What made me ME   

              Being a future D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathy) has played a crucial role in devoloping this sytem. Andrew Still, the founder of the profession, devised some simple principles that are the backbone of this system as well as for overal health and everyday life.

1. The Body is a Unit

       This First Fundemantal Principal states that every system in your body (cardiovascular/ musculo/ neuro...) is interconnected. Whatever happens in one part of your body, influences other more distant parts as well. A good way to display this concept is during your exercise. When you exert yourself you strain your muscles whcih causes your heart rate to rise, this is because more blood is needed  to supply nourishment and remove waste, 1 system affected. Also you sweat, this is your body compensating for the increased temperature being produced be your working muscle, system 2. You stop Digesting food when you are exercising to divert more blood to the tissue being worked, system 3. Mentally you become focused, system 4. Your breathing increases to increase the amount of oxygen in the blood and romove the CO2 being produced by the muscles, system 5. Enzymes are release in your blood that cause fat/ glycogen (stored sugar) to be broken down for energy, system 6. Your bladder is  inhibited as well for the same reason your bowels are, system 7. So just through simple exercise which uses your musculosketal system you have 7 different sytems working together to make it an optimum process. 

       My workout hinges on this concept. I try to get the Mental part triggered first. I think that this is the most important part of the system and if it is peaked everything else falls into line much more easily. This is accomplished through the music part. You know the feeling of listening to your favorite workout music while you  so why not use it to motivate as part of your lift! Once this key peice of the puzzle is placed, the sky is the limit on the rest of the workout!

" The answer my friend is blowing in the wind, the answer is blowing in the wind."  -Bob Dylan