214: Corrective Exercise
Age Less / Live More
Lucas Rockwood
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🗓️ 4 August 2016
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
We often think of "exercise" as the yoga class after work, the morning job, or a weightlifting session. But there are many more ways to exercise, and one way often overlooked is Corrective Exercise, or the fitness practices designed specifically to correct weakness, tightness and imbalance in the body.
On this week's Yoga Talk Show, you'll learn about simple self-care techniques that can make a huge difference in your health.
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About the Guest
Brendan won World and National Collegiate powerlifting championships during his studies and went on to attain his Corrective Exercise Specialty from The National Academy of Sports Medicine. Brendan invented Posture PT back support that launched on Kickstarter recently. He is a practicing meditator under guidance of Sadhguru of the Isha Foundation, schooled in classical yoga and mysticism.
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Listen & Learn:
- Why Correct Exercise is a great choice for healing injuries
- Why stronger rather than gentler rehab routines might just be the best choice
- Why tight hip flexors can cause lower back pain
- What "autogenic inhibition" is and how it can help you with corrective exercise self-care
- How "the couch stretch" can help counteract the effects of chronic sitting
- How "the doorway stretch" can help open your upper body
- Why 1 minute of mobility per 30 minutes of sitting can make a huge difference
Nutritional Tip of the Week:
- Are there any good store bought Salad Dressings?
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| 0:00.0 | Before we get started with today's yoga talk share, I just wanted to share with you my upcoming teaching schedule. |
| 0:05.2 | I'm teaching a whole lot more this year than I have in the previous year, |
| 0:10.0 | and this summer I will be in Thailand in August. |
| 0:14.0 | I'm teaching a three day biometrics training in Kuala Lumpur at the end of August. |
| 0:19.0 | I will then be in Manila also in August and I will be end of September in Amsterdam |
| 0:25.0 | teaching a biometrics retreat. |
| 0:27.0 | Our September Yoga Trape's Teacher Training Course |
| 0:31.0 | is completely full. |
| 0:32.0 | Our first Yoga Teachers College immersion |
| 0:35.1 | is completely full, both of those are in September. |
| 0:38.0 | But our December best year ever retreat still has places. |
| 0:42.2 | This is our end of the year yoga retreat in Barcelona. year |
| 0:43.4 | retreat still has places. This is our end of the year yoga retreat in Barcelona and our January |
| 0:47.1 | yoga trapeze teacher training course also has some places open. |
| 0:51.0 | So upcoming events with openings, everything else is full is Kuala Lumpur, |
| 0:55.9 | Amsterdam, Barcelona, end of December, and also in January. To check out my teaching schedule, |
| 1:02.4 | I'll add a better link to this, but when you go to the website top right you'll see teachers college, |
| 1:07.0 | yoga body.com top right teachers college, and you'll see everything that's upcoming there. |
| 1:11.0 | I'll add a calendar there of my upcoming events as well |
| 1:13.8 | but that's the best place to find me I'm really enjoying connecting with yoga talk |
| 1:18.1 | show listeners and a long-term yoga body students around the world I very much hope |
| 1:22.4 | I can connect with you in person sometime |
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