Exercise

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Volume

3 Issue 9RB September, 2003 (Revised March, 2006)

 

 

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You

know, I’ve actually found some people that consider “Exercise” a dirty

word. There are a few who will

find this article to be about as popular as a fox in a hen house. J

 

And

yet, this one subject when introduced into a health building program can mean

all the difference in the world when it comes to being physically healthy, or

not. It may be hard to understand

this one fact, but whether you live or die, might hinge on whether or not you

are exercising. It’s that

important.

 

There

are a million reasons for NOT starting on an exercise program. “Too Tired”, “Too Old”, “Too Fat”, “Too

Lazy errrrrrr I mean Busy ;o)”, “Too Sick, etc. etc”. Welllllll, the bottom line is: “Move

it! or Lose it!”

I’m sorry to have to tell you this, but if you want to have some kind of

quality in your life,

it has to include some form of exercise.

It’s that, or turning your life over to the medicos who will end up

drugging you, and carving you up for the rest of your short life.

 

Every

“Natural” Health Building program has to include ALL the following factors.

 

Nutrition: Wholesome Organic Alkaline

Foods. Much of it should be

raw.

Clean Air to breathe.

Pure Water to drink.

Some daily Sunlight.

Biochemistry: Vitamins and minerals, Enzymes,

Essential Fats and Proteins.

Exercise.

Mental Development.

Spiritual Growth.

 

 

A

person who is extremely healthy is addressing all of the above on a daily basis. Probably the most neglected by the

general public is #8. However this

“Spiritual” part of health, I leave up to the individual to follow where his or

her heart leads. The only comment

I’ll make on it is this. I’ve

observed that those individuals who embrace the spiritual in their daily

regimen are usually very happy people.

Those who don’t include this facet of life appear to be very miserable

indeed.

 

The

second most neglected of these points is Exercise, and I

believe I can speak with some authority here. Without question, the absolute best exercise a person can be

involved with is “Running”! The human body was designed to RUN! Period! The American Indian of just a century ago, thought nothing

of running for a whole day to get to where he needed to go. It was common for him and his friends

to be running down a deer or an elk in order to put some food on the

table. This was his daily routine.

 

Nowadays

however, the major problem with Running is that too many Americans are already

grossly over weight, and have been for years. They are too sick, too injured, and too unhealthy to even

run a block or two let alone 5 or 6 miles. There needs to be a gradient here so that everyone can work

themselves back up to what they should be able to do naturally. Believe it or not, this is what should

be considered to be “normal”.

 

And

what is this gradient scale???

 

Back

in the early days of the Roman Empire, a common Roman Soldier would march 25 to

35 miles in one day, and could do this for a week or two at a time. “Walking” is

the second best exercise, and is the gradient step before “running”. I know many senior citizens who walk a

couple of miles every day as their sole exercise, and these folks are in

excellent physical condition.

 

“But”,

you say. “What about those people

who are badly injured and can’t even walk due to broken bones or damaged body

parts. Welllllllll, this leads us

to the third and last form of exercise in this gradient scale, and this is “Rebounding”. Rebounding on a mini trampoline is the

third best exercise I know of and is a step that anyone can do. Even a person with broken bones that

have been set into a cast can do a few minutes of rebounding a day with no

further damage done to the body.

You can even put a person in a chair on a rebounder and have someone

else do the jumping in order to get the exercise the person needs. This is the lowest gradient there is,

and anyone can do this. Some rebounders

actually come with hand holds and a chair-like system attached to them to make it

easier for such cases.

 

And

what do these three have in common???

 

Each

one of the above exercises compresses and decompresses every cell in the

body. Even your fingernails get

exercised with each of the above regimens. Every time you hit the lower part of your step when running

or walking, or the bottom of your bounce when rebounding, you are compressing

every cell in your body. And when

you are at the top of your bounce or step, your body’s cells are fully

decompressed. Every single cell

gets exercised this way, and helps nutrition to go in while removing wastes and

toxins. The only way to move your

lymph is through exercise and these three are the best. Furthermore, Exercise is essential

in helping to balance the Acid / Alkaline Ratio of the body. Every time you breathe out (Carbon

Dioxide), you’re getting rid of the harmful effects of being too acidic.

 

Exercise needs to be

confronted. There is no getting

around it!!! If you do face up to

it, I can guarantee you that after a month or three of doing one of the above

regimens, you’ll be feeling better than you have in years. Start off with only a few minutes a day

if that’s all you can do to begin with, but you want to work up to a minimum of

45 minutes a day once you’ve been at it for 3 months.

 

And,

how do I know all this???

 

Wellllll,

on a personal note, I began running the summer I turned 50 years old. I’d never been a runner prior to

that. The first day I started, I

was 35 pounds over weight, generally unhealthy, and after covering that first

200 yards I fell over completely exhausted and worn out.

 

Ten

years later, I now run in 5K (3.1 miles), 10K (6.2 miles), and even 15K / 9.3

mile races and my times are not that bad for my 60 years. I also look about 20 years younger, am

as strong as a horse. To top it

all off, I haven’t been sick even once since that time due to exercise and a

healthy diet.

 

I

can honestly say from personal experience, that Exercise makes a

difference. I am thrilled I made

this permanent lifestyle change of added running to my health regimen. Now, I love it, and wouldn’t dream of

starting my day any other way.

 

If

I can do it. So can you. You really can. So get out there and Exercise!!! And, be healthy!!!

 

Yours in health and love,

Ian “Doc” Shillington N.D.

 

Phone: 727-447-5282

Email: Office

2003, 2006 by Ian Shillington N.D. All rights reserved.

 

 

 

 

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