Inductive Bible Study my passion

I have added a new page concerning Inductive Bible Study in my pages about Observing the Bible in study. It is a passion of mine for over 40 years. The 10 keys I write about can be easily learned in time and you will find yourself seeing things automatically. Paste and copy to your word processing program and print it out. Take a paragraph in the Bible and try it out. Let me know what you think.
I first learned of the Inductive Bible Study from Terry Hall in a class from Moody Bible Institute. A few years later I read and studied a book by Oletta Wald on Inductive Bible Study. Irving Jenson and Howard Hendricks have also written expertly about the Inductive Method of Study. You can Google these names and read their books. You won't be disappointed. The page I adapted from Wald's work.

Oletta Wald. The New Joy of Discovery in Bible Study (Kindle Locations 143-151). Kindle Edition. 

“Why is it so hard to lose weight?”

It has been on my mind for a while the question, “Why is it so hard to lose weight?” Begs to be answered. You can look on any health show at the audience and there are no lack for obese participants. Many times I am seeing obese people filmed, one man was sleeping watching a game and the announcers made fun of him. To be honest and fair I laughed before they started talking. Often you will see people drinking a soda, or a bag of chips or whatever the food gurus say not to eat and the commentator or implied audience looks down and judgmental at they have a person choosing something we probably all like to eat. We are born hypocrites.

Consider how easy it is to put on 10 pounds in a year. It only takes 100 calories a day more then you burn. I'll hundred calories is not much. 

For a minute let's entertain the idea that we really don't know how to lose weight. There is a real possibility that there are many things that work against us. For a moment, let us set aside the few pictures of fat people we see everyday and in multiple times more pictures the beautiful people which I think gets us a little off track. What keeps us from losing weight?

1. Guilt
2. Aging (we live in a fallen world)
3. Our brains
4. Our hormones
5. Our organs
6. Our muscles
7. Our created or evolved desire do not starve to death 
8. Our lack of physical work due to a change in how we work
9. Our technology vs. walking
10. Our dependence on processed foods

I can go on with the bigger list and I'm sure that you can add a few things then I'm not thinking about but you get the idea. There are both reasons why we put on weight and a hard time getting it off. Since most of us are having a problem with this let's dispense with the guilt. In surfing the net on the subject today it is clear that we need more study on this question. If you are like me the task of being healthier is ahead of us. We can't give up but we can think, “Damn this is harder than I thought.” I think the swearword catches the frustration a little better.

It seems clear that weight loss is a long term goal. The fact is when we decide to lose weight we will have to deal with her own body fighting us about this. Chemically the body tells us to put the fat back on for at least two years after we lose the weight. Losing weight also may jumpstart depression and other mental struggles. The goal of better heart health outweighs our internal battles but let us be prepared for a lifelong goal. Keep walking

Circuit training the old man way

This is something I've been working on for a while and these are exercises I do. You can do one part or any other part added to it. As you learn about these different ways to exercise remember you can adapt them to fit you. These exercises can be done by those who have excellent fitness or they're like me, just an old man trying to survive. Keep walking this post I will make into a page.

 Circuit training

Part one - old man workout in kitchen using countertop 10-20 reps 8 minutes

• Adapted push-ups
• 30 sec. bike
• Adopted dips
• 30 sec. bike
• Squats
• 30 sec. bike
• Heel raises
• 30 sec. bike
• Lunges
• 30 sec. bike
• Side lunges
• 30 sec. bike
• Ten jumps
• 30 sec. bike
• Squats feet wide
• 30 sec. bike

(Walk a flight of stairs)

Part 2 old man in bedroom 10-20 reps 3 minutes

• 20 sit ups adopted

• 30 sec. bike
• 20 squats off bed
• 30 sec. bike
• 20 push ups adopted off dresser
• 30 sec. bike

(Walk a flight of stairs)

Part 3 Resistant bands 10-20 reps 8 minutes

• 15 curls
• 30 sec. bike
• 15 triceps
• 30 sec. bike
• 15 bent over rows
• 30 sec. bike
• 15 shoulder presses
• 30 sec. bike
• 15 squats with back against wall
• 30 sec. bike
• 15 heal raises
• 30 sec. bike
• 10 rotator cuff pulls
• 30 sec. bike
• Other side rotator cuff pulls
• 30 sec. bike

(Walk a flight of stairs)

Part 4 Suspension training

Where are you position your feet give you the resistance that you want. This is totally adapted to you. My suspension band can we put in my door. 10-20 reps 10 minutes

• chess press
• 30 sec. bike
• low row
• 30 sec. bike
• Tricep press
• 30 sec. bike
• Bicep curls
• 30 sec. bike
• Chest Fly adapted
• 30 sec. bike
• Y fly
• 30 sec. bike
• Squat
• 30 sec. bike
• lateral lounge
• 30 sec. bike
• squat and row
• 30 sec. bike
• sidestep and squat
• 30 sec. bike

(Walk a flight of stairs)

http://greatist.com/fitness/effective-TRX-exercises

 Walking between stations will easily give you 30+ minutes of aerobic exercise. 

I use a portable Nordic track bike that you can easily use with a kitchen chair to make a recumbent bike. This being portable you can move from room to room to do your exercise.

You can bump this up by doing a flight of stairs between parts. There are a lot of exercises you can do with these tools. It would be worth your time to look at the possibilities and design your own program. There are exercises I don't do because a balance. You may not have that limitation. But this workout can be completely adapted to your physical conditions.

Make sure you see a doctor before you begin any exercise program. And always remember you are in control of the exercises or activities that you do.
Tonight I did a 21 minute program. worked up a sweat

Battle of the sexes - wouldn't have it any other way

Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn cross wits in
Woman of the Year

The battle of the sexes seems to me to be in focus right now for the midterm elections. While the politicians will manipulate the picture, I have always looked at the battle of the sexes as kind of fun. As a teenager I became a big fan of Katherine Hepburn. In watching her films she matches wits with their male counterparts about as good as anybody. Many of her comedies had that theme and sexual tension which was a lot of fun. In real life and in the movies, Spencer Tracy became her partner and they battled wits from the get-go. For us it transformed into movie  magic.

And girls being girls in guys being guys still is amazing even today. I am nowhere near to understanding the female gender then I was 40 years ago. I still get surprised about everyday and I'm okay with it. There is so many strengths for us being who we are. We can bring our differences to a job, a family, or a relationship. Most of my life I worked for females and appreciate their strengths. 

In health guys and girls are different. In fitness they trained differently and would do well to learn from one another. Men for example could learn to be more flexible and become better walkers and train their lower bodies. Women could have more resistance and work out their upper body with the same intensity they do their lower body. Both men and women can benefit from lean muscle in aerobic fitness. Increase flexibility becomes more important as we get older.

Probably in both men and women they will exercise according to their own perspective and needs. It is who we are. As long as we are moving I'm good. Tip of the day, enjoy the humor of being different and above all, be kind. Keep walking

I am a movie buff and sometimes it improves our walk

1932 Movie Box with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

One thing I discovered on vacation was how out of shape I am. Walking in the mountains is quite a bit different then walking in Illinois. We have a lot of rainy weather so we took advantage spending time in our cabin enjoying reading, one another, and the beautiful setting we were in.

It took a while to heal from some falls I had last winter and I'm now back motivated to push my aerobic walking. Taking my own advice I'm starting out slow doing 1 mile walks. Mixing in the strategy is short burst of bicycle riding.

Another thing I'm doing is writing down three things that I did that made my day better. On vacation I captured two more hours in the daylight and sleeping two more hours at night. I have one more hour to switch and I'm will be very happy with that. This will allow me more time to be creative in a daytime and get my internal clock to where most studies show it is more healthy.

http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-walks-music-box-steps-htmlstory.html

I came across an article from the LA Times of the location of the 1932 movie “Movie Box” starring Stan & Ollie. The article is titled. “Climb the Music Box Steps ... without the piano.” Google the movie because it's lots of laughs. Here the funny dual we're at their peak. In the late 20s and 30s they did some real funny stuff.

I started to think what would they think of that location being a hotspot for aerobic exercise

The stairs today encouraging others to walk

with the 132 stairs. Ollie wearing tighter clothes than he should looks fatter than he actually is. And the whole routine in the movie you can see he had a hard time doing. So anyway I took the old photograph and came up with the following cartoon.

I remember walking the stairs going up Diamond Head in Hawaii each set of stairs had over 90 stairs and it. That comes close to seven flights of stairs. The steps in the 1932 movie comes to about 10 flights of stairs. So if I were to do this today I would take a break and some of the landings to take photos and to appreciate the view. When I worked in JT I would take a flight of stairs and then walk a segment of the hallway and then take another flight of stairs. There were five flights of stairs to work with then I was able to do several times when I was on the wrestling team but like Ollie my body is changed. The stair climbing is good to do for long as you can do it. In the new LA Times article they outlined one and a half mile walk where you would go up and down and get a workout.

If you like going to national parks or state parks use your desire to motivate you daily walking. That is where I am right now so keep walking.

Don't be fooled by health scams

Doesn't believe everything she hears

Scams, they are out there and they want to target us. Con artists know how to make connections. There're out to get our money and many of them do not mind if they ruin us. Now through the Internet and phones they can come from all over the world. There are some good websites that give information and tips about protecting ourselves again scams. 

http://www.ncoa.org National Council of Aging

http://www.aarp.org

http://www.fbi.gov Federal Bureau of investigation

I read an article from Wall Street Journal about how to fight back against scams. 

http://online.wsj.com/articles/if-youre-over-50-youre-a-scam-target-1412467756?tesla=y&mod=WSJ_RetirementPlanning_MoreHeadlines&mg=reno64-wsj

It is good to familiar yourself with the subject, if you have parents it's also a good idea to check in with them to help protect them from these parasites. Scams interests me because they often are wolves in sheep clothing and attack us through our health. The hook is they know we want to feel better and feel more secure. What they want is our money and they could care less about our health. Jesus made a statement that his followers had to be “wise as serpents”. We have to have the discernment or judgment to look beyond words to motivations. 

One of my favorite characters from mystery is Jane Marple. She looks like a sweet old lady which I think she really is, but beyond that exterior is a shrewd detective. We know she's a romantic and she cares about people, but she hates evil when it destroys other people. She takes in gossip without being a part of it and it gives her clues and leads to solve the crime. She has a strong sense of justice. Basic to her approach is a belief that people can lie. And when they choose to lie they will be found out and the truth will be discovered. Of course it helps that Agatha Christie Will be completely unfair with the reader and invent facts to make everything fit. She's a good storyteller so we forgive her. 

When it comes to scams related to health seek good websites that are fact base. Find out about anything before you buy and don't just use the seller’s point of view. Talk it over with your kids, your doctor, and trusted friends. If it is too good to be true then it probably isn't true. Remember you are in control and don't feel pressure to cave in. If you were widowed and your spouse was the one that made these decisions then ask yourself what would they do. 

I like to be liked and I have a hard time saying no. When it comes to money all of a sudden I become like my father. He could smell a crook. Remember a hacker, a con running a scam does not see you as a person. You are just an opportunity to steal from. No matter how sweet they may sound they want to take away your life. So put on Jane Marple’s hat and let others know the rat you’d encounter. Keep walking.

Do you know the story of Bethany Hamilton?

Bethany Hamilton

I always like revisiting story that I have read about before. Bethany Hamilton I read about 8 years ago who 11 years ago was attacked by a shark and lost her left arm. She overcame her injury and return to competitive surfing. She is now 24 years old and she still competes. She has recently written a book, Body and Soul in which she reaches out to motivate young girls to live healthier lives. She leads by example and you can see the picture she maintains a fitness level and weight control. She hasn't allowed her loss of a limb to stop the disciplines of a professional athlete. 

She uses the suspension training that I've shared with you and you can see that she can modify to give her body a balanced strength workout that would directly relate to surfing. Can you imagine the coordination and strength it takes to get up on the board when you're catching a wave. I can't do it. I have used a bodyboard and I've been tossed around the California surf like a beached whale. 

My experience with the waves in California's is they are pretty strong. I experience a riptide that was taking me out to sea and it was cool to practice when I learned to swim parallel to the coast and then easily move back into the shore. A riptide isn't very wide but you can't swim directly back in. I am a strong swimmer and I could not directly swim against a riptide. You have to swim a little parallel 20 to 50 feet and then you get waves taking you back in. Every year there's people who drown because they trying to go directly against the current. The Pacific in California is a lot cooler than West Florida in the Gulf so Barb doesn't like going to water. I am trying to navigate the water with CP, Once I'm out A little deeper I'm okay but the waves by the shore they can be pretty strong. 

Bethany says she likes the suspension training because she can take it with her anywhere and she likes working outdoors. Check out a couple videos online about how people use this and remember you can always modify to fit your fitness level. Some people really are quite strong with it but we can use it regardless of our fitness level. Try to look at a couple videos of people who modified for themselves and you'll get the idea. 

Strength training is your program. No matter what tools you use there is away for you to strength training that helps you maintain or increase your strength no matter what your age. Bethany and myself demonstrate that suspension training or strength training can be modified to the disability. Keep walking