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Hi ,
Yes, it makes ALL the difference in your workout results: positioning!
My favorite workout routines keep this uppermost in focus: T-Tapp and the Bar Method BOTH accentuate the importance of correct positioning to create exercise intensity and workout results.
You'll find Part Two of my interview with Bar Method founder Burr Leonard in today's Feature Article.
AND if you have missed any of the calls this summer, some of them are available for download right on the Teleseminars page as well.
Welcome to September!
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Complimentary TeleSeminars on the calendar:
September 8, 2009: Burr Leonard, Creator of the Bar Method Studios and Workout.
 Topics: 1) body sculpting: how to target the muscles that are most responsible for changing the shape of your body; 2) why safe workouts give the best results.
September 16, 2009: Carrie Pierce, skin and beauty specialist.
Topics: "Beauty is an inside job - Part 2!
September 22, 2009: Dr. Carolyn Dean, MD, ND,
Topics: The doctor of the future is here! Join me on this informative call with Dr. Carolyn Dean and find out why she is my dream doctor - and get a jumpstart on her Natural Health Prescription from the future - now!
If you have missed previous TeleSeminars, some are available for listening HERE.
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Body Sculpting with the Bar Method: interview with Burr Leonard part 2
by Lani Muelrath, M.A.
Here, Burr elaborates upon the reason behind the extraordinary body-shaping power of the Bar Method technique.
 Lani: I know that we could have plenty of conversation about the process of how you're teaching. But I also wanted to cover some of the other items, like the physicality of it.
What is it about the Bar Method
that shapes women's bodies as it does? Because you can walk into a Bar
Method class and either everybody who has that body shape is coming to
your classes, or they get it because they come to your classes. So
what is your explanation about how it targets body shaping so well?
 Burr: Well, we target the muscles that play the biggest role in changing the shape of the body.
We recognize that
shaping is a positioning activity. It's...if you're not in position,
you're not getting the results, and therefore it's impossible to teach
a whole class and just go "rahrahrah!" You have to have the teaching
technique in place and help teach the students how to isolate the
muscle, find it, and use it.
And as we've been discussing,we developed that teaching technique around our exercise workout, so
that all the students get a chance to find those muscles. And
especially the muscles in the back of the body. We're talking about
muscles that not only play a great role in changing the shape
of the body - some of our largest muscles are in the back of our body:
the triceps, the glutes, the hamstrings, and the calves.
A lot of
systems kind of play lip service to them because they're on the back
side, so out-of-sight out-of-mind.
Number two,
because we evolved from 4-legged creatures and stood up straight, and
became very visual, we are intrinsically out of touch with these
muscles. I can, ah, tell a student to pull with the seat and they'll
pull with something completely different!
Because they can't see their back sides, they can't find the muscle. And so we use, again, our teaching technique to help students discover that muscle and wake it up - and change it.
Number three, level of intensity. Level of intensity is something that the exercise world is recognizing
more and more. It's important in fitness. I think years ago we
thought walking was fine, because it burned calories. But intensity
stimulates the body to generate youthfulness, growth hormone...intensity
is important.
So again, what we do is positioning.
Intensity can't be achieved by just doing more reps or making the music
louder or making it more aerobic. It has to be achieved by getting
into that muscle, using the rest of the body as an anchor, and holding
onto that muscle until it's shaking and burning.
And going back to
our technique of teaching people how to get into that muscle and then
guiding them both mentally, physically, and emotionally through that
experience gives people the ability to change their bodies really very
quickly.
Lot's more where this came from...stay
tuned! In the meantime, remember you can hear talk about all of this,
and more, in person on the September 8 TeleSeminar.
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Holistic Fitness Lifestyle Coach Lani Muelrath, M.A., specializes in helping women succeed in their w*eight
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