Participants: Casio Jones (Host), Kevin Toms
Series Code: AFL
Program Code: AFL000014
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00:30 Hello my name is Casio Jones.
00:32 And you are watching Action 4 Life. 00:34 Today's program, we have a great workout so I want you, 00:37 as we roll into our next story, I want you to take this 00:40 time to do a warm-up. 00:41 Run around your house, run outside, go do something, 00:44 but get yourself warmed up. 00:47 First let's talk about prayer. 00:49 Do you know how powerful prayer can be? 00:51 It can heal, and its benefits to work with somebody who 00:55 is sick and ailing, even hospitals are using prayer to 00:59 provide more healing. 01:02 Check this story we did out at a Florida Hospital. 01:34 I'm here at the Florida Hospital and Seffer Hills Florida. 01:37 With me today is Bob Kamieneski and we are going to talk 01:41 to you about a component of health. 01:44 It is a component that involves more in the healing 01:49 process, we are going to talk about prayer. 01:51 How are you doing Bob? 01:53 Bob: I'm doing great, how are you doing? 01:54 I'm doing great. 01:55 I'm trying to be a little more calmer in my interview 02:00 since we are in the chapel. 02:01 Bob: We're in the chapel. 02:03 This is a very beautiful chapel, I have admired this 02:06 painting back here. 02:08 You were telling me it was actually in another location. 02:12 Bob: It was in another location and they took the wallpaper down 02:14 painstakingly and put it back up on this particular wall. 02:18 My kudos to the guy who did that. 02:24 Let's talk about prayer. 02:26 I mean the important aspect of prayer as part of the 02:29 healing process as what you do at the Florida Hospital. 02:33 Bob: We integrate prayer obviously in the programs that 02:37 we do through our wellness programs, but we also have 02:40 a program that manifests itself throughout the hospital called, 02:46 Praying Hands. 02:47 Bob: Each employee, that has a desire, can get a hold of a pin 02:52 that has praying hands on it. 02:54 Bob: It goes on their badge and it signifies to any patient that 03:00 particular employee is willing to spend time praying with 03:04 that particular patient. 03:06 I love that, so in a way the hands just let the patients 03:10 know that individual is willing and they are at any time 03:15 to kneel down with them and bring the Lord into 03:18 that room together. 03:19 Bob: That's right Casio, and we also have a spiritual life 03:21 committee, and the purpose of that spiritual life 03:24 committee is to make sure that the spiritual atmosphere 03:28 of the hospital is kept intact. 03:30 Bob: Out of that spiritual life committee we have a group that 03:33 prays for specific request from our employees. 03:39 Bob: The request may be for an employee family member that 03:43 doesn't work here, or for a friend or for a particular issue 03:47 with a patient that is going on at any time. 03:49 Now some may have fears at home that these guys are a 03:52 wellness and fitness guy, why are they talking about prayer? 03:55 For you to understand is that it is a full spectrum 04:00 of what we do when call with wellness. 04:02 The spiritual relation what the heavenly Father is a 04:06 component that sometimes might not be able to be identified 04:09 as being a part your own illness or your own suffering. 04:13 So to be able to help bridge that relationship with the 04:17 Lord, he is able to release, open and knock down walls 04:21 in other areas that can bring this healing aspect. 04:24 He was talking earlier about statistics. 04:26 Do you have those statistics in your head that you 04:29 could give us? 04:30 Bob: I have a few in my head. 04:32 Bob: It is interesting that the subject of prayer is at the 04:37 forefront today, and it is not just a religious 04:41 institutions, is out there everywhere. 04:43 Bob: This whole concept began some 20, 25 years ago when a 04:48 study was out at the University of San Francisco. 04:51 By man named Dr. Byrd, where they went to a cardiac unit 04:57 and divided the cardiac unit in half. 04:58 Bob: They intensely prayed for one half of the patients, 05:04 and they didn't for the other. 05:06 Bob: I always felt bad for the patients that didn't pray for. 05:08 Casio: Pray for me, pray for me. 05:10 Bob: It is interesting that the end results were that the 05:13 people who were prayed for recovered quicker and they had 05:17 less complications in their healing process. 05:21 Bob: Now that was the beginning and we currently have research 05:25 going on at Harvard University, at Duke University. 05:28 Bob: I have several books where there are literally hundreds 05:33 of pieces of research that show the tremendous benefits 05:37 of patients that are prayed for. 05:40 Bob: As a matter of fact, hospitals that have Chaplaincy 05:43 programs provide for their patients a shorter length of 05:47 stay and administrators like that shorter length of stay 05:51 because it translates into more revenue. 05:53 Exactly! 05:55 Bob: So there is a lot to be said for prayer and its 05:57 relationship to the healing process. 05:59 Well Bob thank you so much. 06:01 I am excited to see what you guys are doing here in Seffer 06:04 Hills Florida, the impact you are making in the community. 06:08 Just the impact you are making in the world. 06:10 I mean to be a witness and testimony that God still heals. 06:15 The only way you can find true peace and true happiness 06:19 is first to establish a relationship with Him. 06:21 Bob: It is all true. Amen! Bob: Amen! 06:24 Thank you very much, Bob: it was a pleasure. 06:29 Kevin, come on in here buddy. 06:30 Hey man, I'm glad you came back to work with us. 06:33 Kevin: Well thanks for inviting me. 06:34 Hey man it's always a pleasure to have a friend of mine 06:36 work on the set with me. 06:37 Now it is amazing that the words of prayer, 06:39 the powerfulness of prayer is so important that we spend 06:41 time fellowshipping with God and interact with Him. 06:44 Do you pray often? Kevin: Absolutely! 06:46 It's like talking to a friend, isn't it? 06:48 Kevin: My best friend. 06:50 Exactly, and that is the type of relationship we should 06:51 have with our heavenly Father. 06:52 It is great to see our body needs to have that intimate 06:56 relationship with Him, and our body, the cells, 06:58 the Holy Spirit, it just comes alive and we are 07:01 just a new person. 07:02 The healing abilities in prayer are real. 07:05 Okay are you ready for our workout today Kevin? 07:07 Kevin: I think so! Casio: You think so? 07:10 Are you guys ready for your work out? 07:14 This little different, were mixing things up. 07:16 The first exercise we are going to work our lower back 07:18 and it is called Superman. 07:20 Let's go and get a mat. 07:21 I will demonstrate for us. 07:26 The first exercise is the Superman and the imagine if you 07:30 were a little kid and are down on the floor here. 07:33 What was Superman's theme? 07:38 I can't remember how his theme goes. 07:39 You know it's a bird or a plane, arms out here to 07:43 your front and we are going to raise up and hold. 07:46 One, two, three, four, and down. 07:49 There are variations that you can do with this exercise, 07:52 we are going to do ours in a four count, and only 07:54 do about five of these. 07:56 But let me show you some different variations. 07:59 You have people who have them going up and down. 08:03 Then to modify this exercise you put your arms to your 08:07 side and make a back extension. 08:13 Or bring your arms up here and make it more challenging. 08:15 Arms straight out in front of you, once again your arms 08:17 are drivers, so therefore it is a little more aggressive. 08:22 Are you ready Kevin? Knock these out. 08:25 We are going to hold for a four count. 08:27 We are going to come up with the upper body and our lower 08:31 back will come off the ground at the same time. 08:32 Ready? In the up position one, two, three, four, down. 08:37 Again, one, two, three, four, and down. 08:42 One, two, three, four, and two more. 08:47 One, two, three, four, and one more. 08:51 One, two, three, four, wonderful, come on up Kevin. 08:55 That was a good job buddy and let's get this out of 08:59 the way so we can do our active rest. 09:01 We're going to go back to one of our favorite active rest. 09:04 Were going back to the jumpy Jacks. 09:05 Everybody knows how to do jumping jacks. 09:07 I just thought everyone knew how to do jumping jacks. 09:10 One of my guides in my boot camp he was from, I don't 09:14 want to make it sound like I'm blaming as where he's from. 09:18 But it was that he was on a down when he should've 09:22 been on the up with his jumping jacks. 09:23 But we taught him, pay attention at home and let's work 09:27 at this as well. 09:29 Let's do our jumping jacks, here we go. 09:30 One, two, three, four, 09:34 five, six, seven, eight, 09:38 nine, 10. 09:40 One, two, three, four, 09:44 five, six, seven, eight, 09:47 nine, 10. Excellent good job we stopped at 20. 09:51 So how are you feeling this? Kevin: Feeling good! 09:55 We are going to move on tour next exercise is called, 09:58 ball leg curls. 10:00 We are going to use the Physio-ball and lay down on our 10:02 back and work our hamstrings. 10:07 Kevin: Are you going to demonstrate this? 10:09 Yeah, I'm going to demonstrate this one. 10:11 Alright! Thanks Kevin. 10:13 Alright, with this one the secret with the ball leg curls 10:20 to put your arms out to the side to support you. 10:22 Your feet are on top of the ball and you lift yourself up, 10:25 lift your pelvis off the floor, hold your hands down for 10:29 support, and pull your knees back toward your chest. 10:33 And that is not supposed to happen. 10:35 I'm going to slide the mat back, it will make it easier. 10:39 Thank you Kevin. 10:41 You see anything is possible. 10:43 Let's do it again. 10:44 Lift up, and pull back. 10:49 Now the secret of doing this is your feet must rest on 10:52 the ball, don't try to dig your heels into the ball. 10:54 Digging your heels into the ball you will actually start 10:57 firing your calf muscles and you don't want that to happen. 10:59 Just put your feet to rest and the weight is heavy enough, 11:02 with your feet, to hold the ball in position and just 11:05 pull it back. 11:06 Bring your knees toward your chest. 11:08 You will feel it right here in your hamstrings. 11:12 Kevin: Now Casio, are you feeling it in your core? 11:15 Yeah, you actually can fire and feel those as you're doing 11:18 these to contract your core and give you more stability as 11:21 you are doing the exercise. 11:23 Go ahead and lay down on your back. 11:24 Whenever you are doing your core exercises, actually 11:27 because my lower portion of my trunk is off the mat. 11:31 My core is firing and my abdominals muscles are firing, 11:34 and my lower back muscles are firing. 11:35 So it hits a lot of different parts of the body, with 11:38 this exercise, go ahead and slide back a little bit. 11:41 This way Kevin, there you go. 11:46 Alright, let's knock out our 10. 11:48 That's one, that's two, now you notice Kevin, as I was 11:54 trying to explain before, his feet are on the ball. 11:59 So that means his whole body, the sides of his legs 12:03 have to be strong to maintain the balance which comes 12:06 back to your core. 12:08 Everything has to fire to maintain the contraction and 12:12 to create the stability to keep his feet to control the ball. 12:16 The ball is unsteady as it is, when he moves it he is 12:19 controlling it at his body is responding to it. 12:22 Are you feeling these? Kevin: I am! 12:24 Okay let's do one more. 12:28 Wonderful, that's a good job. 12:29 Come on up. 12:31 Let's go back to our jumping jacks. 12:38 Let's take our heart rate at the end of this one. 12:40 Are you ready? Kevin: Ready, Casio: let's go! 12:41 One, two, three, four, 12:45 five, six, seven, eight, 12:49 you keep going Kevin I'm going to modify. 12:51 Now remember doing a modified is sticking your leg out 12:54 to the side and if you want you can put your leg forward 12:58 and make it a little different. 13:01 There you go guys, that's 20. 13:04 Heart rate! 13:17 How are you feeling, are you there? 13:19 Kevin: It's taking a minute to read. 13:21 That's very good, you did it right. 13:23 Let's move on to our next exercise. 13:26 It is going to be a, this is kind of cool, abdominal 13:30 exercise, we are going to use the Physio-ball to do 13:35 an ab hold on the ball. 13:38 I'm going to be my partner here to pass this to me. 13:43 Hang on, I'm getting into position, Kevin. 13:44 There we go, right here. 13:47 Kevin: Is that good? Yeah it's good. 13:52 The ball is balancing between my feet and my knee and I 13:56 will pull in and back out. 13:58 Pull in and back out, I'm engaging my core. 14:05 This is working my abdominals. 14:10 If I do a sudden jerk in movement, 14:12 the ball will fall out of place. 14:14 So I'm keeping the ball in one position. 14:19 Kevin: Wow, that looks difficult! 14:20 It's challenging only because it is a very small movement. 14:24 A lot of times, when we do an exercise and you have a 14:27 small movement, you have to maintain complete control. 14:29 That is why your muscles fire. 14:31 Bring your legs up first at 90°, right there. 14:35 The ball is going right there and bring it in. 14:41 Go a little slower and keep your leg straight. 14:45 Now bring it in and back out to my hand, right there. 14:50 Very small movement. 14:52 Control so you don't rock the ball. 14:56 Now bring it in. 14:58 Back out, you're only traveling about five or 6 inches. 15:02 Keep your head down. 15:03 Kevin: I'm trying to keep it stabilized! 15:05 You don't need to do with your head. 15:07 Keep your head down. 15:09 Use your legs, use your abs. 15:11 You can tell we're friends. 15:15 Keep your legs up, 90°. 15:17 Kevin: It is easier to balance when you drop the ankles 15:20 a little bit. 15:21 No we do not want to do that, keep your ankles up. 15:22 Kevin: Why not? 15:23 It works the abs harder, 90° and bring it back controlled. 15:26 Let's go two more, are you feeling them here? 15:29 Kevin: Yeah man. 15:31 See it works. 15:32 Kevin: But I'm having to think way too much. 15:34 No it is not thinking just controlling. 15:36 Good job. 15:40 Kevin: Are you saying it doesn't take a thought process to 15:42 control the balance of the ball? 15:43 Okay let's not get real deep with the science here. 15:46 Casio: It does take a thought pattern. Kevin: Okay! 15:48 You are so silly. 15:50 Let's do 20 jumping jacks. 15:51 Are you ready let's go. 15:54 One, two, three, four, 15:57 five, six, seven, eight, 16:00 nine, 10. 16:03 One, two, three, four, 16:07 five, six, seven, eight, 16:11 nine, 10. 16:16 Let's go get some water. 16:19 Kevin: So how important is that neurological pathways that we 16:23 are creating by having to think through these movements? 16:27 Very important, it actually helps with muscle development 16:31 because it is highly recommended that as you are 16:35 exercising it is so important to focus on that muscle and 16:39 think about that muscle. 16:40 It helps to create this pathway where you had the ability 16:42 to control your muscles whenever you need to. 16:45 It is so important to be able to do that, in sports, 16:49 doing daily life you will be able to have that quick 16:53 response of muscles because the brain connection is there. 16:56 You have to keep going with those pathways. 16:59 Imagine you are walking in the high grass area and there 17:03 is no trail and you are walking through it the first time. 17:07 You connect those neurons together and keep going and 17:11 you have the path there. 17:13 So it is important as you are exercising to think. 17:17 It helps you to focus on what you are trying to accomplish. 17:19 Kevin: Wow, that's pretty impressive! 17:21 Ahhh, I read a book. 17:25 So this is the part we actually had a question. 17:28 That wasn't the question but it was a good question. 17:31 We actually had a question from Lisa and Lisa is from 17:33 Texas, she wanted to know, hey Casio, what is a good 17:36 exercise that could work my triceps? 17:40 Is like, my arm is waving back at me. 17:44 When I stopped waving, it waves back at me. 17:46 So Lisa, a very good exercise you could do, if you have 17:49 been to your gym, one of my favorites is the tricep push 17:53 down that has the pulleys. 17:56 The secret to doing a tricep push down is that you have 18:00 your hands here, can I have a close-up, Trent come in here. 18:04 The pulley is right here the elbow is 90°, is the secret. 18:09 You push straight down and let the triceps fire, 18:13 and then you bring them back up. 18:14 You do not want to leave into it, you want to stay 18:18 straight up, the secret is to keep your hand straight 18:21 and to push down. 18:23 It is a very good exercise you can do in the gym that 18:27 will work the triceps. 18:28 Now if you want to do it, 18:29 if you don't have a gym membership. 18:31 Hey Casio what can I do if I don't have a gym membership 18:34 to work our triceps? Say that! 18:35 Kevin: Casio, what can I do if I don't have a gym membership? 18:39 This is fun. 18:40 Let me show you, pass me the dumbbells. 18:44 You are going to make me work hard. Kevin: Yeah man! 18:46 Wait, come back here Trent. 18:48 Let's do kickbacks, come back here. 18:51 Triceps kickbacks is very good. 18:53 Support yourself, we've done these before, but it is 18:57 start the elbow and full extension to work your triceps. 19:02 Hey Trent, give my wrist on this shot. 19:04 You don't want to come back and break the wrist. 19:08 You want to keep your wrist straight and that puts all 19:13 the work on the triceps. 19:16 I hope that works for you. 19:18 That is a good exercise. 19:20 Let's move on and do our rotation one more time again. 19:23 We'll go to our four exercises. 19:25 Let's go back to our Superman, here you go Kevin. 19:29 Let's go down on our stomach and were going flying. 19:32 Let's to four counts, okay up. 19:35 Ready? one, two, three, four, down. 19:38 Again, one, two, three, four, and down. 19:42 One, two, three, four, down. 19:47 Kevin: I don't feel like I'm flying! 19:50 Hang on 19:57 Okay again, One, two, three, four, down last one. 20:01 One, two, three, four, down, come on up. 20:05 We'll do our jumping jacks again. 20:06 Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Look if you can't have fun 20:10 I'm sorry, here we go. 20:12 One, two, three, four, 20:16 five, six, seven, eight, 20:19 nine, 10, five more. 20:22 One, two, three, four, 20:25 five, Good job grab your ball Kevin. 20:28 Ball leg curls again 20:30 Kevin: oh geez! 20:32 Give it to me I'll do them, I'll do them. 20:34 I like these, these are fun. 20:37 No not those leg curls. 20:39 Yeah see. 20:40 Kevin: I thought it was the other thing. 20:43 You're going to lift yourself up, your pelvic, engage 20:46 your core using the ball your abdominal muscles. 20:50 Core muscles are stabilizing and helping you to create 20:53 and work against the ball. 21:03 Now once again if you feel stressed in your heels, 21:06 and your calves, take the pressure off your feet and 21:09 allow your feet to rest on the ball and pull it in. 21:15 Let's move on. 21:19 Let's go to our jumping jacks again. 21:20 This time let's do 10. 21:22 Are you ready let's go. 21:25 One, two, three, four, 21:28 five, six, seven, eight, 21:32 nine, 10. 21:34 You know what dude? 21:37 Kevin: It did what you say, I lose count sometimes. 21:40 I said 10, I did say 10. My mistake. 21:43 Were going to move on and do our last exercise which is 21:48 going to be our abdominal hold. 21:49 We'll get our mat back out again. 21:53 Kevin: I'll think again. 21:54 Come on you can do it. 21:56 I believe in you brother. 21:57 Kevin: This really is a lot more difficult than it looks. 22:01 It is, it is. 22:03 Kevin: it has a challenging level that I wasn't anticipating 22:06 You never know what you're going to expect on 22:09 Action 4 Life, here we go. 22:10 Let's go to work, bring it back in. 22:12 Forward, keep your legs a little higher. 22:16 Remember he's at 90° and this is all abdominal work. 22:20 All core, contract to engage our core back into our spine. 22:27 Pull it down, it's not like sucking it in where you 22:30 internally pull it into your spine. 22:32 Now pull it to your chest. 22:34 Do you feel those? Kevin: I do! 22:37 Let's do five more. 22:39 Kevin: It is more difficult to balance it though, that's 22:42 where I'm having to think way too much. 22:45 I like how you think the Kevin. 22:47 It's working, whatever you're doing keep about brother. 22:49 Keep thinking, keep thinking. 22:51 Kevin: are we done yet? 22:52 No, give me two more. 22:54 Remember I can't count. 22:55 Kevin: you're making numbers up aren't you? 22:57 Kevin: there is always two more, always two more. 22:59 Hey, it is always better to do two more to make sure 23:02 you have got it right. 23:03 Let's go back to our active rest again. 23:05 Kevin: Alright, how many? 23:07 20, I'm joking this time. 23:09 Kevin: how many? 23:10 10, here we go. 23:12 One, two, three, four, 23:15 five, six, seven, eight, 23:19 nine, 10. 23:21 You are a lot of fun Kevin. 23:26 Okay folks, we went over a few exercises for today, 23:30 very challenging and a little different, but a lot of fun. 23:33 Once again you have to understand if you can have time 23:37 to exercise, and you make time to exercise, remember to tell 23:40 people this, give God that portion of your time to be 23:44 active to take care of your body. 23:46 He'll make the rest of your day very productive. 23:50 Sometimes you don't feel you have enough time to exercise, 23:52 just trust in God and give Him that time for what 23:56 your body needs. 23:57 Let's go and check our wellness tip because we believe 23:59 knowledge is key. 24:00 Let's go! 24:10 Regardless of how much or how long an individual has smoked. 24:14 Within 10 years of quitting risk of major health 24:17 problems decreases to similar levels of people 24:19 who have never smoked. 24:25 We all know, you read the labels of cigarettes, 24:28 for those who are smokers. 24:29 If you are able to stop smoking that is a wonderful 24:32 thing and it is so important to stop because 24:34 your body needs oxygen. 24:36 Certain things can restrict us. 24:38 Yesterday was reading a great book, "Steps To Christ", 24:40 about a calm mind. 24:42 It is so important the choices we make. 24:46 We do negative things to ourselves because we have this 24:51 ability to violate God's desires and will for us. 24:55 We had that carnal mind being so selfish and being into 24:59 self and want to rebel. 25:01 Kevin: just because we have a choice we automatically 25:03 make the wrong one because we are given a choice. 25:04 Isn't it sad? Kevin: it is. 25:06 The grace that our heavenly Father, Christ comes into 25:09 our hearts and gives us the ability to make right choices. 25:12 Kevin: praise God for that. 25:13 It is a blessing, it definitely is a blessing. 25:15 Okay Kevin let's do our cool down. 25:18 Let's do a hip flexors. 25:23 We will do it standing up with our legs forward. 25:25 We are going to drop this hip straight down. 25:28 Then we are going to take his arm and lean it to the side. 25:31 Ooops, I forgot one part, sorry. 25:33 Before you lean to the side shift your pelvic forward. 25:37 Go down and shift forward and then your arm to the side. 25:42 This gets a great stretch all through your hip flexors. 25:51 You felt this one because you had to do that abs exercise 25:54 when you had your legs up and it was hitting 25:55 that area as well. 25:57 Kevin: is that what it is? It wasn't easy! 26:02 Yeah this was easy. 26:03 Straight down, shift your pelvic forward and your arm 26:07 out to the side. 26:17 Good, good, good. 26:18 Kevin what part of Michigan are you from? 26:22 Kevin: Kalamazoo. 26:24 Kalamazoo? Kevin: yeah man, Casio: Kalamazoo. 26:27 Kevin: it is a fun city to say. 26:29 Oh it's not like Tampa, Tampa is just Tampa. 26:33 Alright dude, lay on your stomach. 26:35 Put your hands right here Kevin and come up. 26:40 Let's stretch our abdominals, there we go. 26:44 Kevin hold it for another 10 seconds and 26:47 I'm going to close this out. 26:49 Man's concept of outer beauty is often media driven. 26:52 God sees me in a different way. 26:54 1 Samuel 16:7 says, "the man looks at the outward appearance" 26:58 "but the Lord looks at the heart. " 27:00 In fact God chose David over his stronger brothers because 27:04 David's heart was willing. 27:06 Is your heart willing? 27:07 God will equip and use you for His glory. 27:11 This is Casio reminding you that action is the key for 27:14 life and it is my prayer that the Lord gives you strength 27:16 and encouragement to take action everyday. 27:19 God bless and thank you for watching, and you keep flexing 27:23 those faith muscles because this is all about being 27:26 soldiers for the Lord. 27:28 See you, Kevin good job. |
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