Everyone has heard of non-verbal communication. An they know that they transmit messages with their posture and movement. But somewhere in people's minds there is a belief that it is only at times or when you are on stage or when you are thinking about it consciously.
How we:
1. sleep and
2. drive our cars,
3. hold our cell phones
4. Stand and talk to friends
5. Sit at the work station
6. walk to the parking lot
7. lean at counters
8. brush your teeth and hair
Every gesture is to your soft tissue form a formative lesson.
Your body does not distinguish between the so often talked about hour in the gym and the other 23 hours.
You wish it did.
But your body is in a way a recording device like the black boxes recovered after he plane crashes. It records everything without differentiation. So whatever you say most often, WINS!
Just as the Japanese gardner carefully forms and limits the size an shape off his Bonsai tree as a respectful tribute to nature, beauty and life: You also show respect and form your body each day as you guide and limit and mold it's form, select its food, expose it to light or dark, avoid movement or embrace it.
Each day that you rise you can check in with your results. Each morning you can plan the day ahead to contribute to moving in a good direction. Even tiny steps or changes towards betterment will add up to a better tomorrow.
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So what are little things that I in particular am planning as part of today for instance?:
I have about 6 weeks until the next Figure Competition. The last one I prepared using a spin bike cranked up so that it was like an hour hill climb. I wanted my pseudo cardio time to be muscularly taxing for both torso, arms and legs. Its important to honor spine neutral even when you label 60 minutes as cardio. Thinking that you can shrug, hunch and deform your thoracic curve as long as you sweat and have an increased heart rate is very short sited and the sign of a body novice. You may be off to a good start collecting a few components of movement training, but your abuse essentially of your equipment shows a hole in your philosophy.
So this round, I will be using the step that hit the fitness scene about 1990. It seems to have fallen from favor now that it is 23 years later. My 20+ years of mixing group exercise formats with the step allows me to train more thoroughly because of the hours I have already put in on the device ; some weeks 15 hours a week. Trying new things when you need fast concentrated results may not be the best option. So we will see.
Nina, this is so well said. Inspirational
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