Power!!!

Hi Everyone, This weeks discussion is all about Power!!! According to Physics, Power is the rate at which work is performed. In the realm of Category Five Fitness, it is expressed most profoundly during the Olympic Lifts, which require one to move a load in an explosive manner. For you newer trainee’s, you should recall me telling you to “explode” the weight up over the past week. This “exploding” action will cause the weight being used to move much faster, which equates to more Power being used. This increase in Power will shorten the duration of the work which means a shorter time in which to complete a workout. Same workout, less time, equals more Power being used which equals less time spent in misery. In regards to athletic events, what this means is that the more powerful athlete is more likely to consistently win a certain event as he/she is able to instantly apply much more force, much more quickly than their opponent. If the opponent is strong but can’t quickly apply that force, than they will lose. Next time you walk into the weight-room, ask yourself this question. “Would you rather be strong or Powerful?”


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Next layer in the Pyramid of Fitness...Strength!

Hello everyone. This week's topic will continue with what I feel is the next most important layer in the pyramid of fitness...Strength!

Strength is the ability to apply force. The stronger one is, the more force one can apply. Hence, the stronger you are, the larger the load you can move. This can come in quite handy throughout life. From doing heavy yard-work to doing laundry, the stronger one is, the easier is the task at hand.

Recently, a lot of emphasis has been placed upon endurance and stamina. And while being durable and having great stamina is important, I believe that strength comes in slightly ahead of those qualities. It is much easier to take a strong athlete and get them well-conditioned than it is to take a well-conditioned athlete and make them stronger. Let's look at this from another point of view. If you are a police-officer running-down a criminal, what good will it do you if you are a good runner, but can't perform more than five or ten good push-ups, for example? You will probably catch the bad-guy, but then what? In a scuffle, you will more than likely lose. This is where strength becomes important. 

For ladies, the same thing holds true. All of these classes being offered that use little to no weight resistance will NEVER  increase bone-density or add enough meaningful muscle to naturally raise one's metabolism which directly contributes to an improved body composition, ie, more muscle and less fat! I guarantee that if you ladies put on a  little shapely muscle, you'll be turning more heads than the vast majority of Hollywood actress'!

Canada's Camille Leblanc-Bazinet

Mary Mary quite contray how does your garden grow?

I have been terrible at keeping up my end of the blogging but I still want to share our trials and tribulations of organic gardening...

Plants look tired but they're growing!

Here in, South Eastern NC we hit the 90ties back in May and it hasn't let up. Normally it starts in July. Not to mention no rain and no pollinating insects. So we water out garden and keep it healthy.

It grows and grows, it flowers but no fruit. We've noticed an absence of pollinating insects. So with our cucumbers we have pulled off a male flower and touch it to all the female flowers. A paint brush is suppose to help to. Wouldn't you know it we got 2 cucumbers. Tomatoes are a different story. They have both male and female parts so they self pollinate but if it's too hot they get sticky and can't do the job. We've had only one very tiny but tasty tomato.

First cucumber of the year!

Thankfully last week we had 3 days of rain. Which yielded 7 cucumbers! I've even noticed a bumble bee or two. I should have pinched the lemon and cinnamon basil flowers back so I would have more tasty leaves to eat but it seems that's where the bees are drawn too. The more the merrier! We are keeping our garden watered, so as it cools come fall, we will have our crops. It will be a long wait but we are hoping it's worth it!

Don't give up!

2008 article honeybee article is interesting.

Our sweet tiny tomato.

Our indoor experiment is going strong.