MOTIOns of the day - Path.1

Within the endless fitness and training philosophies present today, most focus solely on linear or slightly curved movement patterns that go from point A to point B, and sometimes point C and D.

From whatever point the movement starts is the first position and to the place the movement ends is the second position, across which we have the movement’s PATH.

It is essential to diversify the paths of movement we practice so that when obstructed with or presented an obstacle or movement in our day to day - we are able to access other ways of adapting our body to this obstacle. We can also have circulatory or myofascial tissue - internally related - obstacles which do not remedy except under dynamic, varied paths.

Often our body will adapt and harden to one style of movement but be totally stumped as soon as a squat under the weight of groceries to pick up our keys tweaks our knee because our spine couldn’t bend just a certain way sideways in a squat. By looking at the path of our movement in training and asking ourselves if we can move more diversely, we open up the potential for STRONG AND FLUID movement. Perhaps it is in vaulting over a box in 10 different ways and not just one. Perhaps it is in stretching out with less linearity in our forward folds and overhead reaches. You create the path, OR the obstacles and environment creates the path.

Intention: Consider the path of your day to day movement and get curious: How can I add more curves, diagonals, laterals, rotations, and more kinds of shapes to my locomotive movement & to my mobility movement. (The strength work comes in time, focus mostly here)