First off, I am super proud to announce that the GiryaGirl.com Official Podcast is now Officially on iTunes! My maternal grandfather will be amused to know that the management software behind the whole thing is something I found churches using to put their Sunday sermons on iTunes. It’s a pretty neat and incredibly simple system. So simple in fact that I thought I’d set it up incorrectly or was missing something… nope! It’s totally not a big deal to get a podcast set up on iTunes after all, if you know what to do. The podcast does have it’s own little site equipped with disqus commenting but I won’t be doing too much over there other than using it to feed iTunes… but we will be discussing the podcasts over here of course too. The next one will make you hungry… going to warn you about that right now.
Recently a lot of outdoor training has been happening around here… and for some reason I’ve been more intrigued than before with the shoulder headstand. For quite a while I was actually afraid of practicing these… the small base of support and the lack of ways to overcome the move with just brute strength were just a few of the reasons that I had previously shied away from this fun and useful headstand variation… here’s a secret… I even did no-hands headstands (with wall support) before really working on these! Now I like kicking up into them, lifting up into them with either straight or bent legs, and either coming down legs first OR turning it into a kind of forward roll. I like how the move feels completely effortless once everything is “lined up”. That video should also explain why I’ve been spotted around town with pieces of grass on me.
On that same day I had helped RKC Team Leader Laurel Blackburn record a follow-along video about her mobility warmup sequence. It’s very cool and something that nearly everyone can use… I like that it is so accessible, and has been used in her classes with people of all fitness levels to great effect. Click here for the RKC Blog Post with Laurel’s mobility video.
Also, be sure to check out the recent post by Convict Conditioning author, Paul Wade on the PCC Blog– he outlines a training template that I very VERY much agree with… especially for intense advanced calisthenics. Learn about the Hartigen Method (starts about 1/3 in the post).
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