One aspect of exercise that often gets missed is how we transition our body from one exercise to the next … keeping the body fit is one part, keeping the brain fit is another.
We’re often in a rush to get ‘er done… and move onto the next exercise.
Especially if you do things like circuit training, when there’s a line of people waiting on the machine you’re on at a gym.
Switching speeds is another part of the exercise game… and it’s a brain changer too.
Most of the time when we’re exercising, we’re in our cerebellum doing learned movement so we can get to the next learned movement pattern.
Do we ever consider how we move from one exercise to the next?
What is really involved with your whole being?
How did you get there? Did the right foot lead… was your arm leading you…
Or was it your head moving first when you arose from a seated position?
Whatever you did, what does it feel like merely to get into the next exercise position?
Somatically speaking… this is the “body experienced from within”… sensing the way in between movements takes you to another part of your brain.
The brain which actually can plan a movement.
Getting in that gap… changing what your brain does… adds another aspect to exercise that we might not have considered otherwise.
Just for fun…
Do what you normally do for an exercise routine by going through the motions…
Stay more focused on what’s going on between each of your exercises.
What are your tendencies…
What are your movement habits?
How do you… do your move to next thing?
Being aware of a particular exercise is just part of how we can improve our health through movement.
People who practice somatics exercises… feel what’s going on in the un-exercise moments of movement and play the in-between game for the health of the body and the brain.
