Workout - Functional Patterns

The title says it all: "This is not CROSSFIT this is FUNCTIONAL PATTERNS". This is an extremely ergonomic and healthy way to workout. CrossFit is not safe. Seriously, it isn't. Most instructors are not knowledgable enough which is why CrossFit is so popular. It takes a few days to get a CrossFit certification. Lots of cling and jerky movements where as "Functional Patterns" is very round, front back side to side. Simply awesome!

Exercises to do at your Desk

We now know that sitting all day isn't good for you. So here is a graphic with a bunch of desk-based exercises.

New Years Resolution #1 - Be More Healthy by Not Drinking Soda

If you stop drinking soda you will loose 5lbs in the first month. Seriously. Don't switch to diet soda, drink water instead.

Search Google and you'll come up with thousands of links such as the first three that support what I'm saying:

The-Daily-Cost-Of-Your-Soda-Habit
Want to Lose Weight Fast? Cut Out Soda from Your Diet
Can You Lose Body Fat by Stopping Drinking Soda?

If you replace it with anything that contains calories such as lemon aid it won't help. Replace the soda with water or maybe tea. Obviously the occasional soda is fine, but once you cut it out and water becomes your new habit, you won't be able to finish an entire 12oz soda. I have friends who have done this and it has worked for them. Make this your number one New Year's resolution and you won't be disappointed.

New Years Resolutions

Every year millions of Americans declare New Year's resolutions. Here is a great article about how this whole tradition started:

The Surprising Reason We Make New Year's Resolutions

Since most people I know always have losing weight, staying fit and healthy and enjoying life on their list, I'm going to dedicate all my posts in January to things that I do (or wish I did) to satisfy a fit and healthy lifestyle. Everything will be published under a new label Lifestyle.

I'm also hoping to get my sister who is a physical therapist to write a few posts because she has a lot of extremely valuable detailed information from her education that most of us would only dream of knowing. Or maybe we wouldn't want to know because once you know you have to do things better!

So stay tuned and check back often because this should be fun!

Safety Razor

For all those that shave, I have started down the safety razor journey. Gillette gave me my first razor when I turned 18, and I've tried other razors but the Mach 3 has been my go-to razor ever since. I'm still a total newb to safety razors only having tried one twice to date, but those two shaves have been the best shaves of my entire life! I remember the day when my Grandfather switched from a safety razor to an electric for convenience. Old stuff is sometimes the best.

This safety razor thing seems to be very up coming hipster and there are a lot of options and sky is the limit on what you can spend. I settled on the Merkur Long Handled Safety Razor 38c. Blades are about 6 cents vs $2 or more for Gillette cartridges. Harry's is an interesting option that I might try one day.

The safety razor shave is better for sensitive skin and there are a lot of options for shaving creams which I've just started to research.