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Tag Archives: core
Engaging Your Core As You Run And Core Running?
It would appear that all that Pilates and Continuum core work is paying off, as it sure seemed to help my trail run today, plus I found a site called Core Running which has some pretty good advice. Take a look, and tell me what you think. Continue reading
Tara Teaches FitOldDog The Pilates 100 Core Exercise
A short FitOldDog training video, filmed by Tara his Pilates instructor, demonstrates the correct approach to the one hundred, which truly conditions your core muscles when carried out correctly. In this video, FitOldDog needs to reach out a little more strongly through his finger tips, but otherwise not a bad job. Continue reading
You Don’t Have To Walk Like An Old Person However Old You Are
An excellent book, The Ultimate Body Rolling Workout, by Zake and Golden, on the use of a rolling ball for whole body toning, flexibility and fitness is reviewed, briefly. It is clear that most older people can stay as flexible and fit as younger people, with a little work and attention to their bodies, and some effort in this regard would dramatically improve their ‘golden years.’ Continue reading
Posted in Body Awareness, Exercise Tips, Older Athlete, psychology
Tagged AAA-stent, Book Review, core, Exercise Tips, Feldenkrais, Older Athletes, stent displacement, workouts
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I Wonder If René Descartes Enjoyed Dancing
For a full life it is essential to balance the roles of reason and emotion (passion) in your decision making. If you want to fix a computer, use reason. If you want to dance, use emotion and don’t think. That’s the secret of a happy life, knowing which to use and when. Continue reading
Posted in Continuum, Exercise Tips
Tagged biomechanics, books, core, dance, Philosophy, Running, sports psychology
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Video Clip Demonstrates Use Of Balance Ball To Improve Posture and Reduce Bodily Tension Whilst Working On Your Computer
Video by Tara for FitOldDog to show approaches to improved posture and core development, with reduction of shoulder and neck tension induced by long hours at the computer. Continue reading
FitOldDog Core Exercise Video Two And Thoughts On Our Center(s) Of Gravity
This post discusses of the nature of the effects of gravitation on your body during exercise, and it’s role in core training and sports skills. Understanding the physics of your body and forces acting upon and within it, including gravitation, acceleration, compression, centripetal forces as you spin, combined with core training can improve your performance and increase your safety. The author, FitOldDog, is becoming increasingly convinced that it is almost impossible to correctly carry out Pilates exercises, and other approaches to core training, in the absence of a skilled instructor. An example of an effective Pilates core exercise is demonstrated as a short video clip by FitOldDog’s instructor, Tara. Continue reading
Posted in Body Awareness, coaching, core, Exercise Tips
Tagged core, Exercise Tips, imbalance, movies
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Shoulder Blade Movement And Meet My Coach
Hi folks, Every time I turn around someone is telling me to loosen up my shoulder blades, which are pretty stiff. I must admit that they were essentially ‘stuck to my back.’ Several years of massage, Gyrotonic, Pilates, Feldenkrais, and … Continue reading
Posted in Body Awareness, Continuum, Exercise Tips
Tagged core, Exercise Tips, Feldenkrais, movies, swim
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