The 7 Moves That Keep You Young
I have a confession to make.
I don’t like yoga. And traditional stretching methods don’t work well for me.
Luckily twelve years ago I stumbled upon a ground based exercise system from an Hungarian trainer that transformed my movement abilities and changed the way I perceive movement in general.
Since then I have gone on to teach thousdands of people, trainers and coaches to start incorporating ground based movements into their training. The results people have experienced have been nothing short of spectacular.
So if you are anything like me and struggle with yoga and traditional stretching, here is the low down on why you want to do this stuff:
1) Getting on the ground if fun and makes movement playful and challenging at the same time.
2) Ground based movements can activate dormant body reflexes that help you optimize physical performance in all movements and environments.
3) Activates your vestibular, proprioceptive, visual and muscular systems to their fullest capacity.
4) Unleash your inner Jason Bourne and discover your hidden strength, power, coordination and physical bad assery.
I’m sharing the 7 foundational ground based movements that will get your body moving better, with less pain, and more coordination.
While there's no magic solution, incorporating these 7 movements into your routine can activate many dormant reflexes and processes that taught you to move and eventually walk as a young child.
These movements will:
Improve body awareness.
Improve motor learning.
Unlock new levels of strength, power, coordination and balance.
The good news is that you don’t have to do all 7 movements every day (although you can if you want to).
You could do 1 or 2 moves daily and see a positive impact in your daily performance.
Let’s find out why.
What Most People Overlook.
Wild but true —-- most people don’t know that there is one system in the body responsible for the quality and efficiency of our movement potential throughout life.
As this system decays, so does our potential for physical power, strength, posture, mobility and coordination.
You are familiar with the primary five senses: hearing, smell, touch, taste and vision.
These well known senses guide us to process the physical world we live in.
However, most people are less familiar with one of our main internal senses: the vestibular system.
The purple area is your vestibular system.
Think of the Vestibular system at your GPS, helping position ourselves in space.
The Vestibular system is constantly collecting information about motion, balance and spacial orientation.
The vestibular system is located within the inner ear, deep inside the skull. It helps us maintain our balance, posture, coordination and efficient movement.
The challenge we all face is that modern life weakens the vestibular system due to excessive sitting and lack of stimulating daily movement.
These movements activate your vestibular system and fortify the foundational movement patterns we learned as infants.
The 7 Movements
Movement # 1: Rocking
Activates the vestibular system.
Improves spatial awareness, posture, and flexibility.
Helps regulate people and calms the brain.
Movement # 2 Crawling
Integrates both brain hemispheres.
Activates vestibular system.
Improves core strength, posture, and body awareness.
Is the foundation for walking.
Movement # 3: Lateral Crawling
Integrates and activates both brain hemispheres.
Activates vestibular system.
Improves reflexive shoulder and core stabilization.
Movement # 4: Crab Crawl
Strengthens shoulders, hips, and core.
Improves shoulder and thoracic spine mobility.
Activates vestibular system.
Movement # 5: Kick Through
Builds strength in shoulders, core, and hips.
Improves mobility and coordination.
Movement # 6: Back Rolls
Improves body and spatial awarenss.
Activates vestibular system.
Prepares you for more complex shoulder back rolls.
Helps teach you how to manage falling.
Movement # 7: Marching
Improves walking.
Improves rhythm, coordination, and core strength.
Activates and integrates both sides of the brain.
The faster paced marching builds more elastic connective tissue which is critical for overall flexibility and mobility.
More elasticity improves your ability to generate free energy making you more athletic and springy.
Feel the Difference
My advice is to pick 1 to 3 of these movements and do them daily.
Over time you will be able to do them better and add other movement sequences to these movements. These will serve as an excellent foundation in building the ground based skills you need to move better and with less pain.
Consistent practice of these movements will make you antifragile and age better.
Your body will begin to move with greater power, coordination, and freedom.
Give them a try and experience the benefits for yourself!
Thank you for reading and enjoy the rest of your day.
Franz
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