I can’t pinpoint when it happened. I’ve always liked walks. But then I guess stuff got in the way.
Somehow I went from enough walking and general activity to not anywhere close to enough. Desk jockeying, office work, or whatever you want to call it, is the big contributor.
But I’d say there is a strange transition that happens once you are out of school and into adult life…and then marriage, mortgage, and kids.
In any case, my walking suffered and I’m embarrassed to tell you the number of steps I slipped down to.
But then something changed:
- One, my heart was getting weak and I was getting anxiety. Covid didn’t help.
- Two, I read the Warrior’s Way by Jon Hansen.
It was the insight I needed.
Isometric structure.
Now I see it in strong people everywhere. And I’m twice as strong as I was.
I just bounded up the stairs holding my 60 pound daughter in my left arm, light on my feet.
I’m realizing that I’ve had bad posture for a long time. At least since 2007 and probably way earlier.
The key I was missing is that holding your posture is hard work, but it pays off because it makes everything in your body function better. And holding your body up with muscles instead of slumping into tendons and ligaments makes you feel like a cat–athletic and coordinated.
In fact, I think that the entire world could transform if people adopted a 30 minute daily brisk walk held in isometric structure.
The forthcoming Baseline Fitness ebook addresses this and also some simple diet measures you can take. The sort of 80/20 of diet.
Anyway, sharing here some videos on Isometric structure. These are from several months ago and my awareness has gone much deeper from when these videos were shot. Either way, if you put this thought into your mind that posture is work, and the work is good and has a high ROI…a really high ROI…well, then you’ll have the proper attitude to begin.
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