Z health session.

My first Z health workout today and it was very interesting.I know I keep using the same adjective to describe my ( very limited) experiences with it but it's the right word.The more I do it the curiouser and curiouser I get.
As Tim suggested I went off the manual and not the dvd and this was the right choice. I went at my own,very slow, pace and it was much bettter than having to pause the machine all the time. Yet there are movements I dont know how to do right yet so I have more dvd time to do anyway.
It's like a joint mobility type of yoga and much of the stuff is very similar to what I have been doing in my rifga sessions but from a movement standpoint. The rifga stretches were static holds. But the intent of the positions were the same, neutral, square,plumb as wll as mobile , not in pain and loose. AS the reps are low it really appeals to me as well. Brett,"Mr anything over 3 reps is cardio" Jones is at the R Phase cert this week and will love the low rep approach as well, I'm sure.
I definitely feel looser and better right after the session as promised and some shoulder/biceps tendon pain in arm adduction went away pretty well after some backwards arm circles. The things that interest me the most are the ankle, hip ,thoracic, shoulder and elbow work. I can see it paying big dividends fast. Just the knowledge of what ranges of motion the joints should be able to do without pain is worth the cost of the manual.Its a great little no stress workout that anyone can do and it seems to have great potential.
I can really see my older clients LOVING just the basic mobility work,although you REALLY have to be able to concentrate or all bets are off.But, little pieces at a time will go very far I think.
I can also see what they mean by not moving into pain. If you try to do a joint rotation and it hurts everything around it immediately tightens up. When you are coming from such a relaxed state it is very obvious.This ,for the record, is not what happens on the foam roller for me; I get a lowering of tension, not a raise.I wouldnt do it if the painful area got tighter.SO much is dependent on what an individual perceives as painful, which varies greatly. And, when you have truly damaged joints, and the scar tissue, adhesions and stiffness that accompanies them, you still have to stretch, and so do I, so I gotta go get on the floor.

THis is a great start and Geoff will be here next week to take me through some stuff and get the movements sorted out right.Cool.