Are You Stronger Than A 67 Year Old Lady?
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Jolie Bookspan, M.Ed, PhD, FAWM
At around the 25 second mark of this short movie, enjoy the reaction of the student who will appear at right.
Leslie holds straight neutral spine position. She does not let her lower spine sag, or her head and neck sag downward. To see a movie to practice how to change overarched hyperlordotic sagging spine to neutral spine for pushups, click Fast Fitness - Strengthen by Changing Your Plank.
Leslie says hello to all the readers and that she is strong with such great positioning due to my classes and emphasis on being able to hold up your own body weight in healthful positioning for regular daily life. I hope to post more of Leslie's and other students' happiness and strength.
Bookmark this post. Open it every day and do your 30 pushups with Leslie.
Movie © copyright taken by Dr. Jolie Bookspan
Labels: abdominal muscles, aging, arm, hip strength, neutral spine, readers inspiring story, strength, video/movie
6 Comments:
At Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:38:00 AM,
Unknown said…
Wow! I'm 45 and I can't beat her. I'm working harder on push-ups now!
At Saturday, March 22, 2008 5:23:00 AM,
Tom Millward said…
That is very impressive
At Friday, March 28, 2008 4:37:00 PM,
Anonymous said…
I cannot be surprised by this, given the pure genius of your approach. You mention that you have been working with this wonderful lady, over time. I shall have the privilege of being in your class in just a few weeks, too. My question is whether students ever show up to class executing your online stretches INcorrectly, such that you find their errors, during class, and they then go on to heal. I have surgeons telling me I will be paralyzed if I don't get fusion surgery very soon; I'm furiously attempting to forestall the knife by trying your stretches (for neck pain); but I get worse daily. Will there be time in class for you to help me figure out where I'm doing myself harm? Thanks!
At Tuesday, April 01, 2008 1:36:00 PM,
Jolie Bookspan, M.Ed, PhD, FAWM said…
Thank you Rojzen for your good words and insightful questions. The student, Leslie, now does 35 and we will have to get that filmed before she moves up to 40.
Do students show up "executing the stretches" incorrectly? Every day. More e-mails arrive daily how they do the stretches, and the best word describing them seems to be "execute" since they are murdering them. A post already in progress is tentatively titled "Yes, You're Doing It Wrong." Simple changes make them comfortable, and achieving the purpose of the stretch. My goal is to get people to understand and do the purpose, not just "do" a stretch. If the purpose is to lengthen and loosen an area and restore straight position, but they just want to "do" a stretch, they will tighten, pinch, crane, strain, force, hunch their shoulder, jut their chin, hold their breath, round their back… then check it off as "done." People do their rehab stretches this way all the time, then news stories comes out saying stretching and exercise may not stop injury and no one knows why.
Will there be time in class for me to see and improve what you're doing? Yes, that is a large part of class. I show many visuals of how movements harm, then you can understand how to not perpetuate it when you try each thing in class.
Fusion is huge surgery. Ask them what is their basis for such a drastic claim - both that paralysis will occur and that the worst-case surgery is called for. Check the post Studies Say Back Surgery Not Needed.
I see you are on the class roster for both April 12 classes. Two students are flying in from India to take it, and more from England and other countries. The director of the University classes is taking it (so this time I can be sure the computer will work :-) Will be fun.
At Monday, April 07, 2008 2:17:00 PM,
Unknown said…
I am surprised by this. I am in the Navy and part of our bi-annual PFA(physical fitness assesment) is pushups. Most women do not do well with it. As a matter of fact I have not seen a woman over 35 do more than 25 pushups. Those who do (and I am sure there are many, I just don't know about) are not the norm that is for sure.
Very cool.
At Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:57:00 PM,
Jolie Bookspan, M.Ed, PhD, FAWM said…
Hello Mr. Bob, all my students get the needed physical skills and mindset to do this, and live in a way so that is it normal.
The thing that is different is that my students learn how to move properly in normal daily life. When they apply it, body and mind strengthening is the norm, and continually strengthened and reinforced during all activity. When properly understood and done, pushups hold the same neutral spine that you need for real life movement.
I have young men who begin in my classes and are unable to do pushups. They also improve.
Also, the commenter above, " Rojzen" took the one-day workshop on Fixing Pain, and is now improving steadily.
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