Matthew Alfieri of Melbourne Florida : Guide to Life and Fitness
Sundays are typically a rest day. I dedicate two workouts to my Sundays. I start with the assisted pull up machine and set the assist weight to 80 LBS. This will make each pull-up seem like nothing. I do two sets of 50 and then one last set until burn. After pull-ups I move over to the smith-machine. With one 45 pound weight on each side I do 5 sets of 20. This concludes my Sunday workout as I have covered all upper body muscle groups.
No matter what workout I am doing, I always keep my core muscles flexed. While doing push ups, I keep my hips slightly elevated and my core tightened. While doing pull ups, I keep my legs at a 90 degree angle. My core is always getting a secondary workout.
Abs are a fairly easy muscle to work out. Many athletes forget about obliques and lower back. While keeping my core flexed, I hold 15 pound weights at eye level and rock side to side. My legs stay straight and stationary as I bend and flex at the oblique. I girate in as many positions as I can until I feel my obliques catch fire. Always keep your core flexed while doing this workout. Once I cannot bend anymore from side to side, I then conclude my workout with Supermans.
Boxing is a great Ab/oblique workout. While fearing a bodyshot, your abs should almost always be tightened. The force and twist used to throw a punch targets those pesky lower back and oblique muscles. When I am not training these muscles in the ring, I am training them with weights. As shown below, the flexing of my obliques as I throw the right hand.
For those looking to shed weight, I encourage boxing for all. All muscles are used while boxing. You will experience a soreness in muscles you didn’t even know you had. For many, lower back abs obliques are those forgotten about muscles. I hope I was of help 🙂
New York is the most fled state in the country. The conditions have become almost unlivable. Property taxes are through the roof, cash bail has been eliminated, crime is surging and the state was shut down for a year. Andrew Cuomo is a parasite 🦠. As discussed in my prior articles, I left New York for Florida in 2014. 7 years later, many have followed. Subsequent to my move, my health has tremendously improved. The costly stress of NY living was alleviated by my move to Melbourne, Florida, and my overall health has improved..
Unfortunately for them, my family still lives in New York. When Covid hit in early 2020, the problems of New York came to a head. New York is the most bankrupt state in the country. The state could not fund additional hospital space, so drastic lockdowns were enforced. Covid positive geriatrics were put back into nursing homes to preserve hospital space, this was enforced by Andrew Cuomo himself. New York has become a state of miserable costly living and death. Despite the fact New York was shut down for a year, they have almost twice the Covid deaths of Florida. But there are things worse than Covid. Below is a photo of myself and my mother.
My mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in January of 2020. One month later, New York shut down and cancer facilities were not accepting new patients. My mother’s cancer went untreated until the summer. What could have been a simple surgery is now a long battle with chemo. Co-morbidities are almost never mentioned. Dr. Fauci is an infectious disease doctor who has not seen a patient in 40 years. His misleading words cause active doctors to be censored on all platforms. Democrat leadership is parasitic everywhere it exists. My mother’s story is one of many. Every elderly killed by Andrew Cuomo’s nursing home order (below) has a story and a family who was affected.
There isn’t a single statistic that can convince anyone Andrew Cuomo is a competent governor. The debt, the deaths, the crime, the shutdowns, the population decline.. Andrew Cuomo is the worst governor in American history. Yet he is in his THIRD term. Did you know he won an Emmy ? When will the people of New York wake up or have those awakened already relocated ? To anyone affected by Andrew Cuomo, just know you are not alone.
As you may know, I left NYC for Florida in 2014. Having lived under Andrew Cuomo, I am truly grateful for our Governor Ron DeSantis. Here in Florida, we have no state income tax, no city taxes, low tolls, low property taxes, and our state finished fiscal year 2020 with a SEVENTY billion dollar surplus (despite the pandemic). This means that our local taxes in Florida will remain low. Florida’s statement of Net Position below from the 2020 Florida CAFR (consolidated audited financial reports):
People are fleeing the bankrupt and high-tax Democrat run states like NY and California. Because of this, our Florida real estate market is surging, our streets are safe, we have half the covid deaths of NY (and we never truly shut down). We have the GREATEST Governor in the country 🇺🇸 DO NOT let a liberal tell you otherwise.
Andrew Cuomo is a complete failure. He issued an executive order on March 25, 2020 forcing elderly Covid positive patients into Nursing Homes. While releasing this order, Andrew Cuomo had both the Javitz center and the navy hospital ship to use as additional hospital space for Covid patients. Instead, Andrew Cuomo signed the executive order below, sending covid positive geriatrics to nursing homes which resulted in the deaths of many. Below is Andrew Cuomo’s nursing home executive order:
Andrew Cuomo did not just botch Covid. NY is also the most bankrupt state in the country. Below is the NYC CAFR from 2020. NY finished fiscal year 2020 over 205 BILLION dollars in debt. There is no other way to say it. Andy, you are a failure.
Below I have put together a compilation of Andrew Cuomo’s shortcomings.
A general estimate of calories burned while running a mile is roughly 100. One can burn up to 800 calories in an hour of sparring. While Boxing you are utilizing all muscles.
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