Friday, December 30, 2011
2012 RESOLUTIONS AND RHYTHMS JAM ON MONDAY JANUARY 2 2012
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FINAL WORD
This quote was forwarded by an awesome MALE Zumba Instructor to all of us on Facebook.
This quote was forwarded by an awesome MALE Zumba Instructor to all of us on Facebook.
To all you girls who think you're fat because you're not a size 0, you're the beautiful one, It's society who's ugly." -Marilyn Monroe ♥ ...
LOVE THYSELF!! See you in class soon!!
LOVE THYSELF!! See you in class soon!!
Regina CannonZumba Fitness Instructor
International Presenter
770-875-2173
regina.cannon@gmail.com
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Falling in pursuit of Fitness --BE CAREFUL
With the new year closing in fast --please take the necessary precautions to ensure the your workouts are safe. Im not just talking about equipment safety either. Listen to your body and be careful as I'm talking from personal experience! I remember those ugly days, years ago, when I participated in amateur bodybuilding while working a grave yard shift. I could have really hurt myself--there were MANY times that I'd dragged myself to the gym after a long work night. I remember being so tired that several times I had dropped dumb bells and tripped over the carpet;one time I accidently flipped and fell off an incline bench during an intense work out. Listen to your body too--if you're that tired go home and rest.
Gym-goers trip, flip and fall in pursuit of fitness
Thousands injured by exercise balls, jump ropes — especially treadmills
Photodisc Collection / Getty Images stock
Treadmills cause more injuries than any other type of exercise equipment, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
TODAY.com
Going to the gym in January is like going to the mall on Black Friday, to the bar on New Year’s Eve: It’s amateur hour. And, as they say, sometimes what you don’t know can hurt you. Or at least, really, really embarrass you.
Last year, there were more than 1,500 reports of exercisers landing in the emergency room after run-ins with workout equipment, according to data collected by the federal Consumer Products Safety Commission. The agency estimates that when extrapolated to the rest of us, more than 50,000 people are treated in the ER each year after falling off exercise balls, getting snapped in the face by resistance bands, dropping heavy weights on their toes, tripping over jump ropes or flying off treadmills. Especially flying off treadmills.
In a fit of New Year's resolution frenzy, Taryn Wright marched herself to the gym and onto a treadmill on a January afternoon two years ago. “I had never — literally, never — worked out before, ever, in my life,” says Wright, who’s 31 and lives in Chicago. But, she reasoned, “How hard could it be? All these muscle heads are doing this high on steroids. I can do this!”
At first, she walked. Then, spurred on by the imaginary scorn of her surrounding exercisers, she kicked it up a couple notches — and couldn't keep up. She flew to the end of the treadmill, caught herself at the edge and did a weird little hop back to the front of the machine. “It lifted the end of the treadmill and sent it crashing down to the floor,” says Wright.
She banged her knee and her palm, but most of the damage done was to her pride.
Injuries tracked by the CPSC range from minor and funny to major and serious. Data from 2009 show instances of broken ankles, fractured arms and legs — even amputated fingertips.
So if health club newcomers are a little wary during their first few workouts, they have good reason.
“It can be, when you’re starting out, a huge, scary experience,” says Jody Cranston, a personal trainer in Vancouver, B.C. “You’ve got all this heavy equipment, these huge, heavy weights that almost seem like they’re flying around the room.”
In Cranston's 13 years of being a personal trainer, he’s seen his share of trips and falls — once, he even watched a gym newbie do a complete cartwheel before falling off a treadmill.
The trouble with treadmills
Treadmills cause more injuries than any other type of exercise equipment, according to the CPSC. The agency's latest data for 2009 lists 575 instances of injuries caused by exercisers falling off, tripping on and tripping over treadmills. Even a stationary, powered-off treadmill can pose a danger — the data show dozens of instances of backs injured from attempting to move treadmills and even toes broken after kicking treadmills.
"When I came to, I was laying on my back, and there were four or five gym members around me," she recalls. She vaguely remembers feeling pressure around her nose and eyes, but what she really remembers feeling is total humiliation. "I was more embarrassed than anything else. I wasn't even thinking about the pain."
At the emergency room, the drugs helped dull the ache of a broken nose, but the embarrassment persisted. As she waited for the doctor to see her, she says, "I could hear the doctors and nurses talking about me!" Did you hear about this girl? She fell on the treadmill!
Gym-goers who exercise while constantly checking their iPhones or iPods (or iPads?) and watching TV and reading the latest US Weekly make trainers nervous.
“You’re not going to stop people from listening to their music, but walking on the treadmill while watching TV and reading at the same time creates a high risk of injury,” says Fabio Comana, an exercise psychologist with the American Council on Exercise in San Diego. Comana urges exercisers to "be cognizant of your surroundings, be cognizant of the people around you.”
Keep your eyes on your own workout But maybe not too cognizant. Being an exercise copycat doesn't always pay off. During her first month at the gym as a 16-year-old, Lisa Messelt was watching the way other gym members used a menacing-sounding machine called the prone cobra, which works the back. "I saw people hugging the weights, so I thought, OK, I'll grab one of those," says Messelt, who's 19 and lives in Austin, Texas. "After two, I was like, this is way too big. But I was too ashamed to go back and get smaller weights."
She struggled through the workout, went home and collapsed on the couch. After a few hours, she couldn't move. "I threw my back out. At 16 years old," Messelt says.
Experts say more often than not, “it’s carelessness, carelessness,” that causes injuries at the gym, says Neal Pire, a certified personal trainer and president of InsPIRE Training Systems in Ridgewood, N.J. "I think that most of the injuries that happen isn't because of inexperience, but just lack of attention. I've seen so many people who have a lot of experience who just did something dopey."
Speaking of dopey: In 2009, jump ropes — jump ropes! — sent 169 people to the ER for concussions, contusions and sprains. In one case, the jump rope's handle hit a 53-year-old man in the eye.
Apart from injuries caused by that deceptively dangerous childhood favorite, Pire's seen many feet and toes smashed when would-be weight-lifters drop too-heavy dumbbells. Free weights and weight machines cause a considerable amount of exercise injuries — about 224 in 2009, according to the CPSC.
About two years after she’d begun seriously working out, Sunni Patterson was getting bored. So she tried something new: step-ups on a weight bench, holding a 20-pound weight in each hand. Step on the bench. Step off the bench. Step on the bench. Step off the — oops.
“I honestly don’t know what happened, but I fell over. My foot just twisted over!” says Patterson, who's 41 and lives in Barrington, Ill.
“It was very embarrassing,” Patterson says. “The thing I wanted to do most was get off the floor and leave the gym.” So she refused to be taken to the emergency room, and limped around for a week until she finally went to the doctor, who informed her that she’d been hobbling about on a broken ankle for a week.
Slow and steady avoids the ER Especially when you're just starting out, it's a good idea to begin with a personal trainer who can show you how to use the machines and free weights safely and effectively. But remember to honestly communicate with your personal trainer. Take it slow, especially at first.
"You’re not going to get in shape in an hour. It’s going to take eight, 12, 16 weeks to get in shape," says Walter Thompson, a professor in the department of kinesiology and health at Georgia State University. "If you haven’t been doing this for 10, 20, 40, 50 years, you’re not going to cure that in an hour session."
For Wright, the first-timer who very nearly flew off the treadmill, it was tough to make herself walk back in that gym for another workout, but she did it. "I really cannot believe I went back after that," says Wright, who, since that initial incident, has lost 70 pounds — and has also fallen off the treadmill twice more and once lodged her iPod in the machine. ("They had to take the entire thing apart. They love me there," she says dryly.)
"But if you can't laugh at yourself," she says, "what are you going to do?"
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Awesome Tips on how to REALLY keep those New Years Resolutions
Like everyone else I am making that dreaded list of 2012 New Years resolutions...LOL. I'm hoping to keep at least half of them after the first 90 days of the new year. This article has some pretty great Ideas on how to put more REAL committment and maybe even some longetivity into our new years resolutions. ( I was actually researching some marketing ideas for my other businesses, when I came across this brilliant article. It never ceases to amaze on what you may find when you're NOT looking ) .
Top 8 New Year’s Resolution Tips & Ideas – And How to Actually Keep Them This Year
by Casey Slide (http://www.moneycrashers.com/)
When I went to college at the University of Florida, it was super trendy to go jogging. It seemed to be the standard hobby of everyone I knew, except for myself. At the time, I didn’t exercise, with the exception of walking to class. But because I constantly saw runners around me, the wheels in my head began to turn, and I realized that I really was not in shape. I desired to be healthy, and I wanted to participate in the campus culture. So for my 2002 New Year’s resolution, I decided to start running.
I made the resolution, but I really doubted that I could keep it. I had never before been able to keep a New Year’s resolution. But somehow I defied all odds, and I became a runner. Nearly nine years later, I still go for runs several times a week. I feel so much healthier, and I am in much better shape. And to top it all off, I have a hobby that I love.
How was I able to stick to my New Year’s Resolution? Here are 8 things I did to keep my resolution, and you can try them, too:
1. Focus On One Resolution
Prior to my 2002 jogging resolution, I had always made resolutions in attempts to makeover my life.
But, if you try to change everything all at once, you end up changing nothing. You spread yourself and your focus too thin. Think of the one thing that is the most important for you to change in your life, and make that your one resolution.
2. Plan Ahead, Not On New Year’s EveI am not sure why this happens, but it seems that people often make New Year’s resolutions on a whim. Perhaps all the excitement of New Year’s Eve events gets people overly hopeful for the coming year. However, when they wake up the next morning, they either forget that they made a resolution or they blow it off. If you really want to change something for the upcoming year, plan early. Also, come up with a game plan on how you are going to go about accomplishing your resolution. For example, if you are going to try to lose weight, you need to decide on a diet and a workout routine. Perhaps you want to sneak workouts into your day or plan another way to exercise and be healthy while saving money.
3. Commit To 21 DaysI’ve heard that it takes 21 days to form a habit. If that’s the case, focus on just making it through January 21st. If you were able to form a habit, great! If you decide that you really dislike your resolution, at least you gave it a fair chance.
4. Baby StepsLet’s say that you decide that your New Year’s Resolution is to become a runner, but you have never run before in your life. It probably is not wise to sign up for a half marathon for the first weekend in January. You probably just want to work on running for 1 minute and then adding an additional minute each week. That is what I did in 2002, and I was able to work all the way up to running half marathons.
By taking baby steps, you can gain motivation from the progress you have made to continue to push yourself into becoming a better version of yourself.
5. Create A Rewards SystemYou need to reward yourself when you make progress. A good reward may be to take a day off. If you’re trying to eat healthier, perhaps you could eat whatever you want, just one day a week. Remember, only take a reward day if you stick to your rules the other 6 days of the week.
6. Penalty MotivationConversely, you can have a consequence when you do not stick to your resolution. I love the “Swear Jar” idea because it’s a great way to save money. For every time that you are unable to keep your resolution, you put a dollar in the “Swear Jar.” Just make sure that the money from the “Swear Jar” goes to save for your future.
7. Don’t Get Burned Out
When you make a New Year’s resolution, you are trying to change something about your life, but your New Year’s resolution does not need to become your whole life. If your resolution is to start a budget, definitely make a budget and stick to it, but don’t obsess over every little detail. Continue on with your life as it was before, but only with this one addition. This is also an important one for those who want to lose weight safely. If you exercise and diet all the time, you will get burned out.
8. Remember Why You Made Your ResolutionNo one makes resolutions just for the fun of it. You make a resolution because there is something in your life that either needs to change or you want to change. If you focus on that reason, you are more likely to stick with your resolution. Use sticky notes. Put it on your calendar. Write it on your bathroom mirror. Do whatever you need to do to remember to become a better version of yourself. This will help you avoid procrastination, as well.
I made the resolution, but I really doubted that I could keep it. I had never before been able to keep a New Year’s resolution. But somehow I defied all odds, and I became a runner. Nearly nine years later, I still go for runs several times a week. I feel so much healthier, and I am in much better shape. And to top it all off, I have a hobby that I love.
How was I able to stick to my New Year’s Resolution? Here are 8 things I did to keep my resolution, and you can try them, too:
1. Focus On One Resolution
Prior to my 2002 jogging resolution, I had always made resolutions in attempts to makeover my life.
But, if you try to change everything all at once, you end up changing nothing. You spread yourself and your focus too thin. Think of the one thing that is the most important for you to change in your life, and make that your one resolution.
2. Plan Ahead, Not On New Year’s EveI am not sure why this happens, but it seems that people often make New Year’s resolutions on a whim. Perhaps all the excitement of New Year’s Eve events gets people overly hopeful for the coming year. However, when they wake up the next morning, they either forget that they made a resolution or they blow it off. If you really want to change something for the upcoming year, plan early. Also, come up with a game plan on how you are going to go about accomplishing your resolution. For example, if you are going to try to lose weight, you need to decide on a diet and a workout routine. Perhaps you want to sneak workouts into your day or plan another way to exercise and be healthy while saving money.
3. Commit To 21 DaysI’ve heard that it takes 21 days to form a habit. If that’s the case, focus on just making it through January 21st. If you were able to form a habit, great! If you decide that you really dislike your resolution, at least you gave it a fair chance.
4. Baby StepsLet’s say that you decide that your New Year’s Resolution is to become a runner, but you have never run before in your life. It probably is not wise to sign up for a half marathon for the first weekend in January. You probably just want to work on running for 1 minute and then adding an additional minute each week. That is what I did in 2002, and I was able to work all the way up to running half marathons.
By taking baby steps, you can gain motivation from the progress you have made to continue to push yourself into becoming a better version of yourself.
5. Create A Rewards SystemYou need to reward yourself when you make progress. A good reward may be to take a day off. If you’re trying to eat healthier, perhaps you could eat whatever you want, just one day a week. Remember, only take a reward day if you stick to your rules the other 6 days of the week.
6. Penalty MotivationConversely, you can have a consequence when you do not stick to your resolution. I love the “Swear Jar” idea because it’s a great way to save money. For every time that you are unable to keep your resolution, you put a dollar in the “Swear Jar.” Just make sure that the money from the “Swear Jar” goes to save for your future.
7. Don’t Get Burned Out
When you make a New Year’s resolution, you are trying to change something about your life, but your New Year’s resolution does not need to become your whole life. If your resolution is to start a budget, definitely make a budget and stick to it, but don’t obsess over every little detail. Continue on with your life as it was before, but only with this one addition. This is also an important one for those who want to lose weight safely. If you exercise and diet all the time, you will get burned out.
8. Remember Why You Made Your ResolutionNo one makes resolutions just for the fun of it. You make a resolution because there is something in your life that either needs to change or you want to change. If you focus on that reason, you are more likely to stick with your resolution. Use sticky notes. Put it on your calendar. Write it on your bathroom mirror. Do whatever you need to do to remember to become a better version of yourself. This will help you avoid procrastination, as well.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
What a powerful photo-- Bob Marley, Mike Jagger and Peter Tosh
What a powerful photo-- Bob Marley, Mike Jagger and Peter Tosh
Bob Marley died not long after this photo was taken.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
What is Beto Perez reaction to a Zumba Fitness mention on show 'Jeopardy'?
Beto Perez reacts to Zumba Fitness mention on Jeopardy
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Bob Marley's Last Words to his fans.
We must surely know that the great Bob Marley was Speaking of the GOD FORCE within. This FORCE tells us right from wrong; however it is up to us whether or not we choose to LISTEN to God's wisdom. R.I.P. Mr. Marley..
Sunday, December 11, 2011
London Visit 2011-- My Thoughts and Experiences thru Photos
I've been to London, England many many times--I've used it as a jump off point to get me to Athens, GR and Paris, FR a couple of times. However this was one of the few times that I DIDNT LEAVE THE UK to venture out elsewhere. Strangely enough, this was by far my best visit EVER to our BRITISH COUSIN COUNTRY. So much fun, so many people, so many interesting experiences. --it was great to reconnect with old friends that I've not seen in 3 years as well as meet others for the first time. London is a perfect place for a culture vulture like myself with so much diversity everywhere where you turn!!
and get back to THAT hectic, stressful and slightly painful reality called L.I.F.E. But it is what it is.
I am a survivor-no matter what is thrown my way. Romans Chapter 8 Verse 30-31 is what I breathe by now
I live to travel..I live to dance. There's another adventure just on the horizon WITH MY NAME ON IT!!
Westfield in Stratford, Europes Biggest shopping Mall and area (the main arena) that will host the OLYMPICS in 2012,Zumba in Plaistow E13 and Walthamstow E17 along side British Zumba Instructors ,Lou Lou, Sophia Jones and Salsa Pam Pam, Victoria Station, Angel area, Mare Street, Camdentown and much more.
Monday, December 5, 2011
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