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I’m James Burns
Jim has always understood the benefits of exercise and is an advocate of helping schools build more activity time into student schedules to keep our children active and above all healthy. Jim is certified by the National Academy Of Sports Medicine (NASM) as a personal trainer and believes that exercise is the first step in reducing stress and becoming balanced mentally, socially, emotionally, and spiritually. As an educator Jim believes that knowledge is power and that everyone should understand the benefits of exercise. “I Trained For A Quadruple Bypass” (contained as part of this newsletter) explains his journey from the understanding one’s own health and how one can ready themselves physical, mentally, and spiritually and do so without fear. Having a history of heart disease and stroke in his family Jim has learned that we are not determined by our genetics we are only influenced, and we can change our response to the influence at any time.
Strengthening Your Rotator Cuff
The rotator cuff is comprised of four tendons and a tear in anyone of them can limit a person’s range of motion in a variety of ways. If you have a torn rotator cuff, gentle exercises can help improve strength, flexibility, and stability in the shoulder. However,...
7-Day Beginner Resistance Training Plan
Day 1: Full-Body Strength Warm-up: 5-10 minutes brisk walk or light cardio Exercises: Bodyweight Squats – 3 sets of 12 reps Push-Ups (kneeling if needed) – 3 sets of 10 reps Dumbbell Rows (one arm, supported by bench or stable surface) – 3 sets of 12 reps each side...
Don’t Let The Past Remind Us
The past is the past, right? Wrong. The past can and will dictate the future if we allow ourselves to be measured based on our failures rather than our successes. Let’s face it. We all have failed or fallen short from time to time. Just because we have failed does not...
Bare Feet and White Flour
Have you ever wondered why your parents did some of the things that they did. I did lots of times. My dad had so many regimented activities that I thought he had a screw lose or something. I’m only going to talk about two here because there are too many to put into...
Are You Happy?
Do you ever get asked this question? I do, probably a bit more frequently than I would like. What is happiness anyway? Well happy comes from the word happens, so what happens to us can either make us happy or unhappy. So we have something that I call situational...
Why Should I Do Squats ?
Squats are the number one exercise to be performed as people grow older. I am including an excerpt from the AARP website which reinforces my point about the importance of this exercise. “The squat is the most important exercise for seniors,” says Eric Daw, a personal...
Why You Should Exercise
“It doesn’t mean that much to me to mean that much to you.” Neil Young sang this verse in his song “Old Man.” Significant others; we all have them, and we all have had them: those that have impacted our life in such a way that we can still hear their voice calling us...
Understanding Change
The Change Process Think of the lizard. It spends most of its life on the ground, envying the birds and indignant at its fate and its shape. “I am the most disliked of all the creatures,” it thinks. “Ugly, repulsive, and condemned to crawl along the ground.”One day,...
Be Simply Fit
Being simply fit involves more than the physical component, we all need to be fit mentally, emotionally, and spiritually as well. Those who are have a better outlook on life and are more apt to treat others with kindness and respect. Secondly those who are fit in the...