The waist to hip ratio is to test the ration of the waist circumference to the hip circumference because it has been related to the risk of coronary heart disease. All you need is a tape measure and simply calculate the measurements of the waist of the waist girth divided by the hip girth. Less than 85 is excellent, between .85 and .90 is good, between .90 and .95 is average, between .95 and 1.00, and over 1.00 is extreme. The advantages of this procedure are that it can be taken at home with anyone to monitor their own body composition levels.
I think that this procedure is a good test to do, because you can see whether your risk of coronary heart disease are high or not and you can either prevent it of get help for it if you find out that you have it. I am planning on trying out this procedure when I get a chance to, I need a tape measure and that’s about it so when I do the test ill post up my results ASAP :)

so we just did another fitness test and i did 20 push ups, 32 crunches, and 13 sit-ups and we walk for about 15 to 20 minutes.

Guided Imagery

We just did this sort of meditation thing for relaxation, and to be honest it didn't really work that well. I mean, it got me relaxed, and after walking those 1 and a half miles it helped me wind down, but it didn't put me in a deep deep deep relaxation type thing like i guess it's supposed to. I guess we're supposed to listen to it more, like twice a day or week for several weeks, and that's when you really relax and start to imagine all the things that it's saying. It was really nice...maybe ill go out and get a cd like that to help me relax whenever i get stressed...

Correction

The post that i just posted was for about 1 1/2 miles not 2 miles.

Just Finished Walking 2 Miles

My legs hurt a little afterwards, but im getting used to the walking and maybe next time ill jog it all or at least jog one mile

Hoop Path

Today we learned about hoola hooping for relaxation and rehabilitation. This came from the Maidan who thought of the "sacred circle" as a very important aspect of their lives. The guy in the video found this as a way to get out of his depression and to rehabilitate from a shoulder injury. He is a very spiritual guy, and the way he talks about it is with a lot of feeling towards it. The video then just teaches us the ways to use the hoop in different exercises and to connect with the inside of your body. It was a really interesting video.