Steve Young

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top 10 tips for a healthier you

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My Top 8 Tips For A Healthier You in 2016

 

While I am a Big fan of setting “Infinity Goals” and changing beliefs for a healthier you, I also recognize that you can benefit immediately from healthy actions to take NOW.

 

So below are my top 8 actions that I recommend to take your health to the highest level possible. It doesn’t matter if you are current very unhealthy or extremely healthy. I selected tips that will benefit you no matter where you are in the health spectrum.

 

Enjoy!

Tip # 1 Know Your Blood

Your body needs every vitamin and mineral in the right amounts to function properly. Without adequate amounts your body loses its ability to fight disease, produce energy, regulate hormones, and deal with stress. There is only 1 lab that has the patent on the ability to test every vitamin and mineral as well as your overall “anti-oxidant” status (how well can your body defend against disease). You can learn about this test here.

 

Tip # 2 Rotate Your Foods

Before the recent ability to ship food from one country to another, we humans had to eat foods that were in season only. Also, before industrial farming there were hundreds of varieties of apples, potatoes, and other fruits and vegetables. Now most people eat about the same things each week. The unnatural process of eating the same foods causes deficiencies in nutrients (see tip #1) and induces an allergic reaction to our foods.

By eating the same foods all the time, those foods (doesn’t matter if they are healthy and organic) will cause all of your cells to be inflamed. So try not to eat the same foods within a 4 day period. If you want to know which foods you are already sensitive to, you can learn more here.

Tip # 3 Hot And Cold Showers

Contrast baths have been used in Europe for centuries and studied in research for decades. It decreases overall inflammation, enhances muscle recovery, boosts your immune system, and definitely wakes you up!  So in the mornings run hot water (as hot as you can take it without burning your skin) for 2 minutes followed by 100% cold water (yes, this will not be fun for the first 10 seconds but I promise you will get used to it and actually enjoy it) for 2 minutes. Then repeat this process for 3 rounds. You will feel AMAZING and your aches and pains will reduce.

 

Tip # 4 Hug Someone Daily For 20 Seconds With This Technique

Think back to every time you have ever hugged someone. You go towards your left side and you probably do a little pat or rub on the other person’s back.  Now today I want you to try this. Hug someone going towards your RIGHT, don’t move your hands, and hold for > 20 seconds.

This will be a completely different feeling. Just do it and be completely in tune to your body and your feelings. I promise it will help. If you need a little left brain science to motivate you, here is the information. You will release more oxytocin in your body which helps improve feelings of trust, increases healing rate, improve immune function, and boosts brain function.

 

Tip #5 Do A Quick Movement Program At Home

Don’t just “exercise”. That is a tool you use to get in shape. Instead frame your intention to move your body to become a better mover. Don’t you want to move like a 20 year old even when you are an 80 year old? Trust me, at 80 you will be more motivated to be able to move than to be able to flash a six pack.

So set the intention to become a better mover. This will already get your mind away from “exercising” and selecting what body part to work today. Life works every part when you move. So why segment your movement training by body parts? Instead train movement quality, movement stability, movement efficiency and let the side effect be a lean healthy body. You can get a sample routine here.

Tip # 6 Set “Infinity Goals” As Well As “Smart Goals”

So most people know about “Smart Goals”. They are the Specific, Measureable, Action Oriented, Realistic, and Timely goals.  These are the typical goals you may have been taught to set.  However you want to balance these types of goals with “Infinity Goals”.

Infinity Goals are goals you set that are so big and so power and so unobtainable your very fabric of who you are becomes shaken, awakened, and motivated. These are the goals that are not realistic, not timely, and not at all set by mere mortals. They are set by the inspired and powerful. Yes, that is YOU.  You can read more about this process here.

Tip # 7 Love Your Food

Ok, I don’t mean go and gorge a sea of cheesecake… I mean build a loving relationship with food. If you ever have these thoughts in your head after eating specific foods:

“Dammit, I should not have eaten that”

“This is so bad for me”

Then you can benefit from loving your food. Like any relationship this will take effort. It has nothing to do with diets or eating healthier. It has everything to do with your feelings can values as it relates to food. You can read more about how to love your food more here.

 

Tip # 8 Reduce Your Chemical Exposure

The average number of chemicals in our body that don’t belong there now averages 3000 for an adult and 240+ for newborn infants.  Yes, that is 3000 chemicals that are from our water, our food, our lotions, our soaps, our electronics, our environment.  Unlike the drug industry where each drug has to be proven safe for it to be released on the market. In the chemical industry, it’s the innocent until proven guilty approach.  That means new chemicals are released into our everyday products and are only pulled off the market once they realize it’s not safe.

It’s a lot to take it and yes you can’t live in a bubble. What you can do is make better choices and use sites like http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ to make better choices on your products. You can also download my book on how to get rid of the most common ones for fat loss at the top left corner.

 

BONUS Tip:  Find Your “Hidden Injuries” And Your Mental Obstacles

We all have them. Little aches in pains that are dormant in our bodies. Don’t think you have them? Try pushing on the inside and outside spots on your elbow, or at the front of the shoulder, or on the sides of your knees. You will probably find some tender points (they are not supposed to be tender).  Our muscle imbalances that are dormant can cause serious joint wear and tear in the future.

You can avoid them by attending this seminar I am having here. 

On that seminar I will also share the process to help you uncover what “Mental Obstacles” are holding you back from getting and keeping a higher level of health. If you have had cycles of getting really healthy through determination and will power only to slip and fall off the wagon (because you kept eating “bad” foods and felt continuously more and more guilty until it derailed you), then you will learn to never repeat that process again.

You can learn that process here.

 

 

 

 

Put these tips into action and you will feel the difference this year. I believe in you. You are more powerful, more amazing, and more capable than anyone thinks.

 

Dr. Steve

Head Happiness Officer at a bunch of companies.

setting infinity goals for never ending motivation

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Never Ending Motivation

When you set a goal to workout to get away from your current weight and to achieve “X” weight, there are some unintended consequences that lead to failure and eventual weight gain.

 

Let’s discuss the reasoning…

You are ready to finally get in shape. So, you set a goal to get from your current weight to “X” weight.

You start off super motivated and you go to the gym. You start a new diet.  You get the latest gadgets to track your steps and your calories.  You are well on your way!

Everything you do and every thought is about getting to “X” weight by “X” date.

So, assuming you stick with the plan and you achieve your goal and get to “X” weight. What happens…

 

Your entire practice and use of getting going from your current weight to “X” weight  as your motivation is not GONE!

Yes, you now must set a completely different reason to exercise.

Think about it, you are already at “X” weight.

So maybe you change the motivation to “stay at X weight”.

If you have ever done this cycle before I think you know what typically happens.

 

Your weight comes back.

Why does this happen?

It all starts with the initial big why and the things you set as your motivation.

 

The interesting things about setting achievable goals is that you are constantly reminded that you don’t have that which you are chasing.  Think about it. When you are at 200 pounds and you want to be at 180 pounds. Everyday, you are reminded that you are not good enough and you are lacking that 180 pounds body.

So you might be thinking. I set strength goals. I want to push or pull more weight Or maybe I want to do more reps of “X” exercise.

You may even post your new PR online and you get that immediate high when people say “great job”.

 

However is that goal sustainable?

Will you continue to get stronger and stronger forever?

From experience and from understanding how the body works, I can say that is not a possible goal to sustain.

 

So what is the answer?

 

I recommend setting goals that are more process oriented and focused on “infinity goals”.

WTF is an Infinity Goal!?!

Well, it a goal that you can never reach but you progress  your human potential as you go towards it.

For example you can set a goal to become more skilled at controlling your body. Since this is a skill mastery goal, you can always improve.

You can set a goal to use exercise as a way to connect deeper with yourself. Use each workout as a self discovery session and learn something about yourself.

 

You can set a goal to exercise to inspire your family, your network, the world to become more fit.

These types of “Infinity Goals” are never ending. You will never run out of motivation.

You will also never be constantly reminded that you are not good enough right now.  These goals pull you towards something greater. Typical goals are designed to push you away from something you don’t want.

 

Keep in mind that the process, systems, and approach you are using to lose weight fast have very little to do with the process, systems, and approach it takes to sustain life long health.

 

If you are looking for help with getting in shape, we have a “FREE” option here

Time management for work life balance

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Work Life balance by efficient time management

Do you feel like you are lacking enough time in a day?

Do you feel like you need a 28 hour day instead of a 24 hour day? If you are like most people you feel like you have this over whelming amount of to-do’s that just can’t get throughout the day. So in this video I am going to talk about some strategies that will help you re-frame what’s reapply happening so you don’t feel like you are lacking in time.

 

Hi this is Doctor Steve Young, owner and founder of bodysolutions. So in general everyone on this planet has 24 hours a day. There is some people who get this much done and there are some people get this much done.

 

There are some people who feel they have plenty of time and there are most people feel they are lacking in time. So let’s talk about what is really happening. Say physiologically your to do list is theoretically is a never ending list.

Secret behind work life balance and time management

 

Let me explain, whenever you getting something done on your TO do list you brain wherever you live in just likes to fill it with stuff. if you look at your house, your apartment wherever you are living just take a look around. Is there is a room that is empty with nothing?

 

Is your spot or place is completely vacant? That probably isn’t, our brain work this way if you have some type of time you will probably just fill it stuff. And lot of that has to do with how we were brought up in this culture. Has to do with, you got to be doing, you got to be executing, and you got to be getting stuff done? A lot of time if you feel like just sitting around doing nothing, you almost feel a sense of guilt.time management and work life balance

 

I really should be doing something, and so one is recognizing that its okay to do nothing right? Because if you don’t let that believe go you will always sort of overfill your bucket of time that you have. So one thing is letting go of the sense, it’s okay kind of to do nothing.

 

Two it’s all about priorities when it comes to work life balance. Because imagine if you are like I don’t have time to exercise or I don’t have time to cook food for myself to eat healthy. Or I don’t have time to, take the time to may be mediate, clear my mind and de-stress and be healthy or to do some work.

Work life balance tips

 

Well you are really saying that those things are not high enough on my priority list because I have other things that are more important to do. So theoretically there is no such thing as I don’t have time. It’s just whatever you didn’t get to wants high enough on your To do list. You just have to bump it out.

 

If you are looking to improve your health, if you are looking to drop weight, if you are looking to improve your body you basically have to just write down what are your important things in life. Like make a list, if its work, family, health, finances all those things, just write it down.

 

And see what’s more important and what’s less important and rank it in order. In this way we can at least left brain wise we can see where is healthy in your priority list. If its too low, make a choice to bump it up. Because when you do that, you acknowledge that you basically find more time for your health.

 

Ultimately health is wealth right, if you are so busy in helping others, so busy working generating income to have money, because you feel money is happiness ultimately none of that matters. If you are extremely sick, cannot function and in too much pain to move. So health I wealth meaning, its my opinion that you can certainly choose to have healthy higher on your priority list.

 

In this way there is no sense of lack of time, you are just basically making it more important. You will make the time and find the time to cook, to exercise, to meditate. Because I guarantee you, if you look at national averages, on average an American watches TV for 4 hours a day. That’s the average, that’s a lot of time. Because you are so busy you need that distraction to not to think about your life. And maybe you take some of that time for your help.

 

(Do they have work life balance?.. I do not think so!)

 

There is always other places you can take time from and allocate to the things that feel more important to you.

 

So if you feel like you need more time, first step will be let go of the feeling of always be doing. Be okay with just being and two write down your priority list and see where is health in this list for you and try to make that choice, make it higher in that list.

 

In this way you can manage time and achieve the balance between work and life.