RESET CHALLENGE
Week 5: REINVEST
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
―Ralph Waldo Emerson
REINVEST with the YMCA: LIVESTRONG at the YMCA
We're there for people for all stages of their health journeys, even the toughest parts, and no part is tougher than a person's fight with cancer. This is why we offer our LIVESTRONG at the YMCA program free of charge for all cancer survivors so that they can reclaim their mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual strength after their courageous battles with the deadly disease.

Survivors in LIVESTRONG at the YMCA meet in small group settings (virtually or in-person) to complete personalized workouts led by a professional trainer and lean on each other for support. Whle in the 12-week program, participants receive a free YMCA membership and often remain connected with the YMCA after completing the program, sometimes even becoming instructors themselves!

Watch the below video to hear one survivor's story and go to https://lancasterymca.org/livestrong-at-the-ymca/ for more info!
Today's Advice
WHAT WOULD HUGH JACKMAN DO?
Reinvest in yourself.
Create time to nourish your body and mind, deepen your relationships with others and invest in your community.

Add Hugh Jackman's tips to your day:
Meditate every morning
Set an intention for your day
Work Out Of The Day
Spiderman Plank
Dwight, a Member in our community, could climb buildings!
  • Start in a high pushup position, keeping the hands directly below the shoulders and the elbows unlocked.
  • Raise the left foot and left leg while bending the left knee to crunch it toward the left hip out to the left side of your body.
  • Return the left foot and come down to a low pushup with the elbows pointing behind you.
  • Return to a high pushup and repeat on the other side.
Flutter Kick
This is Paul, a Member in our Lampeter- Strasburg branch completing the Flutter Kicks as he works his lower abdominal wall:
  • Lay flat on your back with hands crossed at the chest. The legs extend straight out and engage the core.
  • Bring the legs up off of the floor slightly in one long line and hold them there.
  • Gently use your abdominals to make small, controlled kicks with the legs.
  • Return to stillness and slowly return the heels and legs to the floor.
Music to Motivate!

80's Workout Playlist

Heather Moore, Coordinator of Health Intervention Programs, uses this playlist for Group Cycle, but you can use it for all workout types!
Resources
Weekly Devotional
Pay It Forward, With Love
By Erika Helwig, Wellness Coordinator, Bob Hoffman Dover and York Branches

Matthew 25:35-40 NAB

“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me,  naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.’ Then the righteous[a] will answer him and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?  When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?  When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?’  And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’
  

When I was a little girl, it was just me, my mom, and my sister. We were very poor, and there were times when we went to bed hungry. We snuggled up together, fully clothed in winter hats and coats and boots in my mom’s bed in the dead of winter because we had no electricity or fuel to keep us warm. I watched the condensation clouds escape from our mouths as we fell asleep. I also remember my mom crying and pleading to God for something…anything…her children were cold and hungry, and she had no one to help her; she was alone.