Friday, December 4, 2009

Thoughts on 28 days if the Shaolin Workout

So I finished my 28th day yesterday and had a lot of fun doing it.I enjoyed the concept of each day building on the previous one and even the meditations weren't as boring as I thought they might be.For those of you involved in martial arts you'd probably find the movements in this workout to be very basic.However I think anyone could benefit from this as the progressions become more advanced and the whole concept is that everyone no matter how skilled can improve every day.I consider myself very flexible and able to move pretty fluidly thanks to yoga but I still enjoyed this.

So how did it benefit me?In several ways it made me appreciate the need for active flexibility more.Second it gave me some different takes on joint mobility.More specifically I found my upper body wasn't as flexible as I thought but it helped me a lot there especially in the lateral plane of motion.Without focusing on it my speed of movement has increased a lot.The punches and kicks were great and helped improve my power.Overall it's made me feel lighter on my feet and improved my posture.

I would definitely recommend anyone to add this to their training arsenal.It's fun,very effective,and can be done anywhere.Through this and prior experiences I find my practice moving more and more towards training movements and not muscles.Moving more away from weights and more towards mastering my own body.So on to the next adventure!I'll keep you posted on what's up next week.

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