WILL EATING YOGURT FIX UNHEALTHY GUT BACTERIA?

WILL EATING YOGURT FIX UNHEALTHY GUT?

You've seen the ads, now, know the truth.

Eating yogurt will help you build happy gut bacteria. 
True if you did not decimate the place with a gastronomic-nuclear weapon like antibiotics or maybe a baby aspirin per day. If you blow the place to bits with these drugs then Yogurt is not going to fix that anytime soon.

Eating yogurt is good for you and your digestive tract, just stick to eating yogurt and you'll be happier and healthier. Avoid the drugs previously listed.

If you need a pain killer to reduce bug bite itching or muscle pain or maybe recovering from dental work use Tylenol but try to use as few as you can because they're hard on your liver.

Avoid antibiotics as much as possible. We already know you don't want to become insensitive to the healing powers of antibiotics but you ALSO don't want your gut bacteria wiped out by a round of them. New research also indicates antibiotics may be instrumental in raising blood pressure and hypertension.

The world of little critters in your digestive tract is a good thing. Take care of them. It's odd thinking they're there but if you try to take care of them instead of fearing or ignoring or killing them, you'll be much more healthy and happy.

Happy eating to all!

WEIGHT LIFTING AT HOME

Our Gym

THE WEIGHT BENCH MACHINE AND BIG 50" FAN (19,200 CFM)

FORWARD AND BACKWARD LEG LIFTS, EASY TO CHANGE WEIGHTS

Our weight bench machine is olympic size and handles the full size two-inch bars. This means we must be careful in choosing one-inch bars for use on this machine, the low priced one-inch bars are too short for this bench.

THE BODY CHAMP, SQUAT AND KNEE-UP MACHINE

THE RACK, INVERTED SIT-UP BENCH

COLOR CODED WEIGHTS, NOTE QUICK-CHANGE COLLAR ON LEFT SIDE

MORE COLOR CODED WEIGHTS, NOTE QUICK CHANGE COLLAR ON RIGHT

The Quick Change collars make changing weights fast and easy. They have an easy to open and close latch that causes them to grip the barbell bar firmly.

WEIGHT COLOR CODE CHART

DIFFERENT BARBELLS FOR DIFFERENT EXERCISES

OVERHEAD PRESS BARBELL

MARY'S PERSONAL BARBELL

STANDING ROW BARBELL

Our exercise sessions are divided into four-sets of 10-12 repetitions each. A set starts with the initial basic bar weight setup, then I add 2.5 pounds to the bar for each additional set so the weight gets progressively heavier by the set.


DIFFERENT DUMBELLS FOR DIFFERENT EXERCISES

We use dumbbells for curling exercises and others. Currently we're using four different basic weight setups. These are also held together with Quick Change collars.

VARIOUS DUMBBELLS

The dumbbells with black handles are hollow pipes, these weigh virtually nothing and add nothing to the weight setup.

The dumbbells with chrome handles are solid steel and weigh three-pounds each.

We have our dumbbell workout station positioned directly in front of the Big 50" Fan. This blasts the person exercising with air to keep them cool.

COLOR CODED WEIGHTS HELP IDENTIFY WEIGHT SETUP QUICKLY

We've acquired weights from a variety of sources over the years which means a variety of shapes and sizes. By painting them with color coded markers it makes setting up various bars with the desired weight much easier. Color coding also makes it much easier to identify what weight a bar is setup with. 

BUYING GYM EQUIPMENT

Weight lifting is affordable, you can start with a single dumbbell and add on from there. 

Standard 1" bars are great for beginner to intermediate training, that will get you a couple of years down the road before you'll need to be thinking about olympic size 2" bars and platters.

Our bench will handle standard or olympic size bars and cost around $130 (delivered).

The Body Champ was on sale for $89+Tax at Academy Sporting. 

The inclined situp bench was around $40 from Amazon. It's a very light duty model but it works fine for me.

The small plastic weight retainers came from Amazon for around $4 each, they are worth it because they make it so fast to add or subtract weights from a bar. 

WALKING AND POWER WALKING

Power Walking is just walking longer strides more quickly and more forcefully. Some data suggests power walking doubles the calorie burn over walking leisurely. 

I walk in-between my weight lifting sets and use a small monitor to help me keep my heart rate in the best zone for me. 

4-LAP SETS = 600 FEET OF DISTANCE COVERED
I looked at running machines but these require maintenance and electric power plus they make noise. Instead I laid out a 150-foot long track around our screened-in porch. A walking set consists of four laps around the track and yields up 600-feet of distance. 

I regularly do 10 to 20, 4-lap sets during an exercise routine.

20x 4-lap (600') sets = 12,000 feet of distance or 2.27 miles total covered in-between my weight lifting sets. 

Good luck, happy eating exercise to all!