In this video I share my philosophy about fitness and how it applies to improving the quality of movement in the human body. Being able to move well is altogether very different from being able to move at all.<\/p>\n
Everyone who is in generally good health can move. By move I mean we all bend, twist, lower our bodies, raise our bodies, push pull, and we locate.\u00a0 And we do all of this maintaining balance and may have some degree of resistance, like carrying a box of old books up to the attic.<\/p>\n
What is significant about the human body is that we know all about \u201cmotor learning<\/em>\u201c. If you are a parent you have watched your own children\u2019s motor skills improve as they grow up.\u00a0 The take home point is that no one on this green earth is born with these skills. Motor learning<\/strong> happens through repetition.\u00a0 Look at elite athletes for example. They practice simple things over and over and over again until they are instinctive.<\/p>\n I also believe that in spite of our physical abilities, everyone of us finds a way to function in this world. We manage to walk from point A to point B if that\u2019s what we need to do on a regular basis.\u00a0 Some people need a wheel chair, and some have artificial limbs, but nearly everyone finds a way to function with what they have.\u00a0 It\u2019s all about learning and practicing.<\/p>\n What we do on a regular basis becomes the foundation of our movement \u201cprogram\u201d in that our bodies become very good at learning all of the activities that we do on a regular basis.\u00a0 The more you play, the better you get at playing. So \u201cmotor learning\u201d makes perfect sense, right?<\/p>\n But that doesn\u2019t mean that we don\u2019t have dysfunction, asymmetry, or even some degree of pain in our movements.\u00a0 It just means that we are the sum toll of what we do with frequency.\u00a0 What is amazing is how the human body will adapt to what ever we ask it to do with repetition.<\/p>\n When it comes to everything else like learning a trade, learning how to read music, learning how to speak a foreign language, or learning how to become a better online marketer, the autonomic nervous system is not being addressed the same way to the same degree.\u00a0 Gaining knowledge requires an intentional pursuit of knowledge.<\/p>\n When we are babies and once we learn to walk our parents don\u2019t enroll us in walking school or running school.\u00a0 We figure that out on our own and the more we move as kids the better our chances of becoming athletes as we grow older. And even if we don\u2019t become athletes, kids that played sports and were more physical develop better movement patterns through life as they become older adults.<\/p>\n Whether we are moving our bodies or challenging our minds, we must always be striving towards being physical and engaging our brains with new information that challenges us. That is why it is important to maintain an open mind and be willing to try new things.<\/p>\n A recent study has showed that gym class contributes to an increased ability to learn. And yet when you look around they are devaluing gym class left and right.\u00a0 I am quite certain that wherever this is happening it is being driven by forces that don\u2019t value the relationship between the cognitive and the physical and that budgets and spending are taking precedent.\u00a0 It\u2019s just a shame.<\/p>\n As we grow older it is really important to realize that you can slow down the aging clock. There are SO many things you can do. I\u2019m going to save that for another blog post<\/a> or two, but for now let\u2019s focus on this simple message.<\/p>\n Every day you should get some physical exercise, eat healthy and nutritious meals, and read a book to learn something new everyday. My own philosophy is closely tied in with the Empower Networks 8 core values.\u00a0 That\u2019s one of the reasons that attracted me to move my blog to this platform. I wanted to reach a bigger audience and I wanted to be around like-minded people.<\/p>\nThe learning is in the repetition. It\u2019s autonomic.<\/h2>\n
But What About Learning Other Skills?<\/h2>\n
We must never stop learning!<\/h3>\n