fitness – Leadership from the front.

#30 the movement class – lesson six

The squat. How often do you squat? every day? how often do you appreciate the function of the squat..? It is wrong to separate body parts so I will stop. The Squat uses the entire body to perform the specific function of lowering you cetreof gravity. There is absolutely no reason why you should face any effort at all when performing this movement. Can you imagine squatting each and every day for as long as you could walk each day, each step rather than a one in ten thousand is one squat in ten thousand. The squat is basic like that it does not care when the last time you used it was but it does care that when you are required to lift something from a low position, to a higher position you are able to, with some power. So brother, squat and then do more squats your effectiveness relies on it.

Your Canadian Brother,.

#18 the movement class lesson three

Core core core core. We’ve all established that foundation movements are important because they are the fundamentals to our movement, insomuch as they help you move in general, walk, run, jump, roll, these foundational movements ensure that you have enough skill in these areas to catch your prey, and present as the dominant human. However more compelling, is that in each of these activities we must engage our core, or we will hurt ourselves greatly. The core will even save your life when your body goes into shock, master your core and master yourself.

Thought. Sitting there right now tense your core, how does that change the way you were sitting? If you feel no difference and sit with military posture day after day I applaud you. Much of our day spent sitting at a desk hunched over pixels has removed our innate ability to correct our posture before it goes awry.
Ouch my back. So your back is stiff, tight or even hurts, our bodies are connected from head to toe in fascia and if you have a nagging calf injury or an injured shoulder, it will all appear in your core where the intersection of all your fascia happens.
Roll. relating to my last movement lesson, being on the ground has innumerable (or three) benefits to humans, but pressure treatment such as rolling and stretching will benefit your body and tissue.

Your Canadian Brother

Ref. Muscle pain: It might actually be your fascia, Johns Hopkins University

#17 the grass is always greener

A fantasy, of green grass or maybe a description of the American dream. A now cliche form of symbolism can be defined as comparing yourself to your neighbors. Commonplace to North America the comparison of your neighbors values has expanded to the ether, you can now compare your life to literally anyone with an internet connection. You can witness disparate abundant wealth and utter poverty at a few keystrokes. Now, what you do as a witness to the visual assault of people that are not you will mean the difference between a successful life and that not.

Who are you. I mean what are your values, without a set of values that you live by, imagine a compass turning wildly as it is attracted to North. Except your compass does not land, and each action you make involves a revolution of the compass, you end up back at the first square.
Precision. So you have discovered your true North, now what. With lethal precision pursue your goals, you cannot pop a balloon with another balloon, sharpen yourself into an arrowhead or at the very least a needle.
Trudge. Now that you’ve popped your opposition with instinct sharpening your moves, pick up each muddy foot and put it down again, you will be better off after every step and before long your drudgery will be recognized, your ability to lead will improve. The “I have been in that situation before” is a powerful educational ability only you can give yourself.

Who are ya?

Your Canadian brother.

#13 the movement class lesson one – walking

The movement class will be a series because movement is the most important thing you can do for yourself.

There are just as many ways to move as there are people there are on earth, one of these methods will suit you best, I have no doubt.

One, walking.

Walking is the act of locomotion generated by picking up one leg, putting it to one side of your body and allowing the momentum of your body to lead yourself in the direction of the displaced leg. Before toppling over like a table that has lost a leg, the other leg is put into action and a step is completed. There are countless ways in which the act of walking can improve your life. But classically, you will not remember more than three.

Primordially, it is what makes you human.
Circulation. Whether it be an improvement in blood circulation due to an elevated heart rate, or the physical effect of the tearing and subsequent healing of muscle tissues, walking is the catalyst of all of your biological processes, and can quickly indicate to you where you may have a deficiency.
You can not do it wrong. Walking is non strenuous and low impact the act alone can not take you farther from your goals, being built into your code you are supposed to walk.

Do it, for half hour or more each day, you can do it, I have no doubt.

Your Canadian brother.