Oh My Muscles

Well what a welcome to the New Year days off have been hectic, snow, snow, and more snow. Snow off the driveway snow off the roofs, nowhere to put the snow. Now my body is sore. What a work out. The last couple of days I have not done any exercise such as pushups or crunches or anything to do with using muscle, other than what involves a shovel in my hand. I have pushed my body, although it is that good kind of sore! It’s that soreness that you know there will be muscle building, as long as I don’t push it and tear something. Advil has been my friend for the last few days.

Sifu Hayes

www.silentriverkungfu.com Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

Ultimate Black Belt Test

UBBT

Snowing

UBBT is going well, catching up on my New Years 1000 pushups today. I was trying to figure out how many hours of snow shoveling is equal to pushups and sit-ups, I guess we can’t do that. I know anyone living in the Stony Plain area is sure getting a workout this year. We must be getting close to four feet of snow here, seems like it has been snowing for a month steady. Thanks goes out to the Silent River Kung Fu people who volunteered to shovel senior’s driveways.

Sifu Hayes

www.silentriverkungfu.com Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

Pushup and Sit-up Challenge

Those who missed out on the challenge for New Years Day? Like I did. Sunday January 16 / 2011 is the set date 1000 pushups and 1000 sit-ups in a twenty-four hour period. Silent River Kung Fu does this challenge every New Years and Chinese New Years day. Sure helps with those numbers. Get R Done.

Sifu Hayes

www.silentriverkungfu.com Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

An old Cherokee Indian was speaking to his grandson:

"A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil--he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is good -- he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other person, too."

The grandson thought about it for a long minute, and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one I feed." ¹

Sifu Hayes

www.silentriverkungfu.com Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

UBBT 8 Behind

Eight is here really fell behind, already missed out on 1000 pushup and sit-up challenge for New Years day due to the flue. Was going to do the 1000 today but arms, shoulders, and back, are sore from scraping snow off the roofs of our buildings and shoveling snow. Don’t want to wreck any muscles. Will be putting it off for another week. It is a lot easier to do the challenge when other people are doing the challenge and posting their results.

Sifu Hayes

www.silentriverkungfu.com Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada