Using sticks and other aides

[Tractador]

have been doing the beginner programme for a while and I am feeling some results.

I´ve also done some of the excercises from the intermediate program occasionally just for fun. Had some problems occasionally with understanding how the figure 8 s worked when working on the elbows, so I picked up a stick and tried doing the ercersises. It seems swinging a stick forces you to move in the correct way, it also becomes easier to "see" the figure 8.

Anyone else use aides while doing the program?

[Scott Sonnon]

Robert,
Great tool improv. It's actually the very same approach that led me over the years to developing the Clubbell!
You can also use cloth or a belt, using a piece of chalk on a chalkboard, or a pole in the sand or dirt.

[Tractador]

Nice.

Would using a small weight such as a dumbbell be a good idea when working on figure 8s with the shoulders (swinging the arms)?

[stickfighter]

Go to

http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/Strongfort/course/lesson1.htm

And decide for yourself :)

[JasonE]

Check out Dan Chomycia's "Mobilized Strength" for a solid approach. He uses 5# CBs, but I'm sure you could adapt it for use with sticks or similar tools.

[Randell Waddell]

Use of a knife is useful - keeping the leading edge "presenting" all the way through the motion often helps.

Cheers
Randell. :D

[Tractador]

You mean this http://www.circularstrength.com/mobilized.html

It´s a book only? No DVD or Video?

Is it basically Warrior Wellness type excercises with light Clubbells?

[Tractador]

"Use of a knife is useful.."

I´ve already use a machete occasionally :wink:

[JasonE]

Yes, it's a book. Dan wrote it more for people that are recovering from inactivity, but the adaptations have tremendous crossover to what you have been asking about. :)

[Dan Chomycia]

Robert,


Is it basically Warrior Wellness™ type exercises with light Clubbells®?

Mobilized Strength is ROM exercises using a light Clubbell. It's advantages are that the weight becomes your training partner, helping you achieve greater ROM quicker, decreasing muscle soreness for active recovery, and providing extra stabilization/strength for the joints without sacrificing the ROM.

The program is potent, needing just a few reps to create the desired effect. Although WW was the foundation of my research I found that there several modifications in movement and protocol are needed to create Mobilized Strength which is why it exists.

[Tractador]

Would it be necessary to invest in a light clubbell to get any benefit from the program?

[wiggy1]

Go to

http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/Strongfort/course/lesson1.htm

And decide for yourself :)

Joe,

What an aboslutely fascinating site :D .
I was reading through several of the lessons and was quite surprised by their content. Thanks for sharing.

[Scott Sonnon]

Robert, you can begin by experimenting with lightweight dumbbells, though the training effect is superior with clubbells.

[Tractador]

Thanks for the advice.

I might invest in the program later, since I´m presently concentrating on increasing my ROM generally.

[Tractador]

Thanks for the advice.

I might invest in the program later, since I´m presently concentrating on increasing my ROM generally.

[kcsportsdoc]

Hi Robert,

Just to throw in my particular two cents: A few days ago I developed a major spasm and an active trigger point in my upper back that was referring pain into my right bicep. After bombing the area with every therapeutic technique I could think of, it hit me that I should try some of the Mobilized Strength material that Coach Dan showed us at Zeta. Well, all I can say is that it gave me immediate relief, restored my shoulder ROM and I woke up the next day pain-free. I'm a believer. :D

Best,

Kevin

[stickfighter]

Joe,

What an aboslutely fascinating site :D .
I was reading through several of the lessons and was quite surprised by their content. Thanks for sharing.[/quote]

Brian,

Glad you liked it. The whole sandowplus site is a treasure-trove of old time physical culture back in the days before bodybuilding replaced strength as the point of the exercize.

[Scott Sonnon]

I cited sandowplus several times in the CST book - they're an incredibly generous, non-profit site with a wealth of information.