Photo Credit: Heather Marsh
Integrative exercises, why do I use that word combination so frequently in my blogs and exercise iMovies? Â As a professional athlete who needed to move in coordination to another living body, Â I constantly had to look at integrating strength, power, flexibility, balance, weight distribution, and rhythm to improve first my internal awareness and then my awareness and timing for responding with a partner. Â While exercising at the gym, I would use these aspects for designing/choosing workout exercises, cardio plans, and stretching combinations, so the personalized focus on training enhanced the goal. Â Overtime, I realized that the focus on integration was a key part of my everyday functionality–sitting, standing, walking, bending, etc.
Another big part of integrative exercises is the sensing involved. Â The exercises require an inner sensing of tone/alignment, an outer sensing of limbs/torso in space, a timing/rhythmical sensing of how to coordinate/balance/distribute weight while in varying ranges of motion. Â The awareness is the key to safe and effective training; Â fitness building without injuries. Â Learning a more intimate awareness of the vessel we all live in called the body during focused exercises periods will spill over into one’s day to day movement. Â People would comment on what lovely posture I had, but it came as a result of awareness while dancing, riding, and exercising. Â Overtime, it wasn’t comfortable to slouch, because my slouch muscles were out of practice. Â Slouching allowed my back to hollow (lower back pain), my shoulders to round (shoulder pain), my neck/head to slump forward (neck pain), and left-right crookedness to creep in too.
I have been putting together these short iMovies focused on integrative exercises, (2 earlier blogs included Caball Integrative Exercises and the Integrative “I” Band on the stationary bicycle.) Â Have fun and don’t hesitate to email if you have any questions.
Adding variety to the overhead, on your knees cable pull. Adding variety and creativity to the workout helps to shift stale thinking patterns and stale body parts. Pick the amount of weight that allows you to counter balance with your body weight and not risk over rotating any joints. Points of variation: 1) degree of trunk lowering, 2) twist right, and 3) twist left.
Adding variety to the overhead, on your knees cable pull. Adding variety and creativity to the workout helps to shift stale thinking patterns and stale body parts.
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Integrative exercises involve lots of moving parts and how they must work together. I really like how they give you a whole body workout, coordination challenge, inner awareness, timing, fitness, flexibility, weight distribution, balance and presence. Making it all fun and functional. The cable allows for dynamic control of the core through the appendages from start to finish.
Selfseeds Integrative Exercises Sitting-Side-Pull
Integrative exercises require mind and body coordination, since there are multiple dynamics involved. Inner core engagement and control are the cornerstone to balance, stability, rhythm, weight distribution, and flexibility. The exercises are designed to be fun and engaging–the adult jungle gym while getting functionally fit!
Integrative exercises involve lots of moving parts and how they must work together. I really like how they give you a whole body workout, coordination challenge, inner awareness, timing, fitness, flexibility, weight distribution, balance and presence. Making it all fun and functional. The cable allows for dynamic control of the core through the appendages from start to finish. Rotate left and right. Standing or kneeling.
Adding variety to the overhead, on your feet cable pull. Adding variety and creativity to the workout helps to shift stale thinking patterns and stale body parts. Pick the amount of weight that allow you to counter balance with your body weight. 1. Start with flat feel through the exercise to get use to balance and mobility through the trunk muscles. 2. Move onto toe-heel-toe when you feel secure in your balance and want a challenge.
Integrative exercises require mind and body coordination, since there are multiple dynamics involved. Inner core engagement and control are the cornerstone to balance, stability, rhythm, weight distribution, and flexibility. The exercises are designed to be fun and engaging–the adult jungle gym while getting functionally fit!
Integrative exercises require mind and body coordination, since there are multiple dynamics involved. Inner core engagement and control are the cornerstone to balance, stability, rhythm, weight distribution, and flexibility. The exercises are designed to be fun and engaging–the adult jungle gym while getting functionally fit!
Integrative exercises involve lots of moving parts and how they must work together. I really like how they give you a whole body workout, coordination challenge, inner awareness, timing, fitness, flexibility, balance and presence. Making it all fun and functional. Demonstrating 3 different hand positions on the bar to provide diversity.
Integrative exercises involve lots of moving parts and how they must work together. I really like how they give you a whole body workout, coordination challenge, inner awareness, timing, fitness, flexibility, balance and presence. Making it all fun and functional.
Adding variety and creativity to the workout helps to shift stale thinking patterns and stale body parts. Pick the amount of weight that allows you to counter balance with your body weight while moving through space. Go slowly in the beginning to effectively manage weight, core engagement, and lowering in the lunge. The emphasis on the coordination, integration, movement, and weight distribution. Speed with improper form is never desirable.
