Core, Butt, Inner/Outer Legs, Hips, Flexibility; BEEF RECALL!!!
Well, I knew I was headed to UCLA to the dentist yesterday so I planned this post in advance not knowing what Tuesday's trip may bring & what time I would have on the computer. I do NOT have a laptop or Blackberry so.....BUT I also saw a beef recall story on the news & when I looked at the recall, I saw it was pretty serious AND lots of product at our fav store Trader Joes was on the list.
First, this beef recall, New York Firm Recalls Fresh Ground Beef Products Due To Possible Contamination is a Class 1, High health risk recall! Again, be aware that Trader Joes (we all love TJ's), Shaw's, Giant, Price Chopper & more are stores involved in this recall! Products were distributed to retail establishments in Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia for further processing. It was also determined that there is an association between the fresh ground beef products subject to recall and illnesses in Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts. Read the full release at the link above!
Now to this post, Best Ankle Weight Workout, over at GirlGetStrong a bit ago & had saved it cause I liked it & reminded me of my "olden days" when ankle weights & a couple of these exercises were the thing to do. I love that they have come back again because they do work AND you can do them at home, at the gym or traveling! This ankle weight workout works, hip, core, butt, legs, inner thighs, outer thighs, and more. Check it out! The post was more about a lady that had core/hip issues & added these to her routine & managed to rid herself of both! She wrote:
"Did ankle weights help me? Absolutely – I went from months of significant hip and back pain to training for the New York Marathon. And I still use ankle weights to this day to off set the resulting weakness on my right side. (My hip had become misaligned due to my weakness, throwing all sorts of muscle groups into stress and ultimately atrophying my right quad). Below are some great exercises with ankle weights that can especially benefit female runners who might have weak core muscles like I did. Try them out and see if they make a difference to your training!"
Now, definitely start light & see how you feel from there on these exercises. You may want to try them without weights first to get the form too. As always, FORM IS KEY! Maintain your proper form NO MATTER WHAT! For example, with the lying flutter & scissor kicks for core, don't let that lower back come off the floor & if it is too hard, don't have your legs as close to the floor. As you get stronger & better at it, you will be able to lower your legs closer to the floor. Same with all the other exercises. Keep your form & do not increase weight or reps until you can do the exercise properly! The pic above shows how you can do one of the moves with a body bar & a BOSU balance trainer. Just different ways to do the same move.
Adding to this, I also want to share a link from the same site on stretching your IT band. I have had a lot of trouble in this area the older I get so I do A LOT of stretching for my IT band & this clip shows some of the stretches I do now. I really encourage stretching this area especially if you jog because I can tell you with age, it tightens up!!!!! 
If you want, check out my older post on Foam Rollers for Massaging Tight Muscles.
Hope you like the exercises because THEY WILL WORK YOU and I can't emphasize enough to stretch your IT band too.... BUT make sure you are warmed up. Don't stretch cold! I am also a huge fan of keeping up with stretching/flexibility! It really does decrease with age! Keep consistent with it to avoid injuries.
DO CHECK OUT THE BEEF RECALL LINK!
I am a child.
I GIGGGGGLES at the inclusion of GLUTES etc in the same title as BEEF RECALL.
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You are too funny!
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Laughing at Mizfit giggling.
It looks like our area is safe during the beef recall, but who knows when the next one will come around.
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That beef recall makes me mad. I think I read that the pull date was September 19th! Is that right? If it is most if not all of that beef has been eaten. ARGH!
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Diane & Steve, so many food recalls these days & yes, Diane, after the fact when people already ate stuff. This is happening way too much!
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Thanks for the beef recall info--we just went to TJ's but luckily, did not buy beef!
And I totally agree about IT stretching; I have to do it too. But I HATE the foam roller method, (it hurts) and so I do dorky standing stretches instead, the kind where you cross your legs during a side stretch and look very much like you have to pee. I try to remember to do these AT HOME so as not to alarm fellow gym goers.
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Crabby, I so love the look of that standing stretch!
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Thanks for sharing our links and my IT band story. I couldn't agree with you more - stretching should be part of your daily routine.
Trust me, everyone, you don't want to learn the hard way, like I did.
I often find that if I'm sick or lazy and miss a few runs and stop stretching that I actually become tighter than when I work out hard but then stretch after.
So even if you think that you didn't work out hard enough to stretch or that you aren't working out, so you don't need to stretch, think again. Make stretching a part of your day, it only needs to take 5 to 10 minutes.
Your body will thank you!
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Melanie, you are so right on... even if I don't work out, I warm up at home & do some stretching! At my age, if I take more than a couple days off stretching, not good! I was super flexible when I was younger too so don't take it for granted! I can still do my splits by now it takes me at least 15 minutes of warm up & stretch first!
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Another reason mot to eat meat
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Dr. J.. it really makes one think! I am not a vegetarian but I don't like beef either.. BUT still, it is getting scary out there. Lots of our veggies & healthy stuff have been contaminated too. WE just have to be diligent & wash our veggies like crazy & cook that meat thru big time if we eat it!
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The beef recall says one thing to me: STOP buying ground beef the way we have become accustomed to. When we do so we risk disease, since there are literally hundreds of animals in that one innocent looking patty. Yes, it's economical. YEs, it's tasty. But I can get a much healthier, safer product for about twice the cost at my health food store, grass fed local ground beef which I know is from a local farm that sends one or two animals at a time to the processing plant. I'm done with factory farmed ground beef -- Done.
Plus my local farm has a much lower carbon footprint than the factory farm, and I know that my cow eats grass like he's supposed to.
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Matt, thx for visiting & for your comments!
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