"Brainy What-Why-How"
Your weekly nibble of brain-based tips to help you move and feel great!
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What:
The quality of your larger, more complex movements comes from the quality of your smaller, more basic movements.*
Meaning: if you want to do the fancy impressive movements like handstand, then work on each joint involved.
This is not the same as mobility training; it's joint motor control. I explain the difference here.
Why?
Our bodies will at least TRY to find a way to do what we ask them to do.
Example: Lifting your arms overhead
But when the joints that SHOULD do most of the movement lack the appropriate range of motion, other joints will compensate.
Example: Shoulders get stuck, so the ribs flare out (as demonstrated HERE)
How:
Get curious about isolating the movement of each joint.
And because this is actually harder than you might think...
(it's one of those things, like flushing a toilet, that is so quotidian that surely you understand it, but might prove to be quite the head-scratcher if you really think about it. Like...how DOES the toilet flushing mechanism actually work?!)
...And because working on the mobility of each individual joint is...🤔 how can I put this...BORING...
...I recommend letting someone who's super geeky about joint motor control (ahem....🙋🏻♀️ ) help you!
I add things like finger circles and wrist figure-8s and ankle tilts into my yoga classes. (It's way more fun than just doing them as stand-alone drills)
And September means we've got a new movement focus: backbendy lunges! Check out this month's Vlog where I explain it all.
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Sending motor control ❤️love❤️ to all your joints,
Adell xoxo
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