- Earthquake
- Alignment and Control
Earthquake
Phew! Hang up the rest of the picture frames and paintings that fell on the floor. The natural disaster phenomenon or activity level over the past year has been alarming. Very happy that everyone is fine and back at normal days of work and leisure. If you were driving and thought your car needed a new engine, you were wrong. How on earth does this natural disaster relate to health and fitness? Honestly, if anyone found themselves trying to scurry for a doorway and to crouch low then you felt the effects of being fit or being ready for such a disaster. As a matter of fact, we can be ready for any natural disaster:
- Volcano: Run away from the lava!
- Earthquake: Run to a doorway and get low!...Also, follow any Californian that you know.
- Tornado: Run for cover whether it's a shed or a bathtub
- Hurricane: Lift, carry, and hold things to board up!
- Tsunami: Run and climb for high ground Do we have to run? No. But, moving as fast as we can helps. Do we stay put and say, "Whatever, I give up!" Absolutely not.
Alignment and Control
Just in time. Well, this was a draft well before the quake hit. Now, it somewhat fits well with the natural disaster, relating to fitness.
Alignment and control are two major things that we all need in our workout programs and in the exercises that we execute.
If we do not have alignment and control, then we are setting up ourselves for injury, poor movement, weakened muscles, compensation, less than full range of motion, and bad pain (pain that is injurious). We are aligned when our bones and joints follow our movement or another bone or joint. For example, when we squat (cont'd)
Take care of yourself,
Derek
Training because it is a passion. Serving because it is vast.
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