Two words that we often hear is lifespan and healthspan. Lifespan is is simple - the number of years you live. Healthspan, for simplicity, is how well, not necessarily long, you live. Long lifespan with poor health or short lifespan with rich healthspan is not what we want.
Healthspan is basically preserving three elements of life as long as possible
1. Brain - processing speed, short term memory
2. Body- maintain muscle mass , strength, flexibility and freedoms from pain
3. Spirit - sense of purpose
We will talk about point 2 in this thread
1. Brain - processing speed, short term memory
2. Body- maintain muscle mass , strength, flexibility and freedoms from pain
3. Spirit - sense of purpose
We will talk about point 2 in this thread
You should be able to hip hinge, squat, carry, push, shift, pull, rotate with confidence and fluidity. My daily workout routine consists of four parts
1. Tissue preparation - I use foam roller to relax the soft tissues. It takes me around 5-7 minutes.
1. Tissue preparation - I use foam roller to relax the soft tissues. It takes me around 5-7 minutes.
2. Muscle activation - I do dynamic stretching / mobility next. Usually 10 mins of the muscles I will do my main workout of. Like on upper body day will do dynamic stretches for upper body.
3. Loaded Exercise - I do all basic movements that we will need life long.
3. Loaded Exercise - I do all basic movements that we will need life long.
I do simple things and no fancy stuff to showcase my power. And keep increasing load as strength improves. For eg. if I can do 15 push-ups proper, next cycle will load with a 10 kg plate and so on instead of jumping in the air between my push-ups.
4. Last is recovery. If you don’t do do proper recovery, ur body continues to drain energy. Breathing is the most powerful way to directly influence autonomic nervous system. After workout, I lie on my back with feet raised on the bench. Hands on the belly. Breathe into abdomen.
Inhale for 6 seconds. Exhale 8 seconds. Hold for one second. Repeat 10 times. By gaining conscious control of your breathing you will more quickly shift the body back to normal. It accelerates recovery. This whole routine takes me 70-90 minutes.
And I think we all deserve to give ourselves this much time for a better health span and pain free life. Thankfully for last two years I have avoided any form of injury and sickness. Even common cold. Money, no money, old age is painful if u don’t care for urself now.
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