Performing these just as slowly and deliberately as Josh does on this video is best for form, it's a must for me.
Follow along for the 10 minutes... or a bit more and see how this feels
Showing posts with label flexibility. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flexibility. Show all posts
Monday, 16 January 2023
Saturday, 15 August 2020
4 Stretches You Should Be Doing EVERY Morning!
Morning Stretching is great for increasing our flexibility for the day.
Jeff demonstrates his 4 best Morning Stretches.
Thursday, 16 July 2020
Pilates, Build A Firm Foundation
Don't build your house on sand
You wouldn't build your house on sand would you? An unstable surface that is unable to support any structure built upon it.Then why do some people insist on training their body hard when their foundation is weak?
Typically overweight and unfit people have:
- Little to no core strength
- Poor structural stability (Shoulder, Hip and Ankle)
- Poor posture
- Lack of flexibility
- Probably an unbalanced diet
Even 10 minutes on the treadmill is going to be to much for them to do safely so what chance do they have with the vast majority of exercise programs available?
The likelihood is they will injure themselves very early on in their training. If they are injured they can't train effectively and so can't get the results the desire.
Any training program you use must address this issue and ensure a firm foundation is built before high volume / impact exercises are introduced.
So how, practically, can you build a firm foundation?
- Control your diet by not dieting! Most health experts will agree that when it comes to weight loss, what you eat has the biggest influence on how much weight you lose. You need to eat small-ish portions of nourishing food regularly and ditch the junk. The closer you come to your ideal weight, the safer you are and the harder you can exercise.
- Strengthen core and structural stability, improve posture and flexibility by doing a specialised program designed to do just that, or easier still take Pilates classes. Pilates addresses all the above-mentioned points and then some!
- Ensure any exercise program you undertake whilst you are building your "firm foundation" has been designed to be both safe and effective and takes into account your own limitations.
- You should be able to sustain your exercise program over the long term (for ever!) It should therefore be designed with real people with real jobs and families in mind. We can't all find 4-6 hours a week to exercise!
As you can see it's not rocket science, but mainly just common sense. Build a firm foundation, and what you build should last forever.
Wednesday, 10 June 2020
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
The Real Power of Yoga
The Yoga
"YOGA - the power of strength"
The word yoga stands for the symbol of "union". In Sanskrit, yoga is the meaning of "to join." The real meaning of yoga is not about doing physical activity it is the process of combining the soul with activity. Behind yoga, one can find the spiritual strength of the individual. The root of yoga has begun in the first millennium BCE. Gradually the benefit of yoga came to across. Another word for yoga is "the yoke."
The power of Yoga:
The combination of both physical and mental activity in order to reach the inner soul by producing some amount of energy is the real meaning of Yoga. One should have to know the power of Yoga.
Let's look at the benefits of Yoga.
1. To get better body image: Focusing inward while doing yoga will help you get the better structure to the body.
2. Mindful eating: You will get an advantage of feeling on what you eat.
3. Heart benefits: By doing yoga regularly can help to lower the blood pleasure and cholesterol.
4. Weight control: yoga is the best action to perform to lose weight.
5. Overall fitness: Practicing the yoga several times a week will help to maintain the overall fitness very well.
Usually, the more you perform the more you get. The yoga includes other assets.
- ... Will help to calm your mind and trains body.
- ... Yoga fits for everyone and yoga doesn't need any special equipment.
- ... Improved sleep, digestion.
- ... Increases flexibility, muscle strength, and blood flow.
- ... Balanced metabolism, help you focus, and strengthened bones.
Law of pure potentiality:
Knowing who we give us the capacity to fulfill any dream we have. When we are in conformity with nature, we develop a bond between our ambitions and the strength realize these desires.
Law of giving and receiving:
The law of receiving is equaled by the law of giving. In the universe, everything is operated through dynamic exchange. We don't have a right to stop the flow of nature.
Law of karma:
If you can joyfully involve yourself in any activity, that is karma. If you do it with great effort, only karma will come, not yoga will happen.
Law of least effort:
You can most simply accomplish your craving when your actions are driven by love, and when you exhaust the least achievement by contributing no struggle. In this way, you strike into the limitless organizing capacity of the universe to do less and attain everything.
Law of intention and desire:
The entire universe is the mixture of energy and information. They both exist in everywhere. The quality of importance in every intention and desire is the tool for its fulfillment.
Law of Dharma:
Everyone in this world has a dharma to do in a lifetime. By showing your unique talents and specialties to the others, you will get unlimited love, abundance, trust and real fulfillment in your life.
Law of Detachment:
The law of detachment states that in order to drive anything in the physical universe, you must surrender out the connection to it.
In this world, Yoga is the powerful tool to attain the strength of spirituality.
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