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How to Fix Shoulder Pain and Avoid Shoulder Surgery with LIIT Reconditioning

Joey Atlas / June 19, 2019

How to Fix Shoulder Pain and Avoid Shoulder Surgery with LIIT Reconditioning

How to Fix Shoulder Pain and Avoid Shoulder Surgery (maybe) with LIIT Reconditioning

A few months before I made this post – my neighbor, Dan, was in a motorcycle accident that should have left hime in worse condition than you see in this video.

HE WAS VERY LUCKY to be walking, and minimally injured. It could have been a LOT worse.

Nonetheless, his right shoulder was in bad shape and in a LOT of pain.

About an hour before we recorded the “reconditioning” segment of this video, Dan walked across the street when I saw he was wearing a sling (I didn’t know he was in an accident until he came over to explain). And he told me what happened…

He then added that he was scheduled to book his surgery date the next day. I tell the rest of the story in the video. Click play:

Here is the direct link to the same video on my Youtube channel:
==> How to Fix Shoulder Pain and Avoid Shoulder Surgery with LIIT Reconditioning

“Re-conditioning” Exercises Also Great for Corporate Wellness/Workplace Fitness Programs

Some of these shoulder exercises are part of the programs we design & implement for Corporate Wellness/Workplace Fitness programs.

As you might imagine they are equally beneficial & effective for desk/computer employees and for warehouse/manual labor staff – and everyone in between; drivers, manag.

Not only do they prevent injuries and absenteeism – but they reduce stress and boost productivity because of better functionality and improved strength/stamina.

Go figure, eh?

About Shoulder Injuries and Rotator Cuff Surgery – VERY IMPORTANT

My above ‘project’ with Dan is not meant to replace, or take anything away from what surgery can do for a damaged joint that NEEDS repair. (NOT ALL shoulder injuries and rotator cuff tears need surgery).

This is only one incident in a world of MANY shoulder injuries and rotator cuff problems.

ALWAYS see a doctor before making any decisions on what you might do in order to treat any type of injury, whether it be a shoulder joint, or any other part of the body.

I’m sharing this video to illustrate that there is ‘gray area’, not just in the medical & fitness fields, BUT IN LIFE. And we should always “gather information and proceed with caution” on any moves we make.

When Dan walked across the street to talk to me about his accident and the prognosis for his shoulder – and to ask me my opinion, questions, etc… he was “gathering information” – and as we talked it through, he decided to “proceed with caution” and first try reconditioning his shoulder with my guidance.

If you watch the end of the video you’ll see that Dan was able to avoid surgery, and his doctor was VERY impressed with the development of Dan’s rotator cuff and overall shoulder muscles – including the functionality and range of motion.

And with the average cost for Shoulder Surgery being around $14,000.00 – there was a good amount of medical expense avoided. AND Dan didn’t have to take on the risk of surgery – of which, there is always a risk.

If you, or anyone you know, are battling any shoulder injuries or rotator cuff pain then here are a few other resources that may be of interest:

1 – Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery for the Treatment of Rotator Cuff Tears

2 – 8 Types of Shoulder Surgery Used to Repair Common Rotator Cuff Injuries and Other Areas of the Shoulder Region

Any questions, comments or thoughts? Please post below – you know I love hearing from you.

And if you can think of anyone who would benefit from today’s video and post then please use the colorful share buttons below 🙂

If you want to take the next steps on knowing which harmful shoulder exercises to avoid and some excellent ones you should consider, then take a look at this video and post from a few week ago:
==> How to Get Toned and Strong Shoulders WITHOUT Injuring Them

Your trainer for LIFE
Joey Atlas
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How to Get In Shape for LIFE How to get healthy how to get fit

Joey Atlas / June 16, 2019

How to Get In Shape, Healthy and Fit for LIFE

It’s a question I get ALL THE TIME…

“Joey, How Do I Get In Shape, Healthy and Fit for LIFE??”

This video reveals one key ingredient of “the answer”… a very important ingredient.

Keeping this one short here on Father’s Day! 🙂

ENJOY!

Any questions, comments or thought, PLEASE post below – you know I love hearing from you!

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Best Exercises for Calves best calf workout

Joey Atlas / May 30, 2019

2 Best Exercises for Calves and Feet: How to Get Amazing Calves at Home

Today I share my 2 Best Exercises for Calves and Feet: How to Get Amazing Calves at Home

This is a quick summary of my main calf workout.

I have a few other variations that I’ll be sharing in the SCULPTAFIT Club Video-On-Demand Fitness Portal here – but this is a powerful primer session to help give you some foundational training for the calves and feet…

You’ll see why the feet benefit from this as you watch what I teach:

When you see how the foot works in this mini-session – you can see how strength and range of motion improve.

This simple routine can be enough to heal and/or prevent plantar fasciitis.

I’m adding another video here that I found on Youtube which will give you a better understanding, and appreciation, for what it is I’m teaching you in the video above.

Beneath the skin, our bodies are very complex (that’s an understatement) – so to give more meaning to the 2 Best Exercises for Calves and Feet: How to Get Amazing Calves at Home video I’m sharing today – just take a few minutes to SEE HOW YOUR BODY IS DESIGNED.

A miraculous creation for sure.

When you see all the muscles, ligaments, tendons, bones, nerves, etc… YOU REALIZE why “gentle and wise” is the way to train the body for optimum health, wellness and longevity.

We can’t beat our bodies into shape because most of us are not designed to take that kind of physical punishment and it just leaves us worse off than where we started. IT doesn’t make sense and it’s just not necessary for most of us.

But how many people are out there every day grinding away at their joints and muscles?

Yes, lots of them…

But we are smarter. We are wiser.

We don’t have to do what the mass media & mass market fitness “social media gurus & influencers” are pushing…

Because we know better, and we can take the smarter path to lifelong fitness and wellness that is sustainable, safe and EFFECTIVE.

Do you know someone who will benefit from seeing this post today? Use the share buttons below and send it over to them.

Any questions, comments or thoughts about this? Post below and let me know.

Your trainer for LIFE
Joey Atlas

How to Get In Shape, Healthy and Strong by Crushing Your BS Excuses

Joey Atlas / May 29, 2019

How to Get In Shape, Healthy and Strong by Crushing Your BS Excuses

How to Get In Shape, Healthy and Strong by Crushing Your BS Excuses

Excuses…

They are a dangerous weapon people use against themselves to block them from ever achieving great health and optimum wellness.

There are countless excuses that people use to dismiss themselves from proper fitness activities and a healthy nutrition lifestyle…

“I don’t have time.”
“I hate exercise…”
“I don’t like to eat vegetables, they are boring…”
“I don’t like sweating…”
“I don’t want to give up my favorite junk foods…”
“I’m not into fitness…”
And there are more…

In this short video I share a quick thoughts on how the most successful people put their excuses behind them and go on to achieve personal fitness success that lasts a lifetime:

Click on this video to play it:

Here is the link to view it on Youtube How to Get In Shape, Healthy and Strong by Crushing Your BS Excuses

In this video I touch on Values, Intention, Purpose… And I have several ways to talk about these virtues (did I use that properly??).

Today I go this way…

Define Your Values – “I value my life, and I want to make it a healthy & strong one.”

Declare Your Intention – “I intend to be responsible for my own well-being and not leave it to chance and the doctors.”

Design Your Purpose – “My purpose is to lead by example, and show my family, friends and community how to live with self-awareness and self-care as a top priority.”

This is how we block out toxic people, places and things from our life. This is how we reduce negativity. This is how we decrease the forces that are trying to work against us…

==> We empower ourselves with our Values, Intentions and Purpose.

Without them we are just drifting through life, passively.

Values, Intentions and Purpose are what determine our ACTIONS… The things we do, as well as the things we DON’T DO.

And it’s those actions, repeated with consistency, that bring the continuous results and ongoing benefits that we experience by way of our ‘good’ choices made along the way.

Values, Intention, Purpose can also be applied to Corporate Wellness/Workplace Fitness programs as well.

1 – What does the business/company value?

A healthy work environment and support for the staff to pursue wellness so they can perform their jobs at their highest levels.

2 – What intention can this show?

The company wants to show its employee base that is has their best interests in mind not just professionally, but also personally.

3 – What purpose does this support?

The company management wants the culture of the business to make the quality of life better for the whole team. Better/healthier people make for a better business.

So, whether we are removing excuses for individuals – or for large groups/organizations – the incredible benefits make those old excuses seem extremely trivial.

Again – the “excuse” factor is what blocks so many people from ever reaching strong levels of health and optimum wellness.

But these excuses can all be overcome – because MANY people before us have done it.

When the person becomes “aware”, the excuses begin to disappear.

When the student is ready and ‘in gear’ – the teacher will appear.

Know someone who will benefit from seeing today’s video and post? Please do share this with them by using the colorful buttons below…

And if you have any questions, comments or thoughts – just post in the box below – you know I love hearing from you!

Your trainer for LIFE
~Joey Atlas

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4 Awesome Shoulder Exercises and 3 Foolish Shoulder Exercises

Joey Atlas / May 22, 2019

How to Get Toned and Strong Shoulders WITHOUT Injuring Them

One of the critical keys to getting strong, toned shoulders (same goes for all body zones and muscle groups) is to NOT injure them with the wrong exercises.

I know that sounds like common sense BUT the truth is there are SO MANY people hurting themselves right now as you read this…

Yes, there are countless people exercising around the world, right this very second who are doing exercises that commonly cause injuries.

I’ll talk more about that in a future post, video or podcast episode because it is a BIG problem.

Crazy thing is a LOT of “fitness pros”, “social media gurus/influencers” and “personal trainers” are unaware that a lot of these risky exercises are not necessary and that there are better ones that can take the place of the recycled, monkey see – monkey do, copy-cat exercises that flood the mass media and social media channels…

The rotator cuff is a very sensitive and vulnerable joint of the body. So we shouldn’t be throwing weights around (using momentum) and performing repetitive, jerky, fast movements that put the joint structures at risk.

For now, I share with you:

3 Bad Shoulder Exercises to Avoid and 4 AWESOME Shoulder Exercises for “Toned” & Strong Shoulders

To summarize – these are the 3 shoulder exercises to AVOID (there are more, but I’ll save those for a future video)

1 – Common Standing Lateral Raises
2 – Common Seated Rear-Deltoid Raises
3 – Upright Rows

And these are the 4 Shoulder Exercises I Recommend (there are more – but I’ll share those in a future video)

1 – Bodyweight Shoulder Press (advanced, intermediate, beginner)
2 – Single-side, Controlled Lateral Raise, 90-degree Elbow, with Pause at Top
3 – Single-side, Controlled Half-Circle Draw
4 – Stagger Stance Single-side, Controlled Rear-Deltoid Raise, with Pause at Top

If you found this video helpful, please share it with your friends, family or co-workers so they can learn “how to do it right” and avoid unnecessary injuries and set-backs… Just use the colorful share buttons below…

And, as always, if you have any thoughts, comments or questions – please post below in the comment box. You know I love hearing from you!

Your trainer for LIFE
Joey Atlas

best all in one home gym set up

Joey Atlas / April 29, 2019

Home-Gym Set-Up for Generation X and Baby Boomers: Bodyweight Home-Gym

Proper fitness training and clean, well-rounded nutrition habits are THE TRUE ‘Fountain of Youth’ – the key to optimum longevity and high quality if life…

Today we talk a little about the “mindset” aspect of fitness training and healthy nutrition habits (below video).

These thoughts and insights I share are triggered by another recent local delivery and installation of the SCULPTAFIT All-In-One Home-Gym System.

I captured this install on video to show, AGAIN, how quick and simple it is to assemble the Home-Gym System:

This SCULPTAFIT Home-Gym System was purchased by one of our local Studio clients, Shirley, for herself and her guy, Mickey.

We can put them in the “over 40, over 50 and over 60” groups – reinforcing the “Gen-X and Baby-Boomer” ideal fit for prime ownership and use of the SCULPTAFIT Home-Gym.

Of course the younger generations can use it too, but many of them still want to go “beast mode” and all that high-impact nonsense – until the aches, pains and injuries become too much to ignore and they have to change their fitness plans…

But let’s get back to my thoughts and insights as they flow fmor my mind through my fingers into the keyboard and onto this webpage you’re reading right now…

Shirley started as a client of the local SCULPTAFIT Studio in St Johns, FL (near the border of Mandarin)…

In her first few weeks she knew she “found the fitness solution she had been seeking for so many years”…

I see her now and the transformation in her is astonishing. The only way to summarize it in a phrase is “aging in reverse”…

Her body-composition is improving – and so is her:

– Bone density
– Muscle tone
– Strength
– Balance
– Self-confidence
– Mental clarity and acuity
– Blood glucose regulation
– Hormone regulation
– and so many others…

The saddest thing about Shirley’s awesome health and wellness improvements is that she represents only a small percentage of wise and proactive people who;

1 – place high value on their own self-worth
2 – take full responsibility for their health and wellness
3 – makes ZERO excuses for not sticking with sustainable habits of healthy nutrition, proper exercise and wise supplementation

See – the vast majority of the general population does NONE of the above. Zero.

Most people simply complain about their poor condition of gradual decay. Some even make jokes about their trashy eating habits and sedentary lifestyle. Common, mass-market, cultural attitudes put people in a trance of self-abuse, laziness and lack of self-motivation….”

Sad – really sad that is…

The TRUTH IS – Life is a miraculous gift, and to make jokes about it & treat it as if it’s some discardable material item is an absolute horrible show of self-disrespect and a disrespect for the ultimate gift of life.

When we “wake up” to these realities – it is then and only then that we are able to make a mind-shift that reframes, defines and/or helps us develop 3 important things:

1 – Values
2 – Intentions
3 – Purpose

I’ll go deeper into those 3 key elements in the future – but I note them here as they are important for you to be mindful of, all the time.

Being mindful of them is Stage 1…

Stage 2 is crafting action plans based on those 3 items. We will revisit them in a future article and video – maybe even a podcast episode…

Stage 3 is living in alignment with those 3 guideposts.

Back to Shirley and her guy, Mickey…

I’ll make a longer story short here:

A few years into her incredible journey with my Amazing Coaching Team at the SCULPTAFIT Studio, Shirley was ready to get proper help and guidance for her guy, Mickey.

Why?

Because he was ‘ready’.

So she turned to me, and Mickey is now a private coaching client of mine.

His journey is shaping up to be an incredibly powerful one and I look forward to the day where I can share his “Before and After” story – so that others can be inspired to take similar actions for living a full and vibrant life in every way possible.

He’s down about 20 lbs in just a few months BUT not because we are focusing on weight loss – NO… we are focusing on the ‘important’ things I mention above.

Shirley and Mickey decided to take actions in line with their values, intentions and purpose.

When your goals and “reasons why” are based on those 3 things – success becomes inevitable.

No empty, superficial goals that are seasonal, or short-lived in nature…

No quick fix “weight-loss” and no desperate reaches for “getting an overnight transformation” with surgery or some crack-pot procedure.

This is all based on reality, truth and honoring “the self” to the fullest.

Some people get to that place at a young age.

Some get there in adulthood because of health scares or other painful life events being the trigger…

And sadly, some people never get to that zone of self-awareness in order to save themselves…

Shirley and Mickey are self-aware and honor their gift of life.

And to top it all off – they are so committed to life life to the fullest that they even invested in a SCULPTAFIT Home-Gym System so they can use it on the days Shirley doesn’t go to the Studio and Mickey can now use it for the custom fitness training plans I am guiding him through.

They invest in what they need and they don’t waste money on things they don’t need that don’t bring value into their lives.

They “spend wisely” KNOWING that what they are getting in return is LIFE… A life they are living to the fullest, enabling them to do ALL THE THINGS they aspire to do and to be around for all their loved ones in THE BEST version of themselves.

Stay tuned for more about:

1 – Values
2 – Intentions
3 – Purpose

Those are the “difference makers” for people who achieve lifelong personal success.

Without those, failure is guaranteed. I know this because I personally lived through it all myself…”

I learned.

And now I love helping others do exactly the same. Step by step.

Any questions, comments or thoughts? Please post below and let me know.

I love hearing from you – YES YOU, because it helps keep me going.

Your trainer for LIFE,
Joey Atlas

Joey Atlas / April 19, 2019

#1 Ignored Key to Long-Term Fitness, Optimum Wellness and Vibrant Longevity

In all my years of being in the field of fitness, exercise and training the body & mind… One thing has become very obvious which is still overlooked by many…

I share it in this video:

Yes – our joints…

Just consider the major joints first: Shoulder, neck, elbow, wrist, hips, knees, ankles, and all the vertebral joints of the spine…

Those are the most common areas of injury when it comes to orhthopedics and physical therapy. Below is a very simple view of the major joints of the body:

Even the tiny joints of all the toes are potential injury targets, depending on what is being done with the body. For example…

Take the ridiculous exercise known as “the burpee”. This is another exercise you should avoid.

There are plenty of injuries that can result from this moronic movement… Just search for “toe injuries caused by burpees”

That’s just one example. There are a lot of others.

The point I’m making in the video is that we must be wise and “do our fitness training” in a way that protects our joints – NOT wears them down – and doesn’t put them at high risk of injury.

When the joints are hurting or “broken” – it takes away our ability to move properly, and sometimes, to move at all.

We need to be able to move well in order to live well.

Simple.

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Just use the colorful buttons below and beam it over to them right now. They’ll love ya for it.

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Joey Atlas

ULBHTM to the MAX and Naked Beauty SYMULAST Method The SEQUEL

Joey Atlas / March 27, 2019

Client Laura Kicks Off ULBHTM “To the MAX” & Naked Beauty SYMULAST “The Sequel”

“Long-Distance Turned Local Client”, Laura Kicks Off ULBHTM “To the MAX” & Naked Beauty SYMULAST “The Sequel”

Around 9 years ago, while living in Scotland, Laura started an internet search which triggered an awesome journey that is still unfolding to this very day…

She sat down at her computer to look for “alternative ways” to get in shape safely, WITHOUT the typical hardcore, painful and dangerous approaches to fitness and working out…

Here’s the link to the video page on Youtube ==> Client Laura Kicks Off ULBHTM “To the MAX” & Naked Beauty SYMULAST “The Sequel”

==> If by some crazy chance you haven’t gotten access to the Ultimate Leg, Butt Hip and Thigh Makeover yet – you can get it here – along with all of our other awesome programs, recipes and materials that we add in every month to keep you focused, on track and making sweet progress far into the future…

She discovered me on youtube and the rest is history…

Laura has since moved to our local area of Saint Johns/Jacksonville, Florida and has been a SCULPTAFIT Studio client since opening day back in the Summer of 2016.

She trains with the SCULPTAFIT Coaching Team 2-3 times per week – in the amazing LIIT group fitness training classes run by Master Coach Corinne, Nikki, Kimberly, Joan and Madi.

Laura is also one of our Founder Backers of the SCULPTAFIT Home Gym Systems – and she & her husband Colin will be taking their Home-Gym System back to Scotland at the end of 2019 so they can continue their “Safe & Smart” fitness & wellness training for the rest of their active and vibrant lives…

Here’s what Laura posted during the Founder’s Launch Promo for the SCULPTAFIT Home-Gym Systems during the Summer of 2018

Home Gym Review by SCULPTAFIT fitness client
Laura Posting in the Comment Section During the Official Founders Launch of the SCULPTAFIT Home-Gym Systems back in June of 2018

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