Diabetes continues to plague
our society. The good news is
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it doesn't have to. So stay
tuned and let's open up those
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receptor sites.
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Hello, I'm Dick Nunez, Wellness
Director at the Black Hills
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Health and Education Center.
Welcome to Body and Spirit.
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Diabetes is a problem that we
face as Americans and it really
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is kind of isolated to us
because we have this diet that
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encouraged diabetes and
it starts out when we're very
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young. Even a lot of dairy
consumption can start somebody
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off on a type 1 diabetic problem
The proteins in milk are very
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similar to the Islets of
Langerhans of the pancreas
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which produce insulin and
so the body is fighting against
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those milk proteins and goes
after the pancreatic enzymes
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as well. That we don't want.
And then later on in life we
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get to a point where we still
have insulin being produced
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but yet it's not receptive
anymore or the cells aren't
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receptive to it and the result
is that we get into a diabetic
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situation. So we're going
to talk about how to reverse
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that and to keep it away. Right
now we're going to get started
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on our exercise out today will
be Kye and Luther. Kye lives
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out there in Hermosa and Luther
is a student at Tamarack Springs
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Academy in Polebridge, Montana.
So we're going to start by
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loosening up and let's just
stretch up and bring the arms
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around nice and slow. Bring
them around. Let's go up again
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way up high and then bring
it around and down and bring it
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way up high and around and down.
Now let's go the other direction
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And we're going to come up and
around. Try and reach way up.
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If you feel like you're limited
in mobility then just go where
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you can. Otherwise, try and get
as much range of motion as you
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can. Way up and around. Way
up and around and let's go two
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more times. Up and around,
last one, up and around. Good.
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Now in order to help people with
diabetes we need to do lots of
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repetitions. So we're going
to do that today. You guys will
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have a great time doing it.
We're going to start by working
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our chest area. We're going to
squeeze here and I want you to
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push down, bring it back
up, push down, bring it back up.
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You guys keep going; I want
30 of those. You count them out
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for me, Kye and I'm going
to make sure we're doing them
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them nice and tight. I shouldn't
be able to pull your hands
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apart. Squeeze them hard. You
don't want to let me pull your
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hands apart. That's better,
that's better. I don't even
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know if I want to try this guy.
Yeah. I knew his would be nice
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and snug. Pull them in there.
Focus on the chest while you're
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doing the work. You should
feel it right in through here as
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you're pushing down. Each time
you do an exercise you want to
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focus on the muscles you're
working. As we're working those
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muscles, we're going to opening
up those receptor sites to those
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muscle cells that are going to
be calling for that glucose to
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come in. And that will help
the body very much. In fact, we
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find when we work people
out their blood sugar drops
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significantly after a good
weight work out. How many are
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you on there, Kye. Seventeen.
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Seventeen of them. We're
going to do a lot of repetitions
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because as we keep those muscles
going we're going to get some
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really good benefit for that.
If you have to stop at home,
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then go ahead and do so. I know
these guys are nice and young
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so they can keep going for a
long time. Smile guys, you're
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having a good time. All right
pump up that chest a little bit.
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Now at home you can do similar
exercise. If you want to use
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dumbbells, you can lie on your
back and press the dumbbells up.
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This just gives a modification
of it. We're just trying to get
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the pressure on our chest and
get range of motion at the same
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time. Kye's giving himself
a good workout; he's already
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starting to tremble. How
many repetitions have we got now
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Kye? Twenty-nine. Twenty-nine,
one more time. And now we're
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we're going to switch to the
upper mode. We're going to push
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up like this now. We're going
to make those chest muscles
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nice and tired. The chest is a
major muscle group of the upper
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body so we need to put a lot
of emphasis on it. There are a
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lot of muscle cells there and
they're going to be with their
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mouths wide open. Not
your mouth wide open, Luther.
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That's better. And way up.
Imagine the cells having like
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door bells on them and
the insulin is coming through
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ringing the doorbells.
Unfortunately in somebody who's
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diabetic the doorbells have
an out of order sign on it, but
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when you have a good healthy
cells and the insulin's coming
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through, ring the doorbell and
the cell will open the door and
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the more you exercise, the more
receptor sites you get, but if
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you don't exercise guess what
happens to those receptor sites?
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They go away; that's right.
How many are we on, Kye. Twenty.
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That's 21. Okay very
good. Starting to feel
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it Luther. I sure am.
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Okay reach way up, way up.
Reach way up, make those arms
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work. Squeeze them together.
Feel it in your chest. Push way
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up and way up. How many more
have we got, Kye? Four more.
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One more. Push it way up. Okay
and relax it. Now we want to
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stretch those muscles out, so
put your hands behind your head
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and lie back. Stretch your chest
hold it back there. Very good.
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And now we're going to give
ourselves a hug. Reach across,
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pull your shoulder blades apart.
Hold it steady. Wrap around.
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Smile guys, you're having a good
time. All right, pull it apart,
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pull it apart. Okay now, hands
behind the head again. Push way
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back, way back there, push,
push stretch, feel that stretch.
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Breathe, get that air into your
lungs. Now bring it across, pull
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the shoulder blades apart.
All right, very good, very good.
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A few more seconds there and
now we're going to switch and
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we're going to work the back
area. What we're going to do is
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we're going to reach up
like we're grabbing a bar. We're
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going to pull it down and then
reach back up. And again we're
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going to do 30 of them, Kye.
Okay. All right you guys keep
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going. It's very important
when you do pulldowns, if you're
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using a machine, you want to
pull it down to the upper chest
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pull it down to the front. Don't
pull it down behind your head
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If you pull it down behind your
head then you can affect the
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brachial plexus nerve network
that comes off the cervical
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vertebrae and you want to
avoid that. So pull down to the
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front. Do not pull down behind
your head. Very, very important.
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So they're simulating a pulldown
to the front. You're doing the
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work on the way down. Pull
it down. Think about squeezing
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those shoulder blades together,
squeeze your shoulder blades
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together. That's very important
especially for you ladies. What
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I find is the upper thoracic
area, the upper thoracic
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vertebrae is the area for
women that becomes really,
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really weakened, especially
later on, and that will cause
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them to start to have the
stooped posture, the dowager's
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hump, a thing that we don't want
them to have and so working the
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area, squeezing the
shoulder blades together is very
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beneficial for all those muscles
up in that area. Where are we
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at, Kye? That's 23. Okay, got
7 more to go. There's 1 and 2,
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squeeze the back, pull it strong
elbows way back, squeeze it.
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Very good and pull. How many
more. Two more. Two, pull it
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down. One more time. Now we're
going to bend over, reach out
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and we're going to pull back
from this position now. We'll
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just do 20 of these. Pull
way back, way back, squeeze it,
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roll it forward, squeeze it back
roll it forward, pull it back,
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then forward. Push your
scapulae out as far as you can
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as you come forward, cramp them
back together as you pull back.
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Push them out, draw them back,
push them out, draw them back.
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Put on a smile, draw back, reach
out, draw back, reach out, hold
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and contract, reach out, pull
back, reach out. How many more,
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Kye? Reach out. This is 14.
Fourteen, okay we've got 6 to
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go. There's 1 and 2 and 3,
4, reach out, 5, one more time,
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and 6. Very good. Now let's
stretch those muscles. We do
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so by bringing the arm up over
the head. Grab a hold of your
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elbow. There you go, just reach
on over the top here. No you're
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fine. Grab there and pull. You
just feel it right in through
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here. Feel that? Very good. Okay
we're going to hold each stretch
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for about 10-15 seconds. So
we're just about ready to switch
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over. Let's go ahead and do so
now. Switch your arms and pull.
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Very good. Okay, we're going
to hold that for 5 more seconds.
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Good steady stretch. Keep
breathing guys and keep smiling.
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All right. Put them down.
Now we're going to go into some
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shoulder exercise. We'll start
by raising them out to the side.
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We're just going to do some nice
lateral raises here. With no
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weight, you can use weights
if you want to. The more weight
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you put on there the more
you're going to encourage those
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muscles to open up. When
you do a good resistance workout
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your body is actually burning
calories at a higher rate for
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about the next 5-6 hours, so
it's very beneficial to fatigue
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those muscles. Aerobic workouts
where you're doing rhythmic
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activity of a major muscle group
are also very beneficial for
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diabetes and it's part of
the equation but nothing pushes
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glucose into the cells like
weight training exercise because
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that's it main function is
to burn glucose. So your muscles
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are screaming for glucose as you
go through this process. In fact
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as you're going through you
might actually feel some burning
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of the muscles while you're
doing it and that's letting you
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know that, Wow, we need some
more energy down here. Are you
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starting to feel any burning
yet Okay, if you don't you will.
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Keep going and let's do
about 15 more there, Kye. Okay.
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And smile; we're having
fun. Come on, enjoy yourselves.
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Exercise is a good time, at
least it feels good when it's
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done. Keep going, up strong.
How many have we got, Kye?
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This is nine. Nine,
okay and there's 10.
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We've got 5 more to go. Reach
up and up and up. Amazing how
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heavy those arms can get after
awhile isn't it? And up and now
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we're going to come up and
hold, going to hold it out there
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steady and we're going to
try and hold them there for one
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minute. Keep the palms down.
Oh now they're smiling, okay.
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Keep the palms down, keep
the arms straight and you'll see
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just how heavy your arms
can become. Now remember my arms
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are heavier than yours and I'm
old, so if I can hold mine up
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you guys can hold yours up.
So hang in there. We've gone 20
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seconds. The nice thing about
this is it'll feel really good
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when you put your arms down.
People have said before, well
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that's like hitting yourself in
the head with a hammer; it feels
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good when you stop. I say,
no it doesn't, it still hurts
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afterwards. Hurts the next
day in fact. I can't find any
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correlation with that. So hold
them out, keep holding them.
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We got 20 seconds to go.
Hang in there. Hands starting to
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shake yet? No. Well a little
bit back there. Now we're down
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to our last 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5,
4, 3, 2, 1. Oh yeah. That feels
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good. All right. Now we're going
to roll those shoulders. Lift
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them way up, bring them back,
lift them way up, bring them
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back, lift them up, bring them
back around, up and around, up
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and around. Very good. Keep
going. Up and around. Up and
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around. Ten more times. Focus
on lifting those shoulders up.
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Get as much range of motion
as you can. Way up and around.
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And 5 more times, 2 more.
Now let's go to the front, up
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and around. Lift them up, roll
them forward, lift them up, roll
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them forward. And let's go 10
more. And 2 and 3 and 4, 5, 6,
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7, almost done, 8, 9 and 10. Now
bring the arm across and stretch
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your shoulder area. Just go
ahead and point that arm right
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out there straight there,
Luther, bring it back and pull.
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All right. Hold on to
that. We've seen people get off
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massive amounts of medication
in a very short period of time.
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Go ahead and switch sides. I
remember one man was injecting
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insulin and his glucose level
was still 250 and 10 days later
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he wasn't injecting any insulin
and it was down to 106; a real
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drastic turn around. We've seen
people injecting insulin for 30
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years 2 and 3 times a day, get
totally insulin free in just a
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20-day time period. Amazing
turn around. Okay, go ahead and
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relax. Start some biceps
exercise. We're going to start.
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We're going to turn the hands
out toward the side and we're
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going to curl up like this.
I want you to do that 20 times.
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Out to the side and curl it up.
All right, go ahead and count
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it off, Kye, 20 times. The thing
you want to realize if you are
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diabetic you're always going
to be diabetic. A lot of times
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people like to throw that word
cure around but cure would mean
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if you go back to your old life
style you're not going to have
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any problems with your blood
sugar. The reality is if you
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change your lifestyle, you can
get rid of the diabetes and you
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can get rid of it permanently
but if you go back to that old
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life style it's going to come
back and that a harsh reality
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that people oftentimes don't
want to accept, but it's the
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way it is. How many have we got
there? Eighteen. Okay, two more
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times out to the side. Okay now
we're going to do them to the
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front. We're going to reach
out and bend over a little bit.
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Squeeze back, reach out, squeeze
them back, reach out. We've got
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to do 20 of those. Trying to get
lots of repetitions in. The more
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reps we do, the more we're
calling on those muscles cells
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to cry out for the glucose. By
doing this workout on a regular
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basis three times a week you'll
be amazed at how much that
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glucose level will drop down.
Okay, curl it up, reach out,
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curl it up. We're going to
go 10 more times. Squeeze the
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biceps and squeeze them. If
you want to use light dumbbells
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while you're doing this you can.
Squeeze them up, and up, 5 more
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times. Squeeze up, and up, two
more, flex it up, one more, flex
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it up. Very good. All
right shake them out. Now I want
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you to turn. You guys can stay
where you're at. We're going
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push back like this, bend over
at the waist, push back, push
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back. You're going to be flexing
the triceps. Now keep your
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elbows up as you do this. There
you go. Bend over a little more,
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Luther. There that's good. Okay
look up so they can see that
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pretty face of yours there.
All right. Okay, reach way back.
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Keep the elbows up a little
higher. Keep the elbows up.
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Now press them right back.
Press back, way out, way out,
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bend the arms, extend the arms.
Extend the arms. We're working
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the triceps area; also helping
you get ready for ski season.
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Are you a skier,
Kye? Snowboarder.
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Snowboarder, okay, okay.
Are you a skier, Luther? Both.
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Okay, there's a man who's
diversified. Okay. Now stand
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up. Now we're going to do it
this way. We're going to press
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down. Press down. Each
time you're trying to flex the
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muscles, flex the muscles. Give
yourself some resistance. Flex
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the muscles. Each time contract.
Contract, contract. If you just
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go through the motions,
you're not going to really feel
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anything. If you flex those
muscles each time, you're going
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get a good training effect.
So if you just go through the
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motions, you wonder why
it's not working for you, that's
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because you're really not
doing anything. I used to run a
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jumping program where I could
help young people increase their
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jump by a foot in just a year's
time period. The parents were
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sending their children out there
to me and had me work with them
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and they'd sit around the side
lines and watch. They'd call
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me up and say, little
Johnny isn't jumping any higher.
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I said it's because little
Johnny hasn't gotten off his
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gluteus maximus yet. He needs
to work it not sit on it. Push
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down, push down. Three more
times. Push down, push down,
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last one and push. Good. Shake
it out. Relax. Very good. Okay.
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We're going to do some lunges.
Kye, lunges are good exercise.
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They stimulate metabolic action.
Put your hands on your hips.
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You're going to step out and go
down, then push back and switch
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over. Okay. When you do
your lunges make sure your knee
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does not go past your foot.
Very important. And if you can't
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go all the way down like these
fellows are doing, you can just
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do a modified where you don't
come down as far. Again make
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sure your foot and knee stay
in line. Very good. And out, and
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out. We're going to do 20
on each side, Kye. Keep it up.
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Very good. Keep your chest
up. Always want to try and keep
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that xyphoid process which is a
little bony protuberance on the
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bottom of your sternum in an
up position and that puts you in
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the proper position to exercise
whatever exercise you're doing.
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Try and go down a little farther
Luther try and lunge out a
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little bit farther. That's
better. This is another good
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exercise to get you ready for
ski season or snowboard season,
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excuse me, Kye. The stronger
those legs are the more fun
00:19:48.86\00:19:52.10
you're going to have because
you'll be able to do it longer.
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All right. I know both of these
fellows do a lot of mountain
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climbing and so forth as well
or rock climbing. I think you've
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got more to go. I think that's
just 10 on each side. Give me
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another 10 on each side
starting with the left foot.
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We want to make sure
every body gets a good workout.
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Very good. There's 2 and 2. Now
this is also a tough exercise,
00:20:16.79\00:20:23.05
so if you've got some knee
problems and you find this makes
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them worse, then I want you
to stop doing them. Go get your
00:20:27.81\00:20:32.26
knee checked, make sure
everything is okay, or just stay
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with the modified one and
just go down to a point where it
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doesn't hurt. Very good. This
is a great one for the gluteus
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maximus area as well. And
you can do lunges with dumbbells
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at your sides or you can
do what we call a lunge walk.
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Out at the Black Hills we have
a nice hill out in front of our
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Wellness Center and we have
days where we'll lunge the hill.
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Lunge the hill; walk on
down there and lunge back up.
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That's the last one.
Okay, you feel that. Yep.
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Very good. Okay, lets
squat down now. Go into a squat
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position; down and back up.
and down and up. We're going
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to do 30 of them. There's 3 and
4 and 5. Squats are one of the
00:21:18.94\00:21:27.58
best overall exercises you
can do. They bring in a lot of
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muscles into play. They're
a great metabolic stimulator.
00:21:31.30\00:21:34.88
And if you can't get down very
far, that's okay. If you need to
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hang onto something,
that's okay. Keep your chest up.
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Very good. Where are we at, Kye?
Fourteen. Okay, sounds good to
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me, 15, and after a bit you'll
start to feel those legs start
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to get a little tired. How are
you doing, Luther? Not too bad.
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All right. Starting to feel your
legs? Very good. How many more,
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Kye? Eight more. Good.
Okay home stretch. Push the hips
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back, keep the knees over the
feet, just like in the lunges.
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Chest up. Okay, very good.
Shake them out. That's great.
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Okay. Come to the edge of the
platform. Put your hand on my
00:22:33.52\00:22:39.00
shoulder, get your feet off the
edge. Okay, up on the toes, way
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up high and back down, way up
high and down. Okay, keep going.
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Up and down. Nice and steady.
Very good. The calf muscles have
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been called the second heart
because they help return blood
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flow. One of the problems that
diabetics start to have is a
00:23:02.04\00:23:06.52
lack of good circulation
especially in the lower region.
00:23:06.56\00:23:11.00
They get some neuropathy.
So this is a good way of
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stimulating that blood flow
back up. Very good, keep going.
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Way down, way up. Way down, way
up. We're going to do 20 more.
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We'll do lots of repetitions
because the calves can take a
00:23:26.35\00:23:31.75
lot of work since you're walking
on them all the time. They're a
00:23:31.79\00:23:36.85
very aerobic muscle area. Very
good. That's why you see a lot
00:23:36.89\00:23:40.91
of long distance runners don't
have very big calves because
00:23:40.95\00:23:44.58
they don't need them. They just
need to be able to go for long
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periods of time. That's why
chickens don't have big legs.
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Way up high. Well they're
walking on them all the time.
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Way up, way up. How many more
do we need. Two more. One more
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time. Good. Okay. Now put your
hand on my shoulder again and
00:24:08.50\00:24:13.90
I want you to get a hold of your
ankle there. Reach back behind
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you there. Very good and
now we're going to be stretching
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the quadriceps area which is
an area we worked just a moment
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ago. They're just using me
for balance. But these guys feel
00:24:28.22\00:24:31.44
fairly solid. I think I could
walk out right from underneath
00:24:31.48\00:24:34.66
and you guys would just
be standing there still.
00:24:34.70\00:24:36.42
I'm impressed; well balanced
young men. Okay, switch sides.
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We've had people come out to
our lifestyle center quite a bit
00:24:45.46\00:24:51.51
where we'll say, We've got good
news and bad news. The bad news
00:24:51.54\00:24:56.36
is your diabetic. They'll say
well what could the good news
00:24:56.40\00:25:00.43
be? You're in the right place
because by the time they're done
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their diabetes is under control.
All right go ahead and relax.
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Now we're going to step out
and stretch the hamstring. Lean
00:25:10.66\00:25:16.53
forward into it. Keep your chest
up. Okay just go ahead and put
00:25:16.57\00:25:20.53
your hands on your leg there,
Luther. That'll help you balance
00:25:20.56\00:25:26.27
Get your foot out just a little
bit farther. There you go. Okay.
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Let's switch sides and stretch.
Feel the back of your leg
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stretch. Okay. Straighten this
one out a little more. You're
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bending the back leg and then
lean your chest forward into it.
00:25:41.71\00:25:45.86
Okay, straighten this one
out. There you go. Lean forward.
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Feel it stretch back in the
back. Okay good. Thanks a lot
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fellows; we're all done.
Diabetes doesn't have to be the
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death sentence that often times
it turns out to be. In fact, it
00:26:06.23\00:26:09.78
is one of the number one killers
in our society. But it can be
00:26:09.82\00:26:13.33
reversed and it can be
controlled through proper
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life style. I've had people
say to me before, I used to be
00:26:15.52\00:26:18.21
diabetic. And I said, Really,
what happened. Well I take
00:26:18.25\00:26:21.19
medication now so I'm not
diabetic anymore. I said, I've
00:26:21.23\00:26:24.10
got news for you. You're still
diabetic; you're controlling it
00:26:24.13\00:26:26.64
with medication. And
unfortunately all those
00:26:26.68\00:26:28.96
medications have side effects.
You're much better off to
00:26:29.00\00:26:32.72
reverse your life style. Get
in a good exercise program, eat
00:26:32.76\00:26:36.45
properly, get a lot of
fresh air, a lot of sunshine and
00:26:36.48\00:26:39.95
relax. Trust in God; that's
very important. When you see
00:26:39.99\00:26:43.39
people who have a lot of stress
in their life, if somebody's out
00:26:43.42\00:26:46.88
at our wellness program and
their glucose is doing well but
00:26:46.91\00:26:49.82
all of a sudden they get a
stressful phone call from home,
00:26:49.86\00:26:52.70
it's amazing how much we can see
both the blood pressure and the
00:26:52.73\00:26:56.07
blood sugar shoot up. So you
have to relax. I always tell our
00:26:56.11\00:26:59.15
wellness guests, Don't worry
about your blood pressure and
00:26:59.19\00:27:02.75
your blood sugar. Just relax,
let go and let God, because
00:27:02.78\00:27:06.31
that's the best way to get
yourself healthy is by allowing
00:27:06.34\00:27:09.53
the Lord to work in your life.
And the great thing about it is
00:27:09.57\00:27:13.18
the lifestyle that we propose
and put people on is just what
00:27:13.21\00:27:16.49
God wants. It gets back to
the original basics of what the
00:27:16.53\00:27:19.58
Bible teaches about good
healthy living and we do that
00:27:19.61\00:27:22.60
and combine it with the exercise
amazing things take place.
00:27:22.63\00:27:26.31
People are awe struck about
how fast they're able to get off
00:27:26.35\00:27:29.54
all their medication. In fact
right from the very get go we
00:27:29.58\00:27:32.89
have to tell our diabetics, back
off on your medication because
00:27:32.92\00:27:35.72
if you don't you're going to see
some problems. That blood sugar
00:27:35.75\00:27:38.45
is going to stop dropping really
fast. But do it for the right
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reason. Do it to glorify God
with your body. Philippians 4:13
00:27:42.00\00:27:44.93
says, I can do all things
through Christ who strengthens
00:27:44.97\00:27:47.87
me. Claim that promise.
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God bless you.
We'll see you next time.
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