Rising Warrior

Ozzie Jacobs, Health and Fitness Expert, presents an empowering Yoga Sequence to help you channel the “warrior within”!

Last chance: Beach body

One more month left until summer officially comes to a close!

• Have you frolicked on the beach in your bikini or swim trunks?

• Did tourists on the beach mistake you for a swimsuit model?

• Did you feel comfortable enough to sit around half naked in the sun this summer?

If you answered “no” to these questions or if your beach body dreams didn’t pan out like you thought they would then you are not alone. Work obligations, limited time and procrastination are the usual culprits that prevent us from achieving our beach body but the good thing is that you have four weeks to turn it around!   Four weeks may not seem like a long time but with a strategic fitness program, your beach body may be within reach before the summer ends.

Check out Part 1 of Ozzie’s Beach Body Challenge to help you reach your fitness goals!

In addition to incorporating a great workout routine, make sure your eating habits are up to par by checking out the following articles..

• Ask Ozzie: How to lose weight

• Train (Like an athlete): The diet

Train: The spine

Each time we stand up straight to walk to our car, embrace a loved one or shake our body on the dance floor we should thank our spine. Every day our spine and its surrounding musculature battle the force of gravity to keep us erect.

Our spine is in its happiest and most comfortable position when we mindfully sit up or stand up with proper posture. The reality for most of us, however, is that our posture will suffer when we sit at our desk hunched over computers and slouched in chairs. These hard to break habits are the consequence of failing to listen to our mothers’ constant nagging (“Sit up straight!”). In this position our spine is at a disadvantage and the surrounding musculature cannot work in harmony. The resulting imbalance causes excessive tightness in one area and corresponding weakness in the opposing muscle groups.

As the hours, days and years pass the situation gets worse and our body starts to conform to this new posture, which can cause major issues such as herniated discs/bulging discs (in the low back and neck), excessive tightness in the chest, headaches and an inability to sit/stand up straight (the “Hunchback of Notre Dame” look has never been attractive).

The spinal musculature, like any other muscle group, will benefit from a program that incorporates strength and flexibility. Check out the following video for some great exercises to incorporate into your fitness routine today!

Check out the following videos to complete your workout:

- Yoga w/Ozzie: Chaturanga to Cobra
- Cross Train: Yoga
- Yoga w/Ozzie: Vasisthasana
- Yoga for Energy
- Yoga for Peace

Yoga: Hips & Spine

Ozzie Jacobs, Health and Fitness Expert, presents a yoga sequence to open your hips and strengthen your spinal musculature!

If you liked this video, you’ll enjoy the following:

- Yoga w/Ozzie: Chaturanga to Cobra

- Yoga w/Ozzie: Vasisthasana

- Tadasana: The mountain pose

Chaturanga to Cobra

Ozzie Jacobs, Health and Fitness Expert, demonstrates Chaturanga and Cobra to strengthen your upper body and open your chest.

If you liked this video, you’ll enjoy the following:

Cross-Train: Yoga

Yoga for Energy

Yoga for Peace

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