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| Homegrown Strawberry Backyard 08/2014 |
The Lord told me to "GET STRONG" back in April 2012. I have not really figured out that principle yet...I thought it meant lifting weights. I understand the body will burn more fat when it has mor muscle. At my friend Christi's suggestion, I bought "Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle" by Tony Venuto. But in all the different things I've attempted in order to "get strong", I haven't really connected with anything (and I've tried a lot of things). That caused me to put "get strong" on the back burner...
until today.
Marilyn has told me in the past, that I need to do intense bursts, even when walking. I haven't really implemented that in the past when she's mentioned it. I get the idea of anaerobic activity and read about it in The Gabriel Method and I did fartlaks in high school track practice oh so many years ago. But today when she described that she only does this for seven minutes, a light bulb went on.
Since I started my new walk in July, I've been feeling like there might be something...MORE. I haven't been sure what to think about this, since walking was the very first thing the Lord told me to do. When Marilyn started talking to me about what I really NEEDED to do (strengthen my body), I really listened. I know that burning calories through exercise (not just diet) creates a caloric deficit, but I've always viewed my diet (what I eat) and exercise (what I do) as independent areas. I've never walked to lose weight, I've walked to move my body and have better health. I've never eaten back my calories burned from exercise and I don't track my calories burned from exercise. When she said I needed to strengthen my heart through intense bursts, I knew she was talking about GET STRONG!
...and strengthening my HEART has huge meaning for me! I haven't blogged about this topic on this blog, but I maintain another blog of heart photos. I find hearts everywhere! I consider them little love notes from God. It's almost hilarious how I sensed when she was talking that the Lord has been telling me "it's your HEART" through all these hearts I find (and photograph)! My husband and I had a huge hoot over it, I just couldn't see that the hearts and the HIIT was related! COOL BEANS!
I am going to do 10 seconds of intense bouncing on the rebounder/trampoline with a 20 second rest. I did five of these last night and I thought I was going to die (PERFECT!) By the 5th one, I was done as I couldn't breathe! How's THAT!? Here's the online HIIT timer I used. More blogging to come on this new found inspiration!
