The Daily Slice Journal: Celebrate Something About Life Daily, is a
journal that provides little slivers the best parts of life. It provides
a platform for you to discover, celebrate, remember, evolve and share
what ever your heart and mind desires.
A Short Discourse to a Kick-ass Life (or The Living Happier After
Manifesto) ebook is for people getting over relationship breakups,
separation and divorce. For people trying to live happier AFTER
relationships they thought would lead to happier ever after. Whether the relationship ended yesterday or ten years ago, if you’re
still getting over it, this ebook is for you. It’s for people who are
now single moms and dads – no longer a part of a couple, feeling
oversubscribed and underappreciated. Maybe you are raising children and
carrying way more than 50% of the parental load. If life sometimes seems
like a series of days strung together, where you’re simply putting one
foot in front of the other and before you know it another week has
passed – A Short Discourse to a Kick-ass Life is for you.
You can use some positive reinforcement. You know there has to be
more to life than the way you’re living, but you’re not sure how to get
started or what it is you’re looking for. At some point you must face
the fact that an entertaining, exciting, fulfilling life isn’t going to
knock on your door and take you away from what you face every day.
You’ve got to go out and get it.
You know the story. Weeks of holiday gatherings seem to have set you
back months with your fitness goals. After indulging in decadent food
and cocktails, your pants are snug, you're less toned and your energy
has plummeted. According to personal trainer, JR, owner of 2DayBeFit,
all is not lost. In fact, you can shed more then you gained quickly with
his secret weapon - The Holiday S.N.A.P. Back Routine.
Consider that spare wreath around your waist obliterated when you
S.N.A.P. - Squats, Nutrition, Arms & Abs, Post Workout - back!
S=Squats. 4 sets.
·25 Pulsing squats
·15 squat 10 sec holds
N= Nutrition: Put down the donut and get back on the wagon.
A=Arms & Abs
Arms: Supersets Group 1-3sets, Group 2-3sets.
Group 1:
·15 Preacher Curls
·15 Hammer Curls
·Plank Position (45-60 seconds)
Group 2:
·Body weight dips 25
·Push ups
·Side planks each side (45-60 seconds)
P= Post Workout
Finishing your workout you never want to forget the all-important
CARDIO! 30-45 Minutes of your favorite cardio exercise. I personally
enjoy the Stairmaster 72 step rate for 45 minutes.
Happy Holidays, let’s get it right today with 2DayBeFit.com @2daybefit
JR grew up as a chubby kid as health
and nutrition wasn’t a primary focus. When he was in college a girl
called him chubby and that comment would change his life forever. JR
began working out intensely and eating much healthier. He even entered
into his first bodybuilding contest called The Tampa Classic and won first
place. As JR began to see his body more defined and his overall health
improve, he decided that he would help others look and feel great, too.
JR’s interest in personal training
started with an interview with celebrity trainer, Mark Jenkins. Mark has worked
with Sean “Puffy” Combs, LL Cool J, Tyler Perry and Beyonce, to name a few.
Mark became JR’s mentor and taught him to be innovative and creative with each
client as everyone is different and has different needs. Taking the
advice, JR began working at Magnus Functional Training Group. It was
there he would implement his functional and corrective training with tennis
pro’s. Although JR blossomed as a superstar for the company, he decided to
start his own business.
Today JR is the owner of 2daybefit,
which specializes in athletic, functional, strengthening, and weight lose
training. As a personal trainer to super star celebrities, executives of major
corporations and people that simply want to lose weight and feel good about it,
JR focuses on designing individualized programs to reach their fitness goals as
well as help them to gain a better understanding of the importance of fitness,
nutrition and wellness.
He works with super star Mary J
Blige, and is responsible for the amazing 6 pack seen around the world on the
cover of Shape Magazine. Mr. Allen has most recently rolled out his S.N.A.P
Back Routine to help us all get back in shape after the holidays.
In 2001, Johnny Popcorn was at its early stages, and for the
members it was a place to be creative. Considered as a project outside of the
regular music careers, Johnny Popcorn would be the outlet when things got too
stressful. Fittingly enough, recording Johnny Popcorn jams seemed to hit the
spot. Fast forward to 2011 when Johnny Popcorn offered a unique musical
formula—a concoction of highly fueled croons layered with its own views on
topics ranging from teenage growing pains, self-gratification, weed, humdrum
suburbia, and family values. Initially consisting of two members, Hezekiah and
Tone Whitfield, the duo's inspiration and experience is the masterpiece that
cements Johnny Popcorn. Vocalist and songwriter, Hezekiah, is no stranger to
the music industry with 3 full-length solo albums as a hip-hop artist. Feeling
like he was neglecting his Southern Funk/Rock upbringing passed down from his
parents from Kentucky and North Carolina, he felt inspired for something new
and exciting to develop—ultimately settling in on a new found passion. Bass
guitarist and all-around producer, Tone Whitfield a.k.a. Grumpy Smurf, has
produced numerous songs for Bilal, Meshell Ndegeocello, Zap Mama, and others.
Contrast to Hezekiah’s hip-hop background, Grumpy Smurf has always been a rock
purist with an open mind. Today, JOHNNY POPCORN is a crow on a mission. An
alter ego that was inspired by Hez and Tone, who would jokingly put down fake
names on open mic lists. When the host called out JOHNNY POPCORN, the crowd
would chuckle in amusement. “I think we have a name for a band,” says Tone
Whitfield. If it’s riff-heavy, rolls off the tongue and is more filling, then
it’s Johnny Popcorn.
Boyishly handsome, towering with a strut accented
by that indisputable New York swagger, and boasting a baritone dipped in the
gravel and gravy of Southern soul, Marquis is one of the streets and the
steeple. A committed man of dedicated faith and community service, Marquis is
the anti-thesis of today’s R&B bad boys. Like his inspirations, Sam Cooke
and Marvin Gaye, Marquis started his stage life in front of the pews. Deriving
from a rich family legacy of performers that includes blood ties to Phyllis
Hyman, Debbie Allen, and Phylicia Rashad, Marquis traveled up and down the East
Coast with family as a child performer in the “Family & Friends” gospel
troupe. From age four to pre-adolescence when basketball dreams beckoned,
Marquis rocked the church with his preternaturally grown vocals. After a love
affair with the ball, a star-turning performance at a college show returned
Marquis to music’s fold, quickly leading to two craft honing years as a member of
the R&B quartet, Mass Appeal. Garnering the attention of Babyface’s
production team, Marquis refined his music and engineering skills even further
both in front of and behind the studio boards, meeting and working with future Finding
My Way producer Jeremy “Cochise” Ball (Rhymefest, Notorious B.I.G.), Thank
You producer Angelo Ray (Keyvon Edmonds, Pieces of a Dream) Joe Little and
the Rude Boys, the production team of legendary Gerald Levert. In the midst of
these refinement years, a much sought-after Marquis mixtape, All
Love, All the Time, was released in 2006, opening more doors. Signed to
a production company, it wasn’t long before Marquis was releasing his 2007
debut LP, Finding My Way, with the independent production company, Quiet
As Kept. Breaking through the New York airwaves with the regional R&B hit,
“Radio,” Marquis suddenly found himself a multiple guest on both BET’s 106
& Park and Showtime at the Apollo, in addition
to an appearance on Apollo Live. Named Soul Singer of the Year by 106
& Park, Marquis booked the Soul Summer Tour and later the Budweiser
Superfest where he traveled the country as the stable opening act for
vets like Jaheim, Tamia, India.Arie, Blue Magic, Frankie Beverly & Maze and
fellow newcomers Gordon Chambers, Hal Linton and Kameron Corvet. Marquis also
had toured for six months as “Adam” in Oscar Brown Jr’s musical fable, ‘In De
Beginnin’. More than an in-demand vocal talent, Marquis was also starring
in videos and writing music for artists in New Zealand where Finding
My Way and “Radio” had found a serious following. Marquis lyrical
prowess soon scored song placement on international projects by Styles P,
Ethical, Young Sid, and a forthcoming compilation by Super Producers Sly and
Robbie, amongst others. Following Finding My Way, Marquis went on to
release two additional independent projects. The 2009 mixtape, FMW2.5,
was partially comprised of unreleased material from the uncensored Finding
My Way sessions. While his debut told the aftermath of Marquis’s broken
engagement, its 2011 follow-up, Authentic, was an introspective view
of a man struggling to find himself artistically and personally. Marked by
moody blues and torchy ballads, Authentic, was a raw, transparent
portrait of a man making hard decisions at life’s crossroads. While Authentic
doubled Finding My Way’s sales and whetted fans’ appetite for the new,
the experience of singing about broken families, lost love, and the roughness
of the climb opened something up in Marquis. Following Authentic, Marquis took a
hiatus to make peace with his family history, study the industry, and re-discover
his spirituality and the church.
