April 2, 2012
I had the wonderful experience of attending Part 1 of the Animal Flow workshop by Mike Fitch today in NYC at Equinox Gym. So many wonderful and amazing people were there learning and sharing new techniques to make themselves better and to pass that knowledge onto others. Met some wonderful new friends.
Bodyweight training is my absolute favorite form of exercise for all it does to maximize physique enhancement, injury prevention, injury recovery, performance, durability and metabolic fat burning. People often make the mistake of thinking body weight training is easy since you are not using an additional load (weight training). They would be wrong!
How many people do you know that can actually do a bodyweight pullup? How about a standard pushup with locked in technique? The additional load in bodyweight training is ‘your own body’ weight magnified by altering movement vectors, sequencing muscle patterns, neural coordination and controlled tempo. Training global patterns of full body movement as opposed to traditional isolated exercises is the ‘secret’ to its effectiveness.
You combine a wonderful flow of energy with all Four (4) Primary Pillars of Movement:
Your body becomes the machine integrating all 4 Pillars. It’s a real eye opener!
Stop Chasing Pain‘s paradigm is ‘Move Smarter. Move Better. Perform Great.‘ Precision movement with quality helps you feel great and optimize energy transfer. Part 1 Animal Flow solidified many things that I talk about on my Facebook page. It was wonderful to hear Mike explain the benefits of Animal Flow and know they align perfectly with my philosophy of movement. I am sure there will be more take homes in Part 2, however I wanted to give you a glimpse of my day moving like an ANIMAL.
Animal Flow is and will continue to be a central part of my workout. I am also adding components to my client rehab program. Stimulate the global body to lock in durability and stimulate the mind to keep clients engaged. The SCP rehab program involves the FLOW. Simply teaching a client Crab Walk regressions and progressions can make astounding positive impact.
What are you waiting for? Move like an Animal to unleash your inner BEAST!
Thank you Mike Fitch for being a great friend and allowing me the opportunity to learn from you. My clients/patient’s thank you too!
Check it out today.