GMB published a tutorial on the Crow Pose a while back. I started thinking about the Crow Pose as a way of maintaining or even improving shoulder strength in the forward direction, without impacting my clubbell training too much. The clubbell training program that I'm currently pursuing does not forward pressing strength very mush. More about clubbells in another post.
I'd messed with Crow Pose off and on for a while but have never achieved it. So I guess I've arrived at an "on" time again. This time I noticed a major GMB's tutorial - they've added a major update to their training progression! Now it looks like this, with updates in bold:
1. Rock back and forth between toes and hands.
2. Lean forward to place your forehead on the floor and hold position, with feet still on floor.
3. Point toes backward to remove the support of the foot, with head still on floor, working towards pointing the toes of both feet backward.
4. Slowly look up, looking up just a little at first - to remove the support of the head - working on looking up further
I've seen other crow pose/frog stand tutorials, but GMB seems to be the first to have hit on the idea of using the head as an additional support, then gradually removing it as a support as the trainee gains the necessary balance and strength. Kudos to GMB on this updated Crow Pose Tutorial.
I should note that in my eagerness to test myself today, I rushed to the last step of the progression - with both feet pointing backwards, I lifted my head. It was fine for 2 seconds or so, then I felt a sudden sharp pain in the left side of my chest. It might have been gas in my stomach, or it might have been my pectoral muscle suddenly cramping. I don't think it was a heart attack because the chest pain would have lasted minutes instead of seconds; or the pain would have returned after going away. In any case, to play it safe, I'll practice Crow Pose under this updated routine on days that I'm not training with clubbells.
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