20240323 Day 713 Part-3 - Gymnastics

20240323 Day 713 Part-3
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Gymnastics
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Lastly, for fun I worked on some gymnastics. First I used my bands to do a minute of pushdowns to warm up my elbows.
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After that, I did several rounds of handstand holds, for a minimum of 30 seconds each. The “trick” is to make your body a single contiguous piece and then simply resist falling forward with your fingers. The bracing is similar to that of a heavy lift. I exhale and try to push out against my lower obliques as if I’m wearing a weight belt which, for me is the point of all this midsection work.
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The other caveat is that while inverted, your shoulder girdle becomes your “hips.” In other words, while your triceps and delts are working in a quasi-isometric manner with arms locked and GH joint active, your traps, rear delts and mid-back are like the hips and glutes pulling “up and in,” so to speak, to leverage it all together.
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I like doing an inverted mobility flow of sorts I learned from Capoeira years ago. I “enter the ground,” then transition from the “Hollow Back” position, to a straddle split to straight leg and then “dismount.”
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It’s a lot of fun. I’ll be 46 in a few weeks and it’s great to be able to still use my body like an action figure and just play like a kid sometimes, especially after getting blown up over a decade ago. It’s part of how I demonstrate gratitude and celebrate living 😁
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