Latest Thoughts....

Hello Health and Wellness world! It has been a minute since I put anything up on this blog but a lot of thoughts on the brain. The mind is an interesting place... It allows you to go places you never thought possible. Some may have limited views on how far they can go, whether it be success driven or goal driven, some can't see beyond their circumstances.

I personally believe that when it comes to reaching goals and new levels you have to have a made up mind to get there. Its what I like to call "settled issues." Many people don't give into that notion and let negative thinking take them out of their walk. Walking towards better health means there will have to better choices made made in your eating and exercise regiment. Nay sayers will always be around to try and discourage and disdain the direction of the focused. So with the "settled issue" mentality you have by default made a clear path for you and your journey

After completing the Les Mills Combat journey I made my next program choice carefully. I wanted to put on muscle and I chose Body Beast. I am only a week and a half into the journey and it has already prove to challenging. I went from HIIT type workouts to an actual bodybuilding routine. I will get into details on that in another entry. I used that as an illustration to show that a made up mind will keep you when you are focused on your goals and in my case I want to put on muscle by the summer and Body Beast is going to get me there.

I know this entry was kinda all over the place but that is how my mind is focusing these days. The one take away from this entry is to have a mindset that has "settled issues". This keep you from having too many decisions to make!!!!

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What's on your Journey?

As I sit and contemplate on the idea of being on a journey to better health and wellness, I always seem to veer back to the days that prompted me to begin in the first place. While in my college days I had little, if any, notion that I was living in complete disarray. My mind was the furthest thing away from living a life of wellness!

In my case I was knowledgeable of my family's history of high cholesterol, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. All of these are some of the top dis-eases that plague the African American community. Even with the knowing I didn't do anything to be preventative. Taking for granted that I wouldn't become the next victim of these dis-eases walked me right into that trap. At the age of 27 I was diagnosed with high cholesterol and hypertension. Even with that being a reality I made moderate changes but nothing that would constitute a lifestyle overhaul.

Between being a student at Life University and landing in the lap of Team BeachBody , my eyes were opened to the world of health and fitness! While at Life University I began to learn what it was to walk in that lifestyle. Pretty much everyone on the campus lived by some kind of wellness regiment. Every aspect from veganism and vegetarianism to.professional natural bodybuilders existed. This influenced my thinking on holistic health a lot!

The hook for me getting into thr health and wellness industry came in the form of Team BeachBody. My first experience with BeachBody came through P90X. I lost a good bit of weight and even toned up some. After that I decided to become a Team BeachBody Coach because it provided me a lane to motivate people to get up and get to moving!

To make a long story short, this is the journey that allowed the vision of Life Flow Wellness to have life! If you are ready to begin a journey start with letting Life Flow Wellness become partner! You can begin by clicking on the Holistic Community link at the top of the page and creating a free account. By letting me become your Coach you are open to a motivating community that will walk with you on your journey!!!

Salute to Health and Wellness!

Discipline: The Key to Real Change

Discipline is often described as training that corrects, molds, or perfects the mental faculties or moral character or control gained by enforcing obedience or order.  A number of people miss this concept when aiming to make changes in their lives. The concept of discipline is often mistaken as a word used to infuse punishment when on contrary it is the complete opposite! In fact the concept of discipline comes from a concept of wanting to have boundaries on areas that will keep you focused on your goals. Discipline is the direct result of focus and it prints the road map to get you to your goals!

So if you are gauged on setting some life changing habits, start with the concept of the theme of  DISCIPLINE!!! Making changes in workouts, nutrition, or lifestyle will point you to focus and discipline!!!

Salute to Health and Wellness!!!

P90X , Have You Tried It?

Today's workout that we are featuring is one that is near and dear to me because it was the one that led me to become a Team BeachBody Coach. It is the one and only P90X! This workout is the best selling and most famous of the BeachBody workouts. P90X was developed as the follow up to Tony Horton's P90 series. The workout was designed to help you achieve maximum results in 90 days.

P90X is broken down into 12 different intense workouts. They use elements of cardio, resistance training, body weight training, yoga, ab work, and martial arts. There is also a nutrition plan included in P90X. The workouts get intense but they are not impossible. P90X is kind of equipment heavy unless you modify and use the resistance features. Even modification still provides great results!

CrossFit Phenomenon

Hello health and Wellness world! This week here at Life Flow Wellness we will be focusing on some different workout regiments. The first one we will be diving into is CrossFit. CrossFit was developed by a guy named Coach Greg Glassman. The regiment was developed over a period of decades. If you want to sum up what CrossFit is it can be described as "constantly varied functional movements performed at relatively high intensity" according to CrossFit.com. Some examples of CrossFit exercises are: kettle bell swings, clean and jerk, and ( probably the most popular) burpees. To learn more about CrossFit check out CrossFit.com.

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Morning wake up call!!!

Watch "Bob Marley - Natural Mystic - ReggaeRiddimBox" on YouTube

Bob Marley is one the best musicians of all time!!! His music is timeless and very motivational!

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Kettle Bell Workout

The Kettle Bell workout is a great regiment to have in your midst. There are many variations to the Kettle Bell routine that can be found here http://m.mensfitness.com/training/build-muscle/kettlebell-workout

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