Health ~ Exercise on the move ~ Give your body its daily workout even while you holiday

Many people find it difficult to stick to their fitness regime because
of frequent travel. Whether travel is for pleasure or for business,
it's time to incorporate a few minutes of fitness into your daily
routine to ensure your body is ready for the day's events.
Essential seven
Begin with some light stretches and warm up exercises like bending and
touching your toes, marching on the spot or side steps. You can even
skip; you don't really need a skipping rope. A good exercise programme
mustinclude exercises to cater to the seven basic Primal Pattern
movements of the body as devised by Paul Chek, founder C.H.E.K
Institute, USA. These are seven primary movements that are the basis
from which all othermovements are performed in ourdaily activity. A
Neanderthal man in the wild who could not perform these seven movement
patterns would have had a limited chance of survival.
Some creative exercises for more advanced and regular exercisers
within the comfort of your hotel room are Terra band exercises to
remind your body of your strength training sessions. Terra bands are
the ultra-portable way to fit a gym in a suitcase. Floor exercises for
TA activation, calisthenics that use body weight,abs and core
exercises, flexibility and so much more can be done when you are on
the move! Squat-thrusts, jumping jacks, chair dips, mountain climbers,
walking lunges, superman, one leg squats, and the list is endless...
Explore and experience
There are two types of travellers: those who love to travel, and those
who are forced to travel. Now if you are the former, it is easy to
incorporate a fitness programme into your travel schedule. All it
takes is a little bit of creativity. Just like you explorenew places
and try new food, you can evolve new fitness strategies based on the
place youare visiting. From mountain bikes to canoe rides, the world
is yours to explore. To those for whom travel is an unpleasant
compulsion, just remember wherever you travel, you still need to eat,
sleep and certainly exercise. You might as well be prepared with
fitness routines within your room so that you never miss out on
exercising. Finally, wherever you may go, exercise! You simply cannot
afford not to!
Walk: Ensure that you walk everyday! A jog or a sprint will keep your
heart healthy.
Push: Perform regular push-ups or modified ones with the knees on the
floor. Wall push-ups are another option.
Pull: These normally require somebasic equipment. To make up for it,
you could hang from a monkeybar in the children's play area or a low
branch of the tree.
Bend: Try dead lifts with filled water bottles or your suitcase fora
heavier weight.
Twist: A standing or lying twist or more dynamic jumping twists will
energise you.
Lunge: Perform with the support of the bed if you are a beginner.
Squat: Either do free squats or trysitting on a low chair if you have
never done this before.

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Good Morning tips

welcome to new morning with a smile on ur face,love in ur heart,good
thoughts in ur mind u will have a wonderfull day,gudmorning
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Never forget what sumeone say to you whaen they are angry.because that
is when truthcomes out Good Morning
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Superb thought.never try to maintain relations in your life. just try
to maintain life in your relations.good Morning
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A good plan for 2day is better than a great plan for tomorrow. look
backward with satisfaction and look forward with confidence.Good
Morning

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ISLAMIC ARTICLE ~ Allah guides those who struggle

"And those who strive in Our cause, We will surely guide themto Our
paths." – Al-Ankaboot, 29:69. Struggle may seem like something to be
avoided, but the alternative is to walk in dim light, seeing nothing
clearly. If our livesconsist of sitting on the sofa watching TV, doing
jobs without passion, shrugging our shoulders at the suffering of
others, and accepting the unreality that is pushed at us by
advertising and the media, then we are living in shadow, even when the
sun shines.
Yes, we all have bills to pay, and sometimes we work jobs that we are
not passionate about, in orderto support our families. I have a
website about money transfer services, and another about paying bills
online. They are boring, but I spend time on them because they earn
money. In my free time I struggle to do work that is important to me –
this website being a notable example. Even a short article might take
metwo or three days to write, because of the limited time I haveto
work on it. Longer articles can take weeks. And yet people sometimes
tell me that my writinghas changed their lives.
We can all find a little time every day to pursue what we love, and to
make a difference in people's lives, even in a small way. Beyondthat,
we must strive to represent truth in everything we do: in ourfamily
lives, our work, our entertainment – everything.
Imam Jamil Al-Amin wrote in 2006:
"In the heart there is an emptiness and a need which nothing can
satisfy except for theremembrance of Allah (swt). The only proof of
faith is in struggle, struggling in word and deed, in body and soul.
The lack of faith will crush you far more than defeat ever could. 'And
what willexplain to you the path that is steep?' (90:12). Conscious
struggle is the path that is steep. Struggle where bitter hardship and
misfortune and difficulty becomes sweet tasting to the soul."
There is no road to success except through the struggle for truth and
righteousness. This is actually good news, because if you're a seeker,
if you've got a nose for truth, if you care about justice, then you're
already struggling, walking a hard road. It's inevitable. Those who
pursue truth and speak it out loud are seen as strangers and
subversives. You might wonder sometimes if it's worth it, or if you're
moving in the right direction.
Don't worry. The fact that you're struggling means that Allah is
guiding you, and you're on the right road.

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ISLAMIC ARTICLE ~ love and kindness are secret weapons

love and kindness are not cute ideas or naive catchphrases. They are
elemental forces with the power to alter human hearts, and to change
the world. They are transformative emotions and behaviors that were
bestowed upon us by Allah, who is Al-Rahman (The Most Merciful) and
Al-Wadood (The Most Loving).They are stronger than hurricanes, and
they transcend the birth and death of individuals,and the rise and
fall of nations.
Don't we still have love for the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and for
the Sahabah, all of whom livedmany generations and nations ago? In
fact we look upon them as our heroes and leaders and welove them as if
they were dear friends. This is proof of the enduring nature of love,
which survives when all else changes around us.
Faith, love and kindness are the secret weapons that Allah has given
us to conquer corruption, cynicism, hatred, racism, and evil, in
ourselves and in the world.
These ideas are not naive, as some might say. Was the Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh) naive? He suffered in his mission, but he persevered. His
mission was rooted in faith and love of Allah, and expressed through
kindness to all people. There are so many stories about him showing
tremendous kindness to rude andeven murderous people, and changing
their hearts in the process. He succeeded in the face of impossible
odds. His success is a testament to the power of thesenoble emotions
and behaviors.
That's why I illustrated this piece with a photo of sun rays shining
on a dark and snowy world. Because these powerful emotionsand
behaviors are not the stuff ofsunny afternoons, cotton candy and
daisies. They are like a guiding star that is only seen in the
darkness. They come into their own and show their true power by
confronting and overcoming hatred, bitterness, painful loss, war,
poverty and despair.
I describe them as behaviors because faith that exists only in the
heart is not true faith. Faith is proven by action. Faith is defined
by the way you live your life. Thesame is true for love and kindness.
Love is a verb, not a noun. It's not an abstract feeling in your
heart, but a matter of behavior, the way you treat people, the way you
help, forgive,and show mercy to people.

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