Re: Total Gym

Dnia 2008-03-14 Steve Freides napisał(a):
"R P" <vn1500@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Anyone here ever tried / done a workout on a Total Gym ?

I like the "circuit-type" routine you can do & the row feature. Not
to
replace free weight but to have a variety & I wonder if it might be
easier on joints ? I'm pushing 60,& some days joints are an issue.

I'm sure it will give you a good workout - it's basically a cable
machine and I think cable machines are probably the least machine-like
of these gadgets, better than your typical gym machine in that regard.
At least that's my opinion - the more freedom of range of motion you
have, the better.

That said, there are plenty of things you can do for the health of your
joints. I recommend "Super Joints" by Pavel Tsatsouline - I practice
movements from this book every morning for the purposes of both joint
health and warmup. Likewise, you will find the practice of a "soft"
Chinese art like Qigong or Tai Chi, or even an "internal" Chinese
martial art like Bagua, can be very beneficial to your joint health.
The Wild Goose Qigong is a "medical" form that is supposed to bring good
health - I recently purchased a DVD about this and, while I haven't
learned it all, I like what I've learned and have added a few of those
movements to my daily practice. The Crane Frolic is another Qigong that
is gentle and good for joint health.

Man, you are seriously crazy. Pavel was enough, really. No need for
this internal nonsense.

That internal stuff is mostly hogwash. Really. I did it, I could do
funny stuff to my head at will, I could feel and see absolutely crazy
things and I dismiss it as playing tricks with your brain. You can have
similar effects by getting stoned, or being suspended in saltwater
chamber, or getting in a trance with a prayer, or a dance or hell knows
what else. It's still a hogwash. And I did it, so I know.

Tai Chi sucks as a martial art too. Chinese probably tried to explain
mechanics with magic, because they didn't understand mechanics, and it
went on from there, but there is no spoon.

A link to Pavel's "Super Joints": http://www.kbnj.com/sj.htm

I'm 53 - if you look on my web site, link below, check out the Suspended
Split page

It doesn't mean that your joints are in better health than they were.
Let me give you an example. My one-armed overhead squat is way better
than what you show in the video (ass to the grass and all) but I renewed
my shoulder injury anyway. When I used to do snatches I could squat
roughly as well as you can, but my shoulder was perfectly fine.

If flexibility of a joint is what matters, why I renewed my shoulder
injury?

and other videos and articles - getting older doesn't
necessarily mean giving in to age.

You are supposed to get wiser as you get older.

--
Andrzej Rosa 1127R
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