FAQs: Intu-Flow® Mobility Wellness

[pink.pixie]

Hi thanks, my intial-info-shock-confusion (in positive terms) is starting to settle a little and I really appreciate your help. I am so glad I found this....--ALL--.

pixie

[pink.pixie]

I started with 10s, doing 3 sets of 5 reps of the basics, 3 times a week, adding numbers as I went. Later, did a Double Density cycle with Swipes and Mills, with the eventual goal of 100 reps in 10 minutes of each. (Although I don't think I quite pulled it off that first time. Close though.)

OK, that allows for variation and I do not need be so 'afraid' of 10lb being too steep. A shopping bag will weigh that.

Light to you all!!!

pixie

[Gary Wagner]

Hi all,

Came across this article, would love to hear your thoughts

http://bluezones.com/move/5-move/301...t-hip-replace-

Cheers

Gary

[JasonE]

Hi all,

Came across this article, would love to hear your thoughts

http://bluezones.com/move/5-move/301...t-hip-replace-

Cheers

Gary

I question the motives behind the article. It makes replacement hips and knees sound like a cakewalk and like running is an unnaturally punishing activity that people just shouldn't do. I've worked with plenty of people that have had those joints replaced, and all of them have significant limitations as a result of the new joint, though basic daily activities are much more comfortable.

Arthritis is not inevitable. It is usually the result of a combination of factors, of which physical activity is only one of many. In most cases, physical activity is more likely to stave off the onset of arthritis and/or slow its progression, providing the activities do not directly aggravate a pre-existing arthritic condition.

In the last few years of teaching CST classes, training clients, and working as a therapist, I've seen dramatic differences between those who are active and those who are not. Those with arthritis that become more active seem always to report less pain and more mobility. I use Intu-Flow® as a base for all CST classes and with my training clients; it is a key part of my anti-arthritis campaign.

If you read up on a therapeutic concept called "synovial pumping" used by a variety of medical and bodywork types, you'll learn that it is one of the more successful approaches to manual therapy for arthritis. I have utilized it very successfully with a number of my bodywork clients that have come seeking relief from arthritis swelling and discomfort.

Intu-Flow® practice is a way to perform full-body synovial pumping for most of the joints in your body. To date, I have not had a single client tell me that it made their condition(s) worse, so long as they didn't take any I-F movement beyond RPD 3-4.

[Mallen5]

Hi i am new to this forum stuff but have a few rmax products. I have been diagnosed with a compressed nerve in my neck at C5 and was wondering if anyone has any advice please? I have been injured for about 4 months and have not been able to train, it is very depressing and i need some help.

[AAAhmed46]

FOR NOW i can't afford clubbells(yet)

Would it be okay if i used ankle and wrist weights?

I know they probably wouldn't be as effective as club bells, ive handled them before, i know their made special.

But would injure myself if i used ankle and wrist weights?

[shadow]

Just work on Intu-Flow® and getting that mobility up first.

You mentioned Forward Pressure, that would also be a great start and the two combined would be more than enough for a while.

[tpollard]

Hi All. I am working my way through the Intu-Flow® DVDs and am getting ready start using the Xtention DVD. I am a little confused a few points, however, that I hope someone can clarify.

Due to its light weight and focus on extending range of motion rather than strength, can the Xtention program be done 5-7 days a week? Once the advanced level of Intu-Flow® is reached, is the Xtention program meant to be performed in addition to Intu-Flow® or instead of? Can the Xtention circuit be performed on a recovery day after a heavier Clubbell® workout or bodyweight workout?

Thanks for the help.

-Tim

[Joseph David]

Hi All. I am working my way through the Intu-Flow® DVDs and am getting ready start using the Xtention DVD. I am a little confused a few points, however, that I hope someone can clarify.

Due to its light weight and focus on extending range of motion rather than strength, can the Xtention program be done 5-7 days a week? Once the advanced level of Intu-Flow® is reached, is the Xtention program meant to be performed in addition to Intu-Flow® or instead of? Can the Xtention circuit be performed on a recovery day after a heavier Clubbell®® workout or bodyweight workout?

Thanks for the help.

-Tim

Tim,
The answer depends on your goals,the depth and the volume of your practice. I have used Xtension both as a training program to get to high volume of swings. I have used it as active recovery as well. Xtension can be used on you medium and high days to prime the joints. It is really versitle program.
I know that this isn't a difinitive answer, its not meant to be. I would encourage you to start a training blog and the tribe can help you design a program that would meet your goals and include the Xtension program.

[kowalski]

New student here.

I am a short muscular man with short arms. I am trying to make my way through the progressions on Flow Fit. My biggest problem is the "tripod" exercise with your arms behind you supporting your weight. I have all the strength required to support my weight on one arm but I do not have the arm length to reach back and land gently (at the beginning) or to come close to placing both arms down supporting my weight and then righting myself back up to a squat. Certainly short arms must be a limiting factor in the success of achieving some of these yoga flows.

Does anyone have any experience or advice on whether this limitation can be overcome?