Music To Soothe The Savage Soul

I was jumping rope for an hour last week with my trusty IPod clipped to my shirt.  Jumping rope nonstop (except for the few times I step on the rope) is a high intensity workout to say the least.  Listening to music while I workout in this manner increases my concentration (o.k., I AM listening to Crystal Method, Apex Twins, Chemical Brothers and the like) and keeps me stepping to the beat.  I highly recommend the activity to burn calories, have fun and increase your coordination and stamina.  My resting heart rate is 48bpm....what's yours?

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (26:  80-86  2012) has  published findings that listening to music during exercise can result in quicker clearance of lactate, a perceived lack of effort to perform the exercise, a quicker recovery time and higher quality of your workouts.

Do Your Own Life

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  To live your own life takes courage.  Steve Jobs was a tremendous example of the American Dream....brains, courage to explore, and took all risks to see his dream manifest.  To look at your own death in the eye and go with dignity and gusto until the very end is to be honored.  Jobs changed the modern world and the manner in which we think and conduct our everyday lives.  His health being quite poor, he still smiled, joked, worked and persevered until the very end.  May his life and death be an inspiration to all.  My personal and professional life have always been profounded affected by his innovations and visions (thank you, Steve).  The lesson here?  What are you doing in your life to make a difference on a day to day basis?  Let everyone else do their own life - you do yours, because at the end of the game, you'll have no regrets...you'll have done it your way.