This list was generated for review by a physician to determine if any of these should be avoided for now for a specific fitness student who has some lower back issues. Part of the Maintenance Workout series of exercises includes YogaP–A mixture of Yoga postures, functional training, stretching, and strengthening exercises. Sifu is showing the exercise options for a physician’s approval. He is not leading people through an exercise routine.<\/p>\n
These are just some sample exercises that may or may not be incorporated into a person’s APPROVED fitness program, depending on a health professional’s recommendations for a specific person.<\/p>\n
Notice that Sifu is outdoors, seeing the color green (and brown because of Santa Barbara’s long-lasting drought in 2015), and that his bare feet are grounding him to the Earth. MaintenanceWorkout.com<\/p>\n
The physician or health practitioner can go through the list in the video and comment via email on specific movements to avoid or amend for a specific student. They may use the number or the time code in the video. They may also recommend other exercises.<\/p>\n
Many more exercises could be added.
\nOne would not do all of these in one session.<\/p>\n
COMMENTARY ON PERFORMANCE TRAINING VS WELLNESS TRAINING<\/p>\n
I listen to my body. Do you?<\/p>\n
I generally do about 40 to 50′ of on-mat exercises and stretches 4 to 5 mornings per week, perhaps doing 25 or so of these exercises. Then I do an additional 50 to 75 minutes of standing exercises which may include body-weight, bar, balance, posture, strengthening, weight-bearing, overload, inversion, sprinting, or cardio exercises. Only a very small percentage of my morning routine is intense–as in tire flipping, jumping rope, sprinting or handstand push-ups.<\/p>\n
The other 3 to 4 mornings per week I do standing versions of the hip exercises plus additional physical activities. Day six is my hunter-gather hunt: two hours of steady, on-road bicycling or hiking with a stop in the middle for a 50′ standing exercise routine. Day seven might be a day of playful exercise with crawling, climbing, dancing fun and reckless abandon with “safety-awareness”. As I am able, I also play an hour of golf once per week–sometimes it’s an on-course playing lesson with a terrific pro who is a friend.<\/p>\n