Feldenkrais session: Improving Chest Mobility (and hip flexors)

Improve chest mobility without stretching. Instead use this kind of movement sequence. "There is a notable contrast in developments within exercise science between the West (North America and Western Europe) and the East (the former Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc), particularly since WWII. The East continued to perform scientific investigations into performance development in what we would consider today the fundamental understanding of motion and motor patterns. In contrast, the West increasingly focused on cardiovascular components, with the Swedish influence and the publishing and promotion of very popular fitness books such as Dr. Cooper's "Aerobics". To be "fit" in the West required a high MV02 score. We have measured many people with high MV02 scores who do not have command of some simple motor patterns, and while they could run a distance, they literally would have trouble running with another simultaneous challenge - be it carrying a load or chewing gum! As a consequence, the exercise physiologists became fitness experts - many of whom had little or no expertise beyond cardiac and muscle hypertrophy issues. Their general ignorance of musculoskeletal function has led to the proliferation of exercises which replicate injury mechanisms. Many machines have been developed to isolate muscle and enhance hypertrophy to the detriment of performance. In contrast, the East continued to develop science on all aspects of fitness and with application, produced enviable results in international competition during this period. Certainly over the last decade, the 'Western" science has broadened." (SA McGill, Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance) Some thoughts on health and exercise: Get enough sleep, eat plenty of carbs, green leafy vegetables and sugary fruits. Stay away from processed foods and animal foodstuffs. Stop doing drugs: no cigarettes, no alcohol, no coffee. Approach Feldenkrais lessons with the same diligence like yoga people approach their sun salutation, five tibetans, bikram yoga routine, tai chi routine, etc. Pick a Feldenkrais lesson and go through it often. How to do Feldenkrais lessons? Check out my book: http://amzn.to/1fDZNNM Need better fitness? Start with bracing your core and my book about back fitness [in german language]: http://www.feldenkraiswerkstatt.at/fitness-mcgill/