2. The 4 Keys
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1. Move Frequently at a slow pace
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2. Lift heavy things
!
3. Move your spine everyday, fully, in all
directions
!
4. Sprint once in a while
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5. A Little Reminder
Everyone is an athlete!
You were born for this!
Exercise is an essential nutrient that you cannot
thrive without
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6. Key 1
Move Frequently at a
Slow Pace
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7. How Much To Exercise
20 to 30 minutes, 3 to 5 times a week
is minimum for cardiovascular/
endurance exercise!
!
Exercise should start with a 5 minute
warm up and some light stretching!
!
Exercise should end with a 5 minute
cool down and some moderate
stretching
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8. True Aerobic Exercise
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Purchase a Heart Rate Monitor!
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180 – (age)
!
(-5 if you haven’t exercised in years)!
(+5 if you are in really good shape)
9. Simple Ways To Increase
Your Activity Levels
Take the stairs, walk to work, walk to get
shopping, cycle to work/shops, join sports
clubs, organise walking lunch breaks, find
active hobbies for after work, dance,
stand up work stations, active games
consoles, active dates, active holidays,
always be learning something new
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10. Ways To Get Moving
★ Walking, cycling, Hiking, Dancing!
★ Swimming, walking in chest high water!
★ Cross-Trainer, recumbent bike!
★ Swiss ball, balance cushion!
★ Rocking chair
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Key 2
Lift Heavy Things
13. Benefits of Resistance
Exercise
★Increased ranges of motion!
★Improved joint function!
★Improved fat metabolism!
★Increased bone density!
★Better overall strength!
★Reduced risk of injury!
★Balanced Posture
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14. Wolf’s Law
★Resistance causes muscle
contraction!
★Muscles attach to Bones!
★When muscles contract it
stresses the bone!
★When bones are stressed
regularly it activates Wolf’s
Law in physiology!
★Training —> an increase in
bone density in response to
the increased load
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15. Resistance Training & Fat
Loss
★Resistance Training builds
lean muscle tissue!
★Muscle tissue burns a much
higher number of calories at
rest and increases metabolism!
★Contraction of muscles
squeezes out harmful
accumulated tissue toxins for
elimination which will reduce
fluid retention !
★Building healthy muscle
tissue is also the fastest way to
change the shape of your body
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16. Warming Up
Endurance exercise is a great warm up for your resistance exercise because:!
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★Warms up the muscles and joints!
★Makes stretching easier!
★Gets blood into muscles and joints!
★Lubricates joints!
★Reduces risk of injuries
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17. Types Of Resistance
Exercise
★Kettle Bell !
★Dumbbells!
★Swiss-Balls!
★Pilates!
★Curves!
★Resistance Bands
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18. Best Results
!
★ Hiring A Personal Trainer
★ Reboot Program
★ Accelerate Module of
Wake Up Wellness
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19. Proper Form and Duration
★Sets: Research shows that 1 set is equally as effective as 2 or even 3 set
routines for increasing strength (Starkey et al. 1994)!
!
★Repetitions: Should range between 8 to 12 (If you struggle for 8 its to
much weight! If 12 is a breeze then its not enough!) A rep must last 6
seconds & encompass a full range of motion (W. Westcott Ph.D. 1996)
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20. A Simple Program
★Monday: 20-30min walk followed by 10min Lower body Resistance
Exercise (eg: Squat)!
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★Wednesday: Just Walking 20-30min!
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★Friday: 20-30min walk followed by 10min Upper body Resistance
Exercise (ex: Press &Row)
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Key 3
Move Your Spine,
Everyday, Fully,
in ALL Directions
22. " The neurology of movement → !
" Charges your brains batteries. "
" Cuts out the stress response."
" Changes gene expression!"
" Keeps your joints young!
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23. Daily Spinal Hygiene
★Move it or lose it!!
★Must be done daily!
★Flossing for your spine.!
★Build in and around an existing habit. Before
brushing teeth?
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Key 4
Sprint
Once in a While
25. Install Your Turbo
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27. “Most modern humans do not
exercise as if their lives depended on
it – but they do...If we don't push
our heart and lungs toward their
limits they will have little reserve,
incapable of meeting the demands of
stress, infection or injury”!
!
- Dr Goscienski (Health Secrets of the Stone Age)
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28. Lung Power & Health
★ Extremely common. People don't even
realise!
★ As you age, your lungs shrink.!
★
Framingham heart Study → your lungs
are the number one predictor of death!
★ Even a moderate drop in lung power
increases your risk of heart attack by
over 200 percent! (European Heart
Journal, 1988)!
★ Your lung capacity is one of the best
indicators of 'all cause mortality'!
★ Thats Dr speak for 'all the ways you could
possibly die!”
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29. Anaerobic Training
★ Installs the turbo!
★ Sprint/HIIT!
★ Works by racking up
an oxygen debt to
build bigger stronger
lungs and heart
muscle
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30. !
85% of Maximum Heart Rate
(90-100% of your max effort)"
!
Max HR = 220-age"
!
Aim = Total of 8-12 minutes Exertion Time
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31. How?
★ Choose a training method (run, bike, swim, squatting, rowing
etc..)
★ Perform at max speed/effort until your body tells you to slow
down (or for 30-60 seconds)
★ Back off - slow right down (10% of the effort you were making)
★ When you feel sufficiently recovered and comfortable go again
★ 6-8 repetitions of this approach (or until you can no longer
recover well)
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32. Example
★ 33 year old male (max HR = 220-33 = 187)
★ Sprinting
★ 100 meters at full speed (check heart rate - aim to
approximate 187 bpm)
★ Walk until I recover composure (60% of max HR approx.
130 bpm, in this case of a 33 yo)
★ Repeat until I can no longer recover, or until I have done
8-12 sets, or until I have done 6-12 minutes of exertion
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33. Benefits Of Anaerobic
Training
★ Regulates hormones - improved insulin sensitivity and
growth hormone level for days afterwards
★ Improved metabolism
★ Improved CV fitness
★ Low time impact - less wear+tear, less injury, fewer stress
hormones, max results for little time invested
★ No equipment required
★ Improves heart and lung capacity
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34. GO GET IT!
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