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Reason I wrote this article about Cryotherapy, or icing, therapy is because even if people are effective in losing weight and reaching their health and fitness goals, they are still face with toning even with exercises. I lost 55-pounds at age 56 and found it difficult in firming my abdomen area and sagging from weight lost from under my chin and face areas.
Cryotherapy Therapy was an effective therapy to deal with toning areas where I had lost weight. I not only reached my health and fitness goals, but I have improved my self-image.
Before my weight lost 4-years ago and toning, I would even have thought about stepping from behind the camera to in front of the lens to promote my line of clothing in THE QATSPY online-store. But now I’m in front of the camera doing just that. I wrote this article to encourage others that they can not only feel better, but look great doing it.
Also in the toolbar is another article entitled: How I Achieved My Health/Fitness Objectives
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Icing in Hockey is an Infraction, but as Health and Fitness it is an effective Therapy, it Tones and Relieves Soreness
Icing is an infraction in Hockey when a player hits the puck across the center ice, without being touched by another player, without hitting the goal. Play is resumed with a faceoff. Icing, or Cryotherapy, besides use as a cancer treatment, can also help people face aging issues, like sagging and toning issues, especially around the eyes, mouth, neck, and chin areas.
Since my days of practicing and playing football in high school, we typically ice down after practice and conditioning, or the day after a game. This took the swelling and soreness out of the muscles and joints, especially the knee where my problem occurred, even as a teenager.
I have had knee problems ever since I was a young teenager. Playing halfback only compounded the circumstances, not so much being tackled as having to make quick maneuvers that a running back has to make negotiating though the line and secondary.
Not so much as a teenager, but later in my forties, I noticed that when I continued to ice-down after a hard day’s work or working out with weights, my skin was toned and firm. One day in particular, I pulled an abdominal muscle right beneath by rib cage. I have a large, surgical ice pack that measures 12-by-12-inches square that I used on the sore area.
Naturally after you turn forty, you start losing your tone in the abdominal area, and especially under the chin and the eyes. So after using the ice pack on my abdominal area for a week to treat the soreness, I noticed that I started toning, like I was in my twenties. So naturally, I started doing my research to the effects of icing.
The Benefits of Icing (Cryotherapy)
Your body responds to Cryotherapy by increasing your metabolism in trying to maintain the body’s temperature by burning calories. One Cryotherapy can burn in excess of 100 of calories, in a span of 20-minutes. Twenty minutes is my typical therapy treatment. I also use a thin cloth to wrap the ice packs. This protects your skin from possible blistering.
There is an additional effect and benefit of Cryotherapy; and that is what icing does to fat cells. The body has two types of fat cells, white and brown. The difference is how readily they are consumed by the body. Brown fat cells have a faster rate of consumption by the body than white cells do.
Cryotherapy converts white fat cells into brown and are consumed by the body at a faster rate than white cells, especially since icing increases a person’s metabolism. This is a significant part of my health, fitness, and diet process. Matter of fact, MET, in Kosher 925-MET Diet Program, stands for how our metabolism works.
Our body operates on Circadian Rhythms. The body starts processing food approximately at 9 AM, and reaches its maximum consumption of food at 2 PM and slows down at 5 PM. Thus, my Kosher 925-MET Diet. But the key to my Kosher 925-MET Diet is the Weight Factor, in how I evaluate food based on five factors from the Nutrition Label- Calories, Carbohydrates, Dietary Fiber, Sugar, and Protein.
When I started using the Weight Factor to evaluate my foods that I consumed between 9 AM and 5 PM, I turned by body into a calorie-burning juggernaut. I lost a total of 55 pounds within eight months, with the majority of the weight loss within six months. I went from a waistline of 37.5 inches, down to 29.0 inches. I now wear 30-inch waist pants.
To read additional information on Icing or Cryotherapy:
The Science American Supercharging Brown Fat to Battle Obesity
The Weight Factor of the Kosher 925-MET Diet Program
If you want to see how unique the Weight Factor is, compare the Weight Factor between the Sweet Potato and an Idaho Potato. Even though Sweet Potatoes have a higher level of sugar (fructose sugar) at 4 grams than the Idaho Potato at 1 gram of sugar, the Idaho has a higher Weight Factor of 3.348, which is over my 3.25 Threshold, (see the two Nutrition Labels below).
The reason for the Idaho Potato having a higher Weight Factor is the hidden sugar, STARCH! This is your biggest culprit into trying to lose the weight. The Weight Factor seeks out the Starches that are actually worse than the actual sugars.
I even lost enough weight that allowed me to produce YouTube Golf Training Videos at the end of this article and model the US WINGS A-2 Cape Buffalo Leather Flight Jacket. I no longer have to behind the camera taking the photographs, I now can now model and be in front of the camera. What a contrast.
My Photo Finish Modeling Technique
Icing, exercising, active Life-Style are critical to staying fit and defying your actual age. But I use ARBONNE® RE9 Advanced Lifting and Contouring Cream (shown below), nightly after I exercise and shower and before I ice-down. Again in the photograph where I stepped out from behind the camera and started modeling my US WINGS® Cape Buffalo Leather Jackets, I’m 62 years old above.
To take care of the delicate skin around my eyes working out doors on my farm, flying, and playing golf 4 times a week, I wear the US Wings® AO Aviators Sunglasses. These are critical to both skin and eye care.
US WINGS Cape Buffalo Leather Jacket Collection
I wearing the classic A-2 Leather Jacket with Khaki pants, and Chippewa shoes, which are all classics. These are classic anywhere your adventures take you. THE QATSPY® Outfitter carries the entire Cape Buffalo Collection, especially for the Holidays. You can’t go wrong with classics when going out with family and friends.
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This is what losing 55 pounds look like and keeping it off for now 5 years this month (December 2014). In this photograph, I’m 62 years old. This shows the importance of one’s Diet, Exercise, Skincare, Toning and an active Lifestyle does for an individual.
The CWU-45P Nylon Flight Jacket, a Great Sports Jacket
How to Add Golf to Maintain an Active Lifestyle
Just because the weather has turned Cold doesn’t mean your golf game has to turn cold also. THE QATSPY has developed a specialized practice routine that can be used where you practice your putting. I have developed the QATR-408, The Palmer Technique (Wrist Action in the Golf Swing).
Below are three YouTube Videos that go along with the QATR-408, The Palmer Technique (Wrist Action in the Golf Swing):
These are FREE:
Bunt-Rap-Rip Golf Swing Video:
Verifying THE QATSPY Golf Swing Medicus Club:
TICK-N-TOCK Putting Technique:
Bonus my CASPER Fitness Program:
I’m 62 in the workout video that I made in my home gym with simple equipment.
I also wrote a book, The ESPY Golf Swing Coach, that covers the golf game from between the ears to between the fairways from Tee-to-Green.
THE QATSPY Golfer also has Golf Training Downloads to improve your Golf Game between the Ears and Between the rough From Tee-to-Green (Over 30 lessons to select from):
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Yes, it’s fascinating that exposure to cold converts white fat cells to metabolically active brown fat!
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Charles W. Boatright@cwboatright@DrKristieLeong Icing is an infraction in Hockey, Icing (Cryotherapy) is used as a cancer treatment, can also help people face aging issues, like sagging and toning issues, especially around the eyes, mouth, neck, and chin areas: https://espygolfapp.com/blog/the-qatspy-icing-is-usually-an-infraction-not-in-therapy/
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