Helping to achieve beneficial movement is the basis for each exercise itself.

Forward Bends are wonderful because they loosen a tight knee, leg, hip, or back muscles and thus promote freedom of movement in general. Chest Curls are excellent for developing chest muscles and for sensing a straight upper back.

Consider the Low Walk, one of Falk’s central exercises. The movement pattern of this exercise is superb. The feet must operate with a strong heel-toe movement. The knees and legs move forward with a good flex. The back is strengthened, the head is up, goes deep into many elements of walking. All this action reinforces good walking patterns.

Beneficial movement influences all of Falk’s exercises.

For instance, with an exercise involving the feet, the feet are usually straight ahead. With the back, the weight is moved directly forward, or backward. In rotational movements, say the Wrist Curls, the rotation is at right angles to the supporting part of the body, much the rotation of a wheel on its axis.

Now consider riding a ten-speed bicycle. For the feet, knees, and legs, the exercise is fine. But for the back, shoulders, and arms, not so. The back and arms are kept in a relatively rigid position and the shoulders tend to be hunched. To ride a bicycle to full benefit. Some care should be taken reduce these effects, for example, paying attention to keeping the shoulders relaxed. As movement, as recreation, as fun, cycling is excellent. As corrective or beneficial exercise, cycling does not hold up.

The basis on beneficial movement leads to another point.

A good exercise will always make one better afterwards.

There will be no question. A good exercise id good, period. And more of a good exercise is better. If you try Dumbbell Swings for 5 minutes, your arms will feel loose and lighter. If you try Dumbbell Swings for 15 minutes, your arms may seem like a rag, but they will feel even better.

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Disclaimer:

I am not a qualified physician. As with all exercise programs, when using these routines and examples shown, you need to use common sense. To reduce and avoid injury, you may want to check with your doctor before beginning any fitness program. By performing these exercises, you are performing them at your own risk. Theoryofexercise.com will not be responsible or liable for any injury or harm you sustain as a result of this information shared on this website.