Assessing, not Guessing
Written by Mary FitzPatrick Monday, 28 November 2011 17:35
..(or why the rig-ma-roll?)
When your Healthfitz programme begins there are so many forms, and online analysis and postural measurements.... why?
Put simply, and to quote Paul Chek, because 'When you're not assessing, you're guessing.' And do you want to invest in an assessor or a guesser?
To get to where your body is really at - sleep quality, food, digestion, muscular imbalances, postural issues of rounder shoulders or poor core control - assessment is necessary.
As a Human Being, you are here with real experiences every single moment. Stress, strain, worry, sitting all day at your desk, not going for that walk 'cos it's raining - again - (it is Ireland after all), the list goes on. Perhap you don't really feel rested when you wake up in the morning. The sniffly cold is being caught a little more regularly than usual.
If I take you straight to the gym, treadmill, pump iron and make you cry - I'vequite possibly just taken your body and spirit beyond their end point. No return was back there somewhere.
But picture this:
I give you the forms and based on your results you need better quality sleep (which equals good recovery, better energy, better food choices and heck, you say, I'll go walk in the rain!
Your metabolism really would relish more quality protein and fats and hey! Now you don't crave the elevenses biscuit and the chocolate bar at 3 and you're really not going to bite everyone's head off when you get home :)
Posturally, with all that sitting your neck and shoulders are taking the strain of a head that's not fully supported on it's spine, and starting to teeter a little too far in front of your body. But relaxing mobilizations and stretches in the evening, and a tailored gym programme which isn't going to stress out your neck even more will give you back the shoulders and neck you once loved and enjoyed.
And you know, the 'working-in' isn't as easy as it might look from the outside, and quality core and mindful repetitions of your weight training means you now know how best your body works, and you look great and everyone's complimenting you on your look.
Worth all the assessing after all, don't you think?
