OK so we have taken a step up this last month with our workouts, I thought I better take a look at what all this calorie counting can mean for me. I have downloaded an app called “Calorie King Australia” it seems to be an easy app to use.
When I eat I normally have it out of the smaller bowl:
I am going to try and track of everything that I consume for a while except water (no calories there)
As you are starting to move from beginning start with some of these and do what you can, everyday you will notice you will be able to do a little more. If you can’t finish the entire session thats ok but I would push a little further each day.
I was a person who always looked at things with brut strength and thought that yoga was useless, in recent time I have come to realise that many of my previous thoughts and judgements have been incorrect, I have been doing yoga for about a year now and it has been a huge part of fixing my back after I was involved in a car accident being T boned. It takes time and you may feel more uncomfortable to begin with that not, just keep going.
Here are a few YouTube Videos for you to start off.
These three will prepare you well, here are a few others if you would like extra during the week :)
This is really good for people who have great difficulty with the above, this will help you to build up.
You either hate or love working on abs, for me it seems to depend on the day. I am always pleased I did them after though. So here are a few for you to try. Remember it is so very important to warm up and stretch.
Many people are unsure of how to do the weights exercises and that causes embarrassment hence not going to the gym. I have put together a few videos that I agree with. Remember always start with less weights in the beginning because correct form is more important, you can always increase your weights later on.
Chest Press
I like to do this exercise either on a flat bench or on an exercise ball. If you are just starting I would suggest starting either on the floor or on the bench, I started on the bench.
Incline Chest Press
This is nearly the same as above, however it does work slightly different muscles. Compared to the example video below I actually go much slower, as I push out I count to 4 and then releasing back down I count to 4 again. I do this for nearly all my weight routines.
Push Ups
OK I am going to put it out there now, I suck at push ups, so I am trying to work on them myself. I don’t like to be defeated. I have put a couple of different push ups for people of all different levels.
Free Weights/dumbell Row
I love these
Back Extentions
Most of the time people workout what they can see, it is very important to workout the entire body.
Overhead/Shoulder Press
Make sure you start with smaller weights, also make sure that you increase your repetitions then increase the weight as you become better. I actually do these on the swiss ball.
Front Raises
These are not difficult and are a great in-between exercise.
Concentration Curls
These are seen in the movies all the time, however most of the time they are not being done correctly in the movie, funny how that happens.
Kick Backs and Triceps Extensions
These help to get rid of the tuck shop arms
Dips
I love doing these, they are easy to do incorrectly though.
These are a few to get you going. I will add more over time. Enjoy.
When we are heavily focused on trying to earn a living it is easy to let other parts of our lives get away from us. I have been fit and active for as long as I can remember, so it was a bit of a shock back when I was first starting out in my professional career and was down at the Aldi supermarket in my hometown. When one of the local farmers peered across the freezers from under his Acubra at me (as farmer types tend to do) and declared ‘Jeeze you’ve got a good cook haven’t you”. At that point I had a quick look down and realised that this bloke was right, things were starting to get away from me.
Managing a business is demanding, stressful and a lot of hard work. Staying fit and healthy will help you to keep control, give you the ability to stay focused, reduce stress and enable you to think clearly when you are facing difficult decisions. Being fit will give you the ability to maintain the energy and passion required to keep all areas of your life and business on track and moving forward.
One thing I have learnt about staying fit and healthy is that it is easier to achieve when you are doing something you enjoy. Whether that be playing a team sport, riding a bike, hitting the waves for a surf or going to the gym. Tiff and I take the kids to the beach nearly every weekend. We go nice and early, cycle along the beach then head down into the waves for a surf and top it all off with a BBQ in the park. During the week Tiff and I use the gym equipment nearly everyday and try to fit in some Yoga each morning.
Business works best when the managers and staff are balanced. That is, they work hard and play hard. The number of times I have been out to see new clients and they have a surf board or a bike sitting idle in the shed gathering dust while they are sitting around stressing about various facets of their business. My advice is dust off the toys and get out there. A solution will invariably present itself when you give your brain a quick rest from all the stress.
Staying fit and healthy goes hand in hand with time management (a staple of running any good business). Take Tiff for example; she works in the business full time, looks after two small children, is currently studying a law degree and still finds the time to fit in some Yoga, weights and cycling during the week. If you enjoy doing something healthy and fun then get out there and do it.
Another common mistake that I see new business owners fall into is where they are unwilling to take time away from their business to recharge the batteries. My father in-law who has been running a successful business for many years was always at me about work life balance, ‘Take a holiday” he would say. “Even if you think you can’t afford it, you can’t afford not to. Your holiday needn’t cost you the national debt go camping,” he would continue. And it is true leading up to some time out, our productivity is down as soon as we take a few days to recharge the batteries, productivity goes through the roof. Nowadays we make sure that we get away for our four weeks a year and we try and make every weekend family time and the business is better for it.
People that are fit and healthy aren’t struggling to stay afloat and complaining about the heat, they are out there looking for the next opportunity or fine-tuning bits of their existing businesses. Don’t wait for your local farmer to come along and say something, take control of your health, fitness and in turn business now.
This is the first (and most important) in a series of blogs that we have been working on over the last few months. That we will attempt to make into a bunch of short videos with the aim of passing on some of the tips and techniques that we have learnt whilst building Dynamic Accounting Solutions that will help to make your business life a little easier.
If you are anything like I was you probably think that it’s some pansy way to make rich fat people feel better that they are doing something. Since I started yoga after my husband had been doing yoga for a year at least previously. Blake (my husband) became more flexible than me and that’s what made me start doing yoga.
When my friend Alice arrived back from Japan we started to do yoga. We both didn’t like yoga. When you first start it hurts and it pushes boundaries, we couldn’t do it for more than 10min. I also found that the first 2 weeks were the hardest, my back hurt more than before I started.
I had been in a car accident a few weeks before and I had been going to see a Bowen therapist. The Bowen therapy worked wonders with dawn therapy. My back was feeling great, it took quite awhile to work, however it did.
Yoga kept my back in place in between appointments. Now that I am doing yoga 3 times a week I barely need to go into have Bowen therapy. Yoga helps your whole body and mind. I didn’t believe it at first but it does.
I am going to explain to you how yoga works the way it was explained to me. In your spine between each vertebrae there is fluid that separates the bone. The older you become the more that fluid is compressed and your bones will start to touch, this will cause many back problems. Within all of this there are little pumps that pump the fluid to where it is needed. This will help your back stay healthy.
It also helps keep your other joints working well. To be honest I have no idea how it helps so much but it does. Yoga seems to centre you.
