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Winter 2017
KENNETT WASHINGTON FITNESS ExPERT
PRESIDENT OF HEALING STRENGTH PERSONAL TRAINING NGA NGA PRO PRO BODYBUILDER
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Readiness
For Health
& Fitness
and and as as as active as as as my great grandmother Sara Jane Reed who we called Mother Mother Mother Mother was at at at at the the the the mature age
of of 98 years old when she she passed away of of natural causes Something to remember remember about her is that she she always remained active In fact I I I remember remember remember my late grandfather Robert Reed who we we call “Daddy Boat ” I I I remember remember having to to to chain the the the lawnmower against the the the tree one year to to to prevent Mother from going out and trying to to to cut the the the grass during the the the summer She She was was a a a a a a a a a a busy bee She She was was was as as as as as as fit as as as as as as most thirty years old and her will to live with mental readiness was was in in in my opinion key Another young-at-heart family member that comes to my my mind is is is my my grandmother Louise Peay Reed who we we call Maw-Maw She is is is fis just as as active as as Mother They were the the the the the dynamic duo when it came down to fishing They could fish fish the the the the the the best of them under the the the the the the table All they needed was their good old old fashion peach snuff fishing fishing bait one bucket and an an old-school bamboo fishing fishing pool Without her partner Maw-Maw still goes
Thousands of of Americans have have fitness goals set yearly Many go go with the traditional new year year resolution kick But once it it it is over have you stopped to to to check
your mental readiness? We are all programed to to to to quickly check
the the scale of what society perceives to to be a a a a a a a a a a a healthy weight weight If If you you you lose weight weight then that’s considered great If If your goal is is to to gain muscle and you you you do that that is is consid- ered great as well However we we we fail to to check
what I I call mental readiness With so so many unrealistic new year’s resolutions we often forget what it it fit really means to remain fit and healthy Throughout the year start train- ing your your your body to recognize that your your your mental health health health is just as as as important as as as your your your physical health health In fact as as as you’ll see the two go hand hand in in in in hand hand I I I will share with you you you some tips that I I use to help my my aging brain remain fit and and and just as as active as my my body Before I I I share share these tips I I I will share share a a a a a quick story about longevity and how I I I I have been blessed to to to witness it it it through my loved ones I I would love love to to live as long long 46
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