getting older – getting fitter

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Greece. TRX outing to start the holiday.

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Well that was fun. Bringing in the toys to help highlight and improve movement patterns. Workshops with the Colchester yoga crew. Thanks to @living.joy.yoga for hosting.

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So there I was, wandering down the deserted beach (you know its a deserted beach in the middle of nowhere these days as it has washed up plastic bit thankfully not a lot here), and i thought I would break out into some shoulder stability with some core activation moves. The next time you are on a deserted beach you can do it also 🤪.

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This vid is too long for instagram but thought i’d put it up anyway. Very good for hula hoop practitioners. Can be performed as a mobilisation or as CARS (controlled articular rotations).

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The rhythmic butt squeeze to the sound of waves is essential here 😂. Ok.....so the psoas muscles and related fascia does not often need stretching as such but this muscle can get bound with the result that its ideal sliding and gliding motions become restricted. So, a little bit of rhythmic releasing can be very useful.

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This is a great exercise to improve shoulder stability. All you need is one boat........🤪

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This is my twist of this popular movement from the somatic movement world. Having the shoulders in a fixed position and with the adding of tension it becomes an active stretch and strengthening exercise. This improves range of motion plus adds neural drive to the rotator cuff internal and external rotators. I also added a pec minor release in at the end 😀. Ps. I am holding 2x2 hour workshops in Colchester arranged with the amazing Chrissie Joy on the 6th and 7th of July. They are ‘Fix the Squat’ and ‘Fix Desk Posture ‘. Contact @living.joy.yoga to book.

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getting older – getting fitter

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