BodyFlow, WarriorWellness etc.

[kai]

Hello Coach(es),

I'm a bit confused about the product offering here. I've ordered BodyFlow but after reading around in the forums, I'm not sure which product I'm supposed to be looking for. I'd need a little advice on what to get. Here are my objectives and training background.

I did a fare amount of body building, not emphasising muscle mass, I quite liked squats and dead lifts, compound types of movement. I eventually got to weights that were becoming troublesome for my back. Moreover, I had to do an awfull lot of stretching because my hams were shortening and shortening and making things even more complicated for my back.

In my quest for a healthy but vigourous activity, I have switched to mostly BW types of exercises. I purchased SuperJoints and discovered the vertues of joint mobility. I have the impression that if I complement my pushup, chins and various leg work such as lunges, hindu squats and cosacks with some full range of motion exercises, I can create a good overall muscle balance that would not require all this stretching and trunk imbalance stuff.

Am I correct in this assumption? If so, what is(are) the producct(s) I need to get, for a daily routine as a complement to my vigourous BW exercises? I already ordered BodyFlow but havent received it yet. I don't like static posture stuff as in yoga and stretching BTW, I like movement.

Many thanks for your help.

Kai

[rbibbs]

There's very little "static" in Body-Flow Kai, I think it will suit you well.

If you've already run into the 'strength-vs-tension' wall in linear resistance training, Clubbells would probably suit you well too. Check this link out... "Szolek; frump to pump" (http://www.circularstrengthmag.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2209).

We ask for full-name signatures in the forum Kai, helps get to know one another (and policy). Thanks.

[kai]

Hello and thanks for that prompt answer, what do you think about that stretching business. Are there some kind of full range of motion exercises that wouldn't require so much of the static stretching stuff? If yes, what product/program should I be looking into?

Thanks for your concerns,
Kai Taimsalu

[rbibbs]

WW is a program of dynamic range of motion 'stretches'. In practice, it finds and redistributes excess tensions. There are no 'static' positions.

I'm not a 'training expert" Kai, but I have encountered imbalances from both freeweight and bodyweight training. For example, what bodyweight exercise develops counterbalanced strength to pushups? The only thing I can think of would be hanging parallel to the ground (hands and feet suspended) and doing pullups from there. Even then, would "balance" necessarily be identical rep-count?

Look at pushups another way... the motion is almost entirely vertical, one plane only (except for a torsional component through a small range supported by the legs). What are the other two planes doing? Static. So it is with most conventional BW exercises, they tend to be linear exertions in one plane and static in the other two.

Body-Flow represents the bodyweight exercise departure from linear/static resistance training. Clubbells represents the freeweight departure from linear/static resistance training.

(Can one of the Coaches give a clearer picture of this for Kai?)

[kai]

Hmm, thanks for your comments, the picture seems clearer the way you have explained it. If a coach feels like complementing if need be, please do, but I tink I've got it.

I see that Warrior Wellness comes in tapes only, no book. Is there a book that cover that material or are the videos sufficient?

Thanks for the information and see you around.

Kai Taimsalu

[rbibbs]

In WW, Coach Sonnon explains the exercises while demonstrating them so there is not a WW book.

[kai]

Thanks for that prompt answer,
Kai Taimsalu

[rbibbs]

You are most welcome Kai.