![]() Let’s examine three types of workouts and their goals: And certainly, I know intellectually beyond any doubt that I cannot exercise my way out of a bad diet: see The Exercise to Lose Weight Conundrum. For example, enhancing my social life is not one of my reasons for exercising: see Get A Life. Goals are as misguided as they are cluttered with non-related exercise outcomes. The actual goal of exercise has to be clear. Ask yourself whether the protocol does what it purports, while doing no harm in the process. With that requirement in mind, you can examine the various types of workouts more intelligently. The definition covers the key point that exercise should build strength safely. The positive physiological adaptation to which he refers is strengthening muscle. His definition, which I paraphrase, is: Exercise is a specific activity that stimulates a positive physiological adaptation that serves to enhance fitness without undermining health. Doug McGuff, best defines exercise in accord with my beliefs in his seminal book Body by Science. These definitions are too broad, much like my earlier analogy of the pencil. Is exercise simply “bodily exertion for the sake of developing and maintaining physical fitness” ( Webster’s Dictionary) or “ activity that requires physical or mental exertion, especially when performed to develop or maintain fitness?” ( Free Dictionary) To anoint any one protocol “the perfect workout,” we have to agree on the definition of exercise. Given the wide-ranging definitions for exercise, the prevailing confusion and anarchy in the workout world is no real wonder. The definition of ‘exercise’ is equally broad. If the given definition of a pencil was “a writing instrument,” a pencil could be a charcoal stick, quill, ballpoint pen, even a computer. The core of the problem rests in the definition of exercise. Everyone has a different plan for the perfect workout, many in diametric opposition to one another. An abundance of dramatically different workout protocols claim to be “the perfect workout” and each has its cheerleaders. Though most medical professionals are educated and well intentioned, many are ill informed regarding exercise. Inconclusive medical and scientific studies along with supporting media hype, drive what doctors prescribe, how coaches and personal trainers instruct, athletes train, and the average motivated man or woman engages in working out. MELT is also an education system that simplifies established and new neurofascial science into an adaptable Living Body Model ® that self-empowers and self-educates laypersons in a manner that is fun and engaging to encourage lifelong self-care.Īt InForm Fitness of Northern California we offer MELT as an add on to your one-on-one training, private session with Denise this includes virtual, and an ALL level class on Tuesday evenings from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm.There, I said it and I feel better to have that off my chest. This full-body method of self-care can be customized to your particular needs – from improving performance and decreasing the risk of repetitive stress injuries to eliminating chronic pain, regardless of what’s causing your pain in the first place. ![]() Just 10 minutes of MELT three times a week is all you need to become a Hands-Off Bodyworker ® and reduce the effects of accumulated tension and stress caused by daily living. ![]() The MELT Method ® (MELT ®) is a simple self-treatment designed to help you stay healthy, youthful, and active for a lifetime.
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