IMPORTANT BASICS

To get you moving in the right direction toward ‘better-ness’ (Hey, did I just coin another word? Cool.) Here are some important basics for you to digest.

By and large, we are so gung ho for the quick ‘n easy fix for everything that some really basic, really vital points are overlooked, lost the shuffle of ‘modern living. "I don’t have time to stand over a stove three times a day.“

Well, it CAN be done efficiently. Cook big amounts, freeze the rest. Every time I’m cooking it right, I know I’m taking good care of myself and in essence putting ‘money’ in my body/health/muscle bank, investing it for later withdrawal.

Some ol’ timey grandma stuff is what I’m referring to. Not all of it, of course. Just the proven, tried and true. So pardon my being obvious, but this stuff is important, trust me; it works.

WATER.  The human male body is composed of 76% water! Wow, so excellent pure water has got to be a huge factor is being the best you can be. Quality water! Eight glasses a day bare minimum. Reverse-osmosis processed, mineral enriched (Dasani is a good, easy to find.) AKAI makes a $1400 filtering machine, hooks up to a tap, has pH and alkalinity adjustments. Other tap filtering devices are improving all the time. Yet another investment in your health, immunity and muscularity.

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NAPS: Try to catch a catnap every day. Siestas are chic. NOT immediately after eating however, unless you can snooze upright in a chair. Full-gut, full-horizontal is brutal on a digesting stomach. Built to do its thing 90 degrees the other way, sitting.

THE POWER NAP

Shoes off, quiet spot, lay flat on your back on the floor with your legs up and bent, back of the calves resting on the chair seat, bench, couch or ottoman. The power part comes from blood gravitating to your head and upper body. Finally. All day long we’re on our feet or sitting or well, vertical. Upside-down-ism is about the purest, safest, surest medicine I know of. Your legs and feet get a much needed break (i.e., ‘take a load off’). Five minutes in this position, close you eyes, let your mind go your ‘happy place,’ it'll feel like several hours of deep sleep. Get up slowly! Roll over, up onto all fours, stretch like a cat or dog, breath deeply. Stand up slowly. Aaahhhh! Instant rejuvenation. And what’d it cost? Nada. Just five minutes of quality time with your best bud, you!

POWER BREATH: While you're standing in a cashier line or in the car, make better use of your ‘idle time,’ put .......

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