December 2015

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BBQ 101

Health Tips
Recipes and Much More!!

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Why is Exercise Important?

high blood pressure,
diabetes and other diseases. It can improve your
appearance and delay the
aging process.
Improves Stamina
When you exercise, your
hy is Exercise Import- body uses energy to keep
ant?
going. Aerobic exercise
Have you ever heard the
involves continuous and
expression use it or lose rhythmic physical moit? Its true! If you dont
tion, such as walking and
use your body, you will
bicycling. It improves your
surely lose it. Your musstamina by training your
cles will become flabby
body to become more effiand weak. Your heart and cient and use less energy
lungs wont function effi- for the same amount of
ciently. And your joints will work. As your conditioning
be stiff and easily injured. level improves, your heart
Inactivity is as much of a rate and breathing rate
health risk as smoking!
return to resting levels
much sooner from strenuous activity.
Helps Prevent Diseases
Our bodies were meant
Strengthens and Tones
to move -- they actually
Exercising with weights
crave exercise. Regular
and other forms of resisexercise is necessary for tance training develops
physical fitness and good your muscles, bones and
health. It reduces the risk ligaments for increased
of heart disease, cancer, strength and endurance.

Your posture can be improved, and your muscles

become more firm and
toned. You not only feel
better, but you look better,
too!

cises on a daily basis will

have deleterious effects,
such as muscle/tendon
strains, loss of lean tissue,
and fitness-level plateaus.

Lifting Weights
Controls Weight
Weight training should be
Exercise is also a key to
done no more than three
weight control because it times per week targeting
burns calories. If you burn the same muscle groups.
off more calories than you Exercise the same muscle
take in, you lose weight.
groups on non-consecuIts as simple as that.
tive days because muscles
need adequate time to
How Often Should I Exerrecover and cannot be
cise?
effectively trained if they
The benefits of any
are tired or sore.
exercise program will
diminish if its disrupted
too frequently. A stopstart routine is not only
ineffective, but can cause
injuries. Being consistent
with exercise, therefore,
is probably the most imBY Armand Tecco
portant factor in achieving
(C) 2014
desired results.
http://www.healthdisPeople often assume that covery.net/articles/exmore is better. Wrong! Do- ercise_importa.htm
ing too much too soon or
performing intense exer-

LETS TALK BBQ

BBQ HISTORY

QUE-ING
IT UP !

Barbecue in America is one of

the most hotly debated food topics of
contemporary times -- moreso than the
viability of Cronuts, its something that
evokes strong feelings of pride, hunger,
confusion, and annoyance with New
York.
Over the years, the States have developed some loosely defined BBQ regions,
which use similar cooking styles, meats,
and sauces to

achieve similar -- albeit wildly variant

in quality -- results. You might have
your favorite one, or you might not know
where to even begin. So heres our primer

on what you can expect when youre expecting... to stuff your face with BBQd
meat across America
BBQ CITIES:

MEMPHIS
NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CAROLINA
EAST TEXAS
ALABAMA

BY ADAM LAPETINA
(C ) 2015
www.thrillist.com

MEMPHIS IN MAY
About Memphis In May
BRINGING THE WORLD TO
MEMPHIS... & MEMPHIS TO
THE WORLD
Memphis in May hosts the citys
largest events like the Beale
Street Music Festival and the
World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. Memphis
in May also produces extensive
education, international, and
economic programs for the city.
Memphis in May International
Festival is more than its events.
Its also a 501-C(3) not-forprofit, community-based organization that contributes to
the economic growth of the
community, fosters civic pride,
promotes awareness of Memphis heritage and builds international relationships.

MEMPHIS IN MAY: AT A
GLANCE
Generates more than $70
million in economic impact.
Improves the quality of life in
the region.
Promotes tourism like no other event in the city.
Develops diversity and cultural pluralism.
Remains Memphis largest
and most dynamic consumer
event time and time again.
The Festival is governed by
a Board of Directors and operated by the full-time MIM
Staff.

Information From:
http://www.memphisinmay.org/memphis-in-may-info

BBQ HOLIDAY FEAST CONTEST

TWEET US YOUR BBQ HOLIDAY MEAL AND

YOU COULD BE A WINNER!
Requirements: Must be 18 years or older.
Drawing will take place December 26, 2015!!
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Healing the body naturally has many benefits!

Check out Natural Food Remidies below.

NATURAL FOOD Reemidies

Earache

Echinacea

Indigestion

Chamomile, ginger, peppermint

High cholesterol

Apple, cinnamon, cocoa (dark chocolate),

evening primrose oil, Flaxseed, soy foods,

Nausea

green tea
Ginger

Ulcers

Aloe, licorice

High blood pressure

Garlic, beans, cocoa (dark chocolate),

hawthorn
Ginger, ginkgo

Dizziness
Diabetes, Type 2
Cancer

Garlic, beans (navy, pinto, black, etc.), cinnamon, eleutherococcus, flaxseed, green
tea
Bilberry, blackberry, cocoa (dark chocolate), green tea, garlic, ginseng, maitake
mushroom, pomegranate, raspberry, reishi
mushroom

Spotlight:
Kaniehsa Thomas Massage Therapist

MASSAGE THERAPY is therapeutic applications of massage techniques de-

signed to manipulate soft body tissues that improve overall health and wellness.
The professional touch is purposeful to reduce stress, improve body systems,
and create balance in the body.
There are various types of techniques
(percussion) and tools (hand held
Massager).Massage can be strenuous
on the hands so therapists can
use the forearm and reduce the use
of fingertips and protect
hand.
Reflexology is one type of
massage that is the study of the
hands and feet and the
reflex points that corresponds
to different body parts.
It is considered a healing tool
because the hands and
feet are a mirror of the body.
Focusing on certain trigger
points on the areas of the foot
and hand can heal illnesses
such
as the common cold or a headache.
Powerful!
Benefits of Massage:
Massage is Therapy and can stretch muscles and create flexibility. Stretching and
massage can provide the body with the following benefits
increase muscle tone

alleviate stiffness and soreness

improves flexibility

Eliminates toxins

Stimulates circulation

Release tension and stress

Help Reduce fatigue

Enhances energy

Relieves pain

Activates body healing process

Promotes relaxation

Creates youthful vitals

Improves mood
After each massage, each client is encouraged to drink water to remove the
toxins in the body.

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PotLight:
aniehsa Thomas Massage Therapist (continue)

Journey to becoming a
Massage Therapist
When I received my first
massage, I received it as a
birthday gift from my job at
a treatment center. Working as a counselor brought
about a lot of stress and
tension in the body doing
multiple assignments in the
office as a therapist. There
was an in house Massage
Therapist that did a wonderful job. The music, relaxation, and her skills eliminated my stress for over
two weeks. Afterwards, I
did my research on the profession and the benefits.
I have always been interested in health and education
endeavors such as fitness
and teaching. Having a
background in Health Promotion and lifestyle management showed me that
I can be very creative and
fun as a Massage Therapist.
I can plan spa parties and
even do health exhibits. In
2012 I received my license
as a reflexologist. In 2013,

I received my license as
a Massage Therapists. In
2014, I started renting an
office space where I named
my business KTS Massages
and Methods. I chose the
name because later on I
plan to add more on to my
business that relate to healing and improvement. I am
currently still located there
surrounded by other selfmotivated business owners.
I decided to rent a space
for a concrete location
and for safety and security
reasons. Before any massage, I have clients fill out
an intake form about health
or any type of allergens.
All forms are reviewed and
kept on file. If it is a clients
first massage, I educate
them on the oils, massage,
and benefits.

life. I am motivated to
reach many people, grow
my small business, and add
some more community
outreach to my business.
Knowing that my service
helps to improve or heal
others keep me going. I
also love the flexibility of
setting my own work hours
and not having a ceiling on
what I can make in profit. I promote my business
through flyers and business cards. The days that
business is slow, I remain
encouraged because someone somewhere needs me.

- Kaneishs Thomas
Memphian

Motivation
Helping others improve
by having an environment
where they can focus on
themselves and forget
about the stressors in their

MEET CHEF D.ARTHUR

Native of Memphis
Signature Dishes: Egg Rolls, Buffalo Chicken
Owner of D.Arthurs Catering
University of Memphis in 2007 B.A.
International Culinary School at the Art Institute of Atlanta.
Louisiana State University: Masters

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY:
DESMOND ROBINSON

Chocolate Chip
Cookie Smoothie

Pineapple-Mango
Smoothie

Spa Cucumber
Smoothie

Blend 1 cup each:

Blend 1 cup each:

vanilla ice cream

milk
crumbled chocolate chip cookies
1/4 cup mini
chocolate chips.
Top with a cookie

chopped pineapple
mango
1 cup coconut water,
a dash of ground
allspice
1 cup ice

Peel, seed and chop

2 medium cucumbers.
Blend with the juice
of 1 lime
1/2 cup water
1 cup ice
3 to 4 tablespoons
sugar or honey

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Sprinkle with toasted coconut.

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Spotlight:
Kenny Fleming:Personal Trainer

What ignited the spark in you to start a

new business venture or to make significant changes in an existing business?

bowling team. Within a year, I moved up in

the ranks and work with more teams and
athletes then all the coaches combined.
Regard. I had been working as an assistant
less of my
strength & conditioning coach at Prairie
growth,
View A&M University for about 3 years.
I still
During a coaching change I was relieved
earned
of all my duties. I received the news of my
the same
termination while vacationing in Memphis.
salary.
The pressure of unemployment and the
Even when
support of my investor were the catalyst
the head
for Kenetix (pronounced Kinetics) Perforcoach
mance and Fitness.
left for
another job opportunity. It was then did I
How did the idea for your business come
start to jot notes/business plans in my little
about?
black book. During my time at PVAMU,
I worked with 150+ student athletes a
I was always intrigued by the field of sports day while earning $11/hr. In an 8hr day, I
performance. When I was presented the
earned roughly $0.59 per athlete. I figured
opportunity to work with collegiate athI could privatize strength & conditioning
letes, I hopped on it immediately. I startand earned far more per athlete/ per team.
ed off earning pennies compared to the
Memphis was the perfect location to exehead strength coach and his immediate
cute my business model. I began working
assistants which was fine with me. I only
with HS coaches who lacked knowledge of
worked with one team and that was the
sports-specific conditioning training. In-

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Spotlight:
Kenny Fleming:Personal Trainer
(Continue)...

stead of charging the team, I placed the responsibility on the parents.

What do you do as a personal trainer?
My responsibilities are the same as most individuals in the fitness field.
- Maintain up-to-date professional certifications, insurance, and first aid/cpr certifications
- Follow all local and state tax law
- Document all earnings and losses
- Keep an updated schedule of sessions
- Document client information
- Increase knowledge of field through continuing education courses or conferences.
What is Grizz Fitt?
Believe it or not, I created GrizzFit. GrizzFit is a
youth fitness initiative hosted by the Memphis
Grizzlies. I was approached by Joel Katz of the
Grizzlies during the idea phase of the program.
The program has been growing ever since. I am
no longer apart of the program due to scheduling conflicts, but I make appearances when I
am available.

-Kenny Fleming
Memphian

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