, smell, touch, and taste?” Randi answered, “Of course I do, but
that’s different.”
I
continued, “In my opinion, Randi, we wouldn’t have sensual bodies if we
weren’t supposed to enjoy them. Our sexual parts, just like our eyes,
ears, nose, skin, and tongue are normal parts of us that have specific
functions, as well as offer us specific pleasures.”
I went on
to explain to Randi that sex is a normal, healthy part of an intimate
relationship-another way to express love, and give and receive
pleasure. Enjoying her sexuality is a natural state. She had probably
made negative decisions about sex from childhood experiences that were
still affecting her today.
As we
proceeded to explore Randi’s unconscious beliefs about sex through the
HART process, Holistic And Rapid Transformation, we discovered that
when she was ten years old, she had overheard her mother saying to a
friend on the phone, “I just tolerate sex for my husband’s sake.” From
that childhood experience, Randi had decided that women do not enjoy
sex. That negative decision was affecting her adult life.
To release
her block, I asked Randi to visualize an image of her mother standing
in front of her and say, “Mom, I’m sorry that you didn’t allow yourself
to enjoy your sexuality. I imagine that you just passed on to me the
negative messages that your mother impressed on you. The truth is that
sex between two consenting adults can be a beautiful way to share their
caring. I accept that you didn’t know that, but I do. I’m going to
allow myself to enjoy my sexuality.”
Randi
automatically took a deep breath and said that she felt relieved and
more relaxed. We explored her other sexual blocks and discovered that
she felt very guilty for masturbating since she was a small child.
Randi felt wonderful when I reassured her that she did not do anything
wrong, that masturbation was normal and healthy.
Other male
and female clients had to release their guilt feelings that stemmed
from their childhood experience of being caught and reprimanded for
playing “Doctor.”
Not all of
the sexual blocks were caused by guilt. Bob, a forty-seven-year-old
man, found out that he was expressing his resentment towards his
girlfriend by not allowing himself to climax.
Brian, a
thirty-four-year-old man, found himself devastated and impotent after
his wife divorced him. Brian was terrified to get too close to another
woman.
Pat, a
twenty-five-year-old nurse, was told by her dad that men will only want
her for her body. Pat was able to let go, and allow herself to enjoy
her sexuality after she began to trust herself to attract men who
appreciated all of her.
The most
challenging sexual issues have been those of molestation and incest.
The clients had many feelings to resolve before they could feel
sexually free.
In
summary, I have found that people were subconsciously blocking their
sexuality because of negative experiences they had as children and as
adults. Once they expressed their guilt, fear, and resentments, and
resolved their issues, they were able to allow themselves to enjoy
their normal, healthy sexuality.
About the author:
©2007 Helene Rothschild,
MS, MA, MFT, is a Marriage, Family Therapist, intuitive counselor,
speaker, and author. The article is excerpts from her new book, "ALL
YOU NEED IS HART!" A unique guide to Holistic And Rapid Transformation.
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