Zoom Class Timetable for November

Each month I review the Zoom timetable. As the summer approaches we need to update.

Monday 8.00am Light Paced Class 30 minutes

Monday 8.40am Weights class 15 minutes - it is on the same link as 8.00

Monday 9.00am Mid Paced Class 60 minutes

Wednesday 8.00am Midweek Pick-me-up 30 minutes

Friday 8.00am  Quiet Class 45 minutes

In addition, there is quite a catalogue of recorded classes which you can access any time.  And you can do any class more than once.  These classes are all streamed, which means you don't need a lot of data.

If you have any queries or you would like to have a go at Zoom, let me know.  I will send you the details and assist you with the technology.

Walk in Awe

"Older men and women who took a fresh look at the objects and vistas around them felt more upbeat and hopeful"

So says Gretchen Reynolds in the New York Times 30/9/2020. It suggests the wisdom of older people comes into play.  

Here is the link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/well/move/an-awe-walk-might-do-wonders-for-your-well-being.html 

Let me know what you think.

These ideas follow on from previous blog posts which notes that our creativity and problem solving is enhanced if we go out into nature. Remember the post about Japanese Forest Bathing. Ahhh

Neck Mobility

 Here is a simple sequence of neck exercises. Try them a couple of times a day.

It is important to lengthen the back of the neck and to not over extend the neck into a painful position.

There are five simple exercises on on Mark Wildman's Youtube clip. I recommend them.

Here is the link:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4dmZ5_n6uU

We are doing these stretches in class now.

Walking - Why not kick up your heels - HOW

Our habit of the week is to push off from our heels when we walk or run.  When we do this, we recruit the correct gluteal muscles, which are the muscles we evolved to walk with.  we’ve been walking this way for millennia

The Primal Posture Course I did this year called this “Glide Walking”.  Esther Gokhale, the author wants us all to walk “as a series of forward propulsion, not falls”

When we walk we want to propel ourselves

1.     So, we use the mobility of the shoulders to swing our arms, especially to the back. (see week - shoulder mobility)

    Gluteus medius, but where?    

    These are the buttock muscles at the sides. Dig your thumbs into your hips you will feel them.

3.     Pushing our heals out the back when we walk.                                                                         This is the start of the correct action of walking. It is propulsion, rather than falling forward. So pushing the heals then pushing off the toes not only starts to recruit the gluteal muscles, it sets up good alignment,  

The problem is our modern gluteus fails to switch on, probably because of all our modern sitting in chairs.  The average adult is sedentary for 64% of the time – the desk job, the car, the couch.  This even has a name Gluteal Amnesia. 

So let's get to know our glutes.  Let's use them to propel ourselves forward by driving off with our heels as we walk.