Stress is a very real part of our life these days and for many of us, it's thwarting our ability to develop flat abdominals forever. There are six different types of stress that we encounter: physical, chemical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. If you are suffering from some type of physical trauma, degenerative conditions, or postural stress, you are experiencing excessive chemical stress.
Stress is a very real part of our life these days and for many of us, it's thwarting our ability to develop flat abdominals forever. There are six different types of stress that we encounter: physical, chemical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. If you are suffering from some type of physical trauma, degenerative conditions, or postural stress, you are experiencing excessive chemical stress.
Stress is a very real part of our life these days and for many of us, it's thwarting our ability to develop flat abdominals forever. There are six different types of stress that we encounter: physical, chemical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. If you are suffering from some type of physical trauma, degenerative conditions, or postural stress, you are experiencing excessive chemical stress.
Psychic: Includes emotional, spiritual, and mental
Fitness stress. Examples include divorce, difficulties on the job,
relationship issues, parental pressure, spiritual/religious Report: disconnection, addictions. This category is a significant contributor to stress in today’s society and one that isn’t Holistic Health talked about in traditional health care circles as much as and Nutrition other types of stress.
Thermal: Refers to any type of temperature change
that someone may experience, either via internal or external stimulus. Examples of thermal stressors include FLATTEN YOUR weather, electromagnetic stress that increases one’s body temperature, sunburn, eating something which ABS FOREVER! increases one’s temperature (i.e. cayenne pepper), and (Part 3 of 3) the caffeine stacks often used to ‘burn fat’ produce thermogenic stress. Hopefully you’ve already read sections 1 and 2 of this 3-part report. If you’ve not already arrived at Nutritional: Refers to the quantity and quality of foods your own conclusion from the greater than 60% obesity being ingested. For the majority of human rate in Michigan, hopefully by now you’re getting the development, we relied on food to get the nutrients we clear idea that the Standard American Diet of processed needed to survive and we are no different today. The Carbohydrates, Refined sugar, Additives and many people who are not eating what, when, and how Preservatives (S.A.D. C.R.A.P. indeed!) does not work they should are adversely contributing to their overall for the human body! physiological stress; vitamins and supplements cannot effectively compensate for the physiological stress of poor macronutrient selection as many people would like YOU ARE THE SUM TOTAL OF ALL YOUR to believe. STRESSORS Stress is a very real part of our life these days and for many of us, it’s thwarting our ability to develop flat abdominals. There are six different types of stress that we encounter:
Physical: Includes physical trauma, degenerative
conditions, and postural stress. If someone is suffering from some type of physical pain or has been in an accident, they are suffering from excessive physical stress.
Chemical: Including any and all toxic substances that
enter our body via our mouth, nose or skin. This includes pesticides, food colorings, chlorine, artificial flavorings and many of the chemicals found in deodorants, lotions, creams, perfumes, make-up, toothpaste, air fresheners, fragrant soaps and cleaning supplies, to name just a few! Many people are overloading themselves with toxic chemicals every day and are significantly increasing the amount of stress their body must cope with.
Electromagnetic: Including x-rays, electromagnetic
frequencies, microwaves and geomagnetic stress. In today’s technologic age and rampant use of computers, cell phones and PDA’s, televisions and radios, microwaves, and other electronic devices, it’s pretty safe to say we are all taking in a considerable amount of electromagnetic stress! Even though there are six major categories of stress, • Exhale and push your arms straight out with the each of the stressors individually and collectively become intent of projecting energy from your core out a source of physiological load on our body. Though through your arms and hands. each of us may react to stress a little differently on the • Repeat, pushing back toward the center, front outside, it affects all of us the same on the inside. The left, front right and back left and back right. Figure above demonstrates that all types of stress enter • As you push to the sides and back, keep your the body and must be regulated by our control systems. feet planted and turn your body toward the The green zone represents optimal regulation of direction you are pushing. stressors, indicating a positive physiological response • For the back position, only go as far as you and ideal adaptation to an exercise stimulus. Should the comfortably can. Do not over rotate your spine. combined level of stress reach the yellow zone, our • The motion through the rib cage massages the response to exercise becomes less favorable while our muscles and organs of digestion. chances of averting disease begin to diminish. Should • Perform 20 repetitions at a slow, deep breathing the total volume of stress rise into the red zone, all pace. catabolic (tissue destructive) forms of exercise become detrimental, serving only to accelerate the rate at which FINAL THOUGHTS we may experience death! Even though we may want Flattening your abs forever requires much more flat abs, our body probably doesn’t care about how we than simply exercising a few times each week, it’s a look and is more concerned with coping with the stress multifactorial process that takes time and energy, but no we are subjecting ourselves to. Clinically, I can easily more time and energy than going about it all wrong! demonstrate that most of the people who can’t flatten The benefits of incorporating the nutrition and lifestyle their abs with exercise are excessively stressed and factors discussed in this report are far reaching and retaining fat and body fluids is one of many coping worth whatever energy you would put into it. mechanisms. Just as there are many types of stress, there are many ways of reducing stress in your life and your body. A few examples are meditation, breathing exercises, Tai The information in this Report is summarized Chi, Yoga, and Qi Dong. These exercise systems can be from Paul Chek’s book Flatten Your Abs Forever. For effectively used to stimulate the parasympathetic more information about Paul Chek and more reference nervous system (PNS), facilitating anabolic activity such material which can help you in your quest for optimal as digestion and tissue repair. After reading this series, health and wellness visit http://www.chekinstitute.com if you think stress may be part of the reason you are not or http://www.paulchek.com. Shawn and Amy Miller responding to exercise as you should, I encourage you are students of Mr. Chek, professionally certified to try eliminating non-physiological stressors from your Exercise Coaches, and are fully capable of assisting you life; try replacing one or two training sessions with one in reaching your health and fitness goals. Please contact of the various exercise systems that stimulate the PNS them for more information: mentioned above. One example of a “Zone Exercise” which would be beneficial to the overall PNS system and particularly your digestive system would be the “Energy Push” Shawn & Amy Miller pictured below: FLEX Fitness Center 474 Century Lane Holland, MI 49423 (616)396-2901