Creative Exercising

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lol

I’ll only show the video if I’m successful at the trick, and unfortunately I was planning on wearing a Hazardous materials suit and a beekeepers hat. :smiley: :stuck_out_tongue:

on topic:
when I have to put envelopes away (the shelves are on the floor and I usually sit or use a low twisted stance to stock those shelves) lately I’ve been trying to cartwheel backwards (capoeira style) to stand back up. It probably looks ver very bad, but It seems like i’m getting pretty good at it.

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  1. getting a swing off it for a dismount…
  1. when you land from the dismount, tyou can further develop your leg strength and balance a little by landing on one leg, and bringing the other round in an arc over the top of the rail before you put it down…
  2. the monkey swing… on the way up the escalator, try swinging two or three steps.

I have not, I’m shy :smiley:

  1. The Horse Stance Method. Many people practise static horse stance but don’t really try using it moving. Getting out of your chair is a great opportunity! Look at how you normally get out of your chair… normally people put their feet a little back, towards the base of the chair to provide more vertical leverage to stand up. Well instead, try keeping your knees at 90 degrees forming a square with the floor and your back straight, and stand straight up. Make sure you don’t stick your butt out, or lean forward when you stand, and try not to use your hands for extra momentum. Surprisingly difficult to do it with speed and lightly enough to be able to move away from the seat smoothly!

Nice, I like that just because I get in and out of my chair so much during the work day.

lately I’ve been trying to cartwheel backwards (capoeira style) to stand back up.

ditto :slight_smile:

It probably looks ver very bad, but It seems like i’m getting pretty good at it.

ditto! :smiley:

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one more

I do this a LOT.

only good if your chair has arms - lift yourself up using your arms so you’re hovering over your chair. pull your knees up to your chin and tuck your feet underneath you, ‘indian’ style is easiest, kneeling style sitting on your feet is harder.

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sheesh, must be nice to have jobs where you don’t do any real work.

“250 chair set up”

Take 250 metal folding chair and set them up in 10 rows of 25.

{about chair 120}

oh, wait, they just called and need those chairs set up in a different room in another building 300 yds away, and they moved the meeting up by 30 minutes so we now only have 10 minutes to break 120 chairs down, move them across campus and set them all up again.

I do however have a one-handed-whip-action-fajing-thingie where i pick the chair up and snap it open and set it down with one hand

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try from sitting, almost like a tricep dip yet you suspend your legs in front of you, and no dipping, get it? like a v sit on your hands. also for you janitorial or fast food people, mopping is easier going forward in a bow and arrow stance. you can also try standing meditation with small wristweights.

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I also liked “Enhancing Martial Arts Performance Using Cables”
By Louis Kiss, found in the hard copy of the March/April Kung Fu Tai Chi magazine. It isn’t in the on-line format (I checked) but it was a good read. It is well worth the $4 to buy it if you don’t have a subscription.

The article details how to use simple, inexpensive medical tubing to get a weight-lifting quality work out with out needing the wieghts. I have started putting a set in my work bag to use when I have down time or need a pick-me-up energy wise. Takes only minutes, and dosen’t take much space. :slight_smile: