If you are looking for a great challange to add to your training then the Tabata Protocal might just be it.
Tabatas challenge every aspect of your training, mental, physical and emotional. It also is one of the quickest ways to boost your fat burning engine.
I USED to use the "protocal" reqularly but as with many things (bible study, time with friends, fishing, etc.. ) it fell by the way side when life became haried and stressfull.
This week marks the return of it to my schedule.
Here is a simple outline incase you have never heard of Tabatas before.
You can use nearly any exercise to apply Tabatas to. Recubant bike, treadmill, jogging in place, hill running, squats, cleans, heavy bag work.
This is what the routine looks like.
5 minutes warm up at approximately 40% of your training max.
20 seconds all out effort.
10 seconds total rest.
20 seconds all out effort.
10 seconds total rest.
20 seconds all out effort.
10 seconds total rest.
20 seconds all out effort.
10 seconds total rest.
5 minutes cool down at approximately 40% of your training max.
Thats it for beginners - and old farts like me.
Apply the protocal 3-4 days a week.
As you get better able to handle the stress of Tabatas you can increase the number of cycles you do from 4 to 7.
Make sure to get a physical before launching into Tabatas because they are outragiously intense.
I am adding 4 tabata cycles three days a week using a recumbant bike, for now.
This spring I will head back out doors and apply Tabatas to the sled drag. I LOVE the sled.
May the Lord bless you and your household.
John
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Finding study helps.
Studying the scriptures can sometimes be a daunting task when you are digging in to word study, imagery, traditions and historical backgrounds. Daunting but Rewarding.
There are several fantastic programs availible on the marked and you can spend hundreds of dollars on any one of them,,,,,, I did.
But if you are student, pastor or just a money contious follower of Christ you will be glad to know that there are several FREE, yes I said FREE! programs and websites to help you grow in your faith.
First and formost my favorite is E-Sword here you will find one of the largest and most extensive study tool availible, either for pay or for free. If there are not enough resources on the site proper then a simple web search for "e-sword addons" will dredge up literally hundreds of reader created studies and papers.
Next has to be Crosswire's Sword Project also containing a plorithera of bibles, commentaries and additional writings.
Then there is the Online Bible which has many of the same features listed above.
Now in all honesty, my choice as to favorite has as much to do with appearance and personal taste as with volume of matereal availible, so check them all out and make your own choice.
Now for those who don't want to add another program to their computer try one of the MANY websites dedicated to study of the Scriptures.
The Bible Gate Way is a great site with commentairies, dictionaries, illustrations and many other heplful tools.
Bible.org is ecellent for indepth studies via sermons and well written articles, as well as a collection of bible study tools.
Currently my favorite though is the Bible Studio which has just about everything you could want for study all in one location. And for Pastors and teachers they even have verses availible already set on backgrounds for powerpoint or handouts, simplifiing sermon prep greatly.
These are only a few of my favorites, I hope to add a list of links dedicated specifically to scripture study sites in the near future so keep cheching in.
May the Lord bless you and your household.
John
There are several fantastic programs availible on the marked and you can spend hundreds of dollars on any one of them,,,,,, I did.
But if you are student, pastor or just a money contious follower of Christ you will be glad to know that there are several FREE, yes I said FREE! programs and websites to help you grow in your faith.
First and formost my favorite is E-Sword here you will find one of the largest and most extensive study tool availible, either for pay or for free. If there are not enough resources on the site proper then a simple web search for "e-sword addons" will dredge up literally hundreds of reader created studies and papers.
Next has to be Crosswire's Sword Project also containing a plorithera of bibles, commentaries and additional writings.
Then there is the Online Bible which has many of the same features listed above.
Now in all honesty, my choice as to favorite has as much to do with appearance and personal taste as with volume of matereal availible, so check them all out and make your own choice.
Now for those who don't want to add another program to their computer try one of the MANY websites dedicated to study of the Scriptures.
The Bible Gate Way is a great site with commentairies, dictionaries, illustrations and many other heplful tools.
Bible.org is ecellent for indepth studies via sermons and well written articles, as well as a collection of bible study tools.
Currently my favorite though is the Bible Studio which has just about everything you could want for study all in one location. And for Pastors and teachers they even have verses availible already set on backgrounds for powerpoint or handouts, simplifiing sermon prep greatly.
These are only a few of my favorites, I hope to add a list of links dedicated specifically to scripture study sites in the near future so keep cheching in.
May the Lord bless you and your household.
John
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Punching Through
If you are a martial artist who does push ups, iether knuckle or palm, and would like to really increase your punching power then this is for you.
No, you don't have to buy any special equiptment or apparatus. All you need is a good hard floor and a couple of face cloths.
Fold the face cloth in half and then in half again so you have a simple four layer square. Lay down on the floor in the push up position and place your fists on the cloths at your side. (Start with your fist in the supinated postion, that is palm towards the shoulder) No do your push up as if it were a double punch, making sure to rotate the fist to the pronated position and to slide your fists on the cloth towards your shoulder.
If the floor you are training on creates too much friction to allow rotation and slide of the cloth simply place a piece of wax paper between the cloth and floor.
In the begining this movement will require a lot of work from your shoulders and wrists but there will be great dividends paid out with diligent practice. Until you master the movements use the GTG (grease the groove) method of training. Do a few push ups several times a day every day. In the matter of a week you will be amazed at how much strength and power you will gain.
This method of doing pushups specifically targets the muscles used in punching plus you train the muscular and nerve pathways to move in the correct way. All of that translates into better, faster, stronger and more powerfull punches.
Play with hand positions and heights to really challange yourself.
May the Lord bless you and your household.
John
No, you don't have to buy any special equiptment or apparatus. All you need is a good hard floor and a couple of face cloths.
Fold the face cloth in half and then in half again so you have a simple four layer square. Lay down on the floor in the push up position and place your fists on the cloths at your side. (Start with your fist in the supinated postion, that is palm towards the shoulder) No do your push up as if it were a double punch, making sure to rotate the fist to the pronated position and to slide your fists on the cloth towards your shoulder.
If the floor you are training on creates too much friction to allow rotation and slide of the cloth simply place a piece of wax paper between the cloth and floor.
In the begining this movement will require a lot of work from your shoulders and wrists but there will be great dividends paid out with diligent practice. Until you master the movements use the GTG (grease the groove) method of training. Do a few push ups several times a day every day. In the matter of a week you will be amazed at how much strength and power you will gain.
This method of doing pushups specifically targets the muscles used in punching plus you train the muscular and nerve pathways to move in the correct way. All of that translates into better, faster, stronger and more powerfull punches.
Play with hand positions and heights to really challange yourself.
May the Lord bless you and your household.
John
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Leaving Tracks
I love old books, especially old bibles. My eldest son found an old pocket New Testament at a garage for a quarter and gave it to me for my birthday. It was the greatest gift I was blessed to receive that year.
It wasn't that the bible was published in 1918, the second year the American Bible Society distributed bibles and the last year of WWI and so was a war bible that made the book so precious to me. It was the combination of my son thinking of me while he could have spent the money on himself and that the bible is marked with the journey of not one but two different people's spiritual journey.
Simple initials & X's tell of the reading path for both men (brothers who shared the Good News). The book screams "YOU ARE NOT ALONE, SOMEONE HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE". Haven't you ever longed for that knowledge, that simple kinship.... brother, you're not alone I have been right where you are standing and I know what you are feeling.... you are not alone.
Mark your journey, not just with the people you touch for the Kingdom as you walk your daily walk, but mark your place, leave your thoughts, your hopes, your prayers so that one day someone who may be searching the used book bin, or estate auction or garage sale might find the bread crumbs of your journey.
At the other end of the spectrum is a beautiful bible I purchased from an estate sale. It was in near new condition dispite being over a century old. The binding wasn't even broken. Four generations could have left a simple jot or tiddle and yet, nothing. Not a pencil mark or dog ear.
The bible is a jewel and yet so sad a testimony.
Leave a trail for others to follow.
May the Lord bless you and your household.
John
It wasn't that the bible was published in 1918, the second year the American Bible Society distributed bibles and the last year of WWI and so was a war bible that made the book so precious to me. It was the combination of my son thinking of me while he could have spent the money on himself and that the bible is marked with the journey of not one but two different people's spiritual journey.
Simple initials & X's tell of the reading path for both men (brothers who shared the Good News). The book screams "YOU ARE NOT ALONE, SOMEONE HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE". Haven't you ever longed for that knowledge, that simple kinship.... brother, you're not alone I have been right where you are standing and I know what you are feeling.... you are not alone.
Mark your journey, not just with the people you touch for the Kingdom as you walk your daily walk, but mark your place, leave your thoughts, your hopes, your prayers so that one day someone who may be searching the used book bin, or estate auction or garage sale might find the bread crumbs of your journey.
At the other end of the spectrum is a beautiful bible I purchased from an estate sale. It was in near new condition dispite being over a century old. The binding wasn't even broken. Four generations could have left a simple jot or tiddle and yet, nothing. Not a pencil mark or dog ear.
The bible is a jewel and yet so sad a testimony.
Leave a trail for others to follow.
May the Lord bless you and your household.
John
Stance Training
The name says it all. Among my favorite activities are teaching & practicing kung fu (Tong-yi Ch'uan fa) and the study and teaching of Theology, both proper and general.
My hope is to share both of those joys with you as a reader and hopefully help you to strengthen you stance in life along the way.
The post my come in pipe bursts at time and trickle in at other times but that is pretty much the way life goes. Sometimes there is time and sometimes there isn't time.
My hope is to share both of those joys with you as a reader and hopefully help you to strengthen you stance in life along the way.
The post my come in pipe bursts at time and trickle in at other times but that is pretty much the way life goes. Sometimes there is time and sometimes there isn't time.
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