November 17, 2018 – 

When you are sitting there relaxed is your tummy flush with your belt, or does it protrude over it?  If your 6-pack is a 1-pack, is your low back hurting (yet) and uncomfortable?  When you “suck it in” does the belly go away?!  No?  Ask yourself, how important is that to you?  What is it worth to you?  Does your health matter?

In an earlier Bob Report I mentioned my own small battle with pain and an aching hip.  “Wait until you get into your 50’s … you’ll see”, I had clients, peers, and friends say to me.  Anyhow, the overuse of sports all through school and after,I might have developed some arthritis and joint dysfunction over time … and it stinks!

I work on living pain free and taking care of my mobility and even I am finding stiffness and pain, and I do not like it. Several friends have come to me over the past several years with hip discomfort and we would work on improving the mobility and reducing the pain, but the damage of  ‘time’ is something we all have to contend with.

A few very close friends have had to undergo ‘hip replacement’ or ‘resurfacing’ and they all agreed in confidence to me it was a very painful experience and definitely a slow recovery.  Nobody wants that.  Not to mention the  expense was enormous.  Insurance or not, the price of a new hip in Texas ranges between $30,000 to $40, 000.  That will certainly dent your savings account and your budget, not to mention the time and aggravation of the recovery.

DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!!  Get F.I.T. now, or A.S.A.P.  OK!

LOL, that was a lot of acronym’s all lined up in a row.  But serioiusly, if you know you are contending with tight muscles (and I’m directing this at those of you who sit in a chair for hours at a time … like at work hint hint) in the back of your legs … tighness is present and hip issues are probably in your future.  And if any of you reading this squat down to pick up a dollar of fthe floor and then straign to stand back up, and I don’t care how old you are … weakness is present and hip issues are probably in your future.  THINK IM KIDDING?!  Ask me for a few referrals, I will introduce you … I am training many of them today, because anyone who has gone through a tramatic surgery like that is no longer taking chances with their health and body.

OK, time for this weeks challenge! 

Stand up now,  with two straight legs.

Lift one leg up in front of you like you were going to kick a doorknob.

Now try the other leg, how does it compare to the other leg.

If you did not get as high as a standard doorknob your posterior chain is too tight.  Stretch!  Your hips are tight … not a good thing!

In good health,

Bob

‘Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.’ – Warren Buffett