Bulletproofbodies S F Fit Support The Summer Fan Dance

                       

This coming weekend 7^th & 8^th of July 2018 Bulletproofbodies are proud to provide Physio support for the Summer Fan Dance.

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This challenge comes in varying levels of difficulty:

The Fan Dance Test: The original 24km SAS Test march

The Fan Dance Double Tap Challenge: two Fan Dance attempts over as many days

Fan Dance Exercise High Moon: A Fan Dance staged at night over an enhanced route

Fan Dance Black Edition: The Fan Dance followed by Fan Dance Exercise High Moon or vice versa. There is a rest period of several hours between the two

Fan Dance Trident: Our most demanding Fan Dance challenge. The Fan Dance followed by Fan Dance High Moon and then another Fan Dance.

The Fan Dance Woodhouse Edition: The original post WWII Fan Dance with three ascents of Pen y Fan via two new approaches and an enhanced route. Standard Fan Dance veterans only.

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For more information the link is below:

http://www.thefandancerace.com/index.html

To all the amazing athletes we met this weekend, the Bulletproofbodies Team salutes you.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWNKHzQTAw1TZWiB15diGRg

Fan Dance Summer.. The toughest event in the UK!

               

This weekend 7^th / 8^th July 2018 sees endurance athletes from all over the UK complete the legendary Fan Dance in the Brecon Beacons.

As usual the Bulletproofbodies Team will be there to support all athletes and Directing Staff for this amazing Endurance event;

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But what does it mean to experience the Fan Dance?

In our artificial world of mortgages, smart phones and the incessant chatter of the voice in the head, there is an urgent need to return to the simple raw intensity of man against nature: the human will pit against an unapologetic and silent adversary of rock and earth.

Sweat prickling the forehead and soaking the back, straps digging into the shoulders and the primitive urge to suck in the next breath and keep going smother out everyday concerns.

The glorious feeling of the body working to its maximum capacity washes over you, jockeying for position with dozens of other competitors makes your heart feel as though it is attacking the inside of the rib cage.

Fully dilated pupils drink in the richness of the surroundings as you pound up the mountain, scalding heat bursts through the leg muscles and the hypnotic rhythm of gravel underfoot and urgent breathing echoes around you.

This is what it means to be alive: the vital and overwhelming awareness of the present moment thrust onto you by straining lungs and aching limbs. 

This is what it means to do The Fan Dance.

It's not over until you have had your first Official Fan Dance Ale!

For more information the link is below:

http://www.thefandancerace.com/index.html

To all the amazing athletes we met this weekend, the Bulletproofbodies Team salutes you.

Bulletproofbodies will see you on the hill!

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Video: https://www.youtube.com/user/RichOReganTV

Scientific Core Training

                

This weekend I was on the Scientific Core Conditioning class at the European CHEK institute.

I have not done anything to do with the CHEK institute for 15 years, so it was nice to return to the sytem that inspired me to become a Physiotherapist.

Our instructor was Leigh from BodyCHEK, in London.

The course was full of Fitness Professionals revising the core muscles and learning new exercises.

The exercises involve a cable machine, a Swiss ball, A wooden Dowel, some string a pressure biofeedback cuff and of course the Tornado ball!

There has been lots of criticism of Core Stability over the last 20 years.

The Myth of Core stability article by Leaderman is a classic example of this. Where Core stability is described as a "reductionist fantasy."

What was great about about this weekend was the integration into functional movement.

We were not just lying on our backs playing with the pressure bio-feedback cuffs.

There was a very quick integration into four point kneeling, kneeling, standing then standing on a single leg.

We rely on 10 sets of 10 second holds for us to say a patient has successfully grasped the concepts of core stability. 

But is this enough?

Of course not, but it is that transition from Pilates style exercise on the floor into Deadlifting and Resisted Rotational Movement with the core engaged.

Core stability provides the support for all dynamic movement, but how much stability training do we actually do?

After all, 

"You can't fire a cannon from a canoe!"

Video: https://www.youtube.com/user/DSWFitness

Paul Chek, Totem Poles & Chronic Pain

                   

                 

We conclude our week of discussing the “Ghost in the machine” paper by Paul Chek and Matt Wallden.

In this video Paul talks about his unique methods of assessment and how this leads him to be more successful because of this holistic approach.

We explore the Totem Pole "top down" assessment method used by Chek practitioners.

Paul has been successful where other Therapists have not, including treating Healthcare Professionals themselves.

Paul discusses his Athletic and Clinical History.

There is an excellent summary of the Totem Pole by British Physio Kieran Macphail, you can read that on the link below:

https://kieranmacphail.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/the-hierarchy-of-survival-reflexes-a-summary-of-the-evidence/

For more information about The Chek institute go to the Chek Europe Website:

 http://chekeurope.com/

  Video: https://www.youtube.com/user/PaulChekLive

Want to get Fit? Start with your thoughts

                   

If you want to get fit, then start with your thoughts!

This may sound a bit strange but mental health is the first of the CHEK Holistic lifestyle principles.

The average person has 80,000 thoughts per day.  Of those thoughts, 80% of them are negative.  

We can control the "health" of our thoughts through practice.

We must train our minds as well as our bodies.

Meditation is a great way to do this.

However, if you are a Physically Active, get things done person you are less likely to spend your time, "doing nothing."

But, for busy and physically active people, it is we who could benefit the most from this.

 The CHEK principles:

1. Thoughts / Emotions

2. Breathing habits

3. Hydration

4. Food

5. Sleep

6. Exercise

Join Matt and Paul for their Webinar this Thursday 28th June:

    https://chekinstitute.com/ghost-in-the-machine-webinar/

For more information about The Chek institute go to the Chek Europe Website:

  http://chekeurope.com/

I will see you in the Webinar this Thursday.

For more information about The Chek institute go to the Chek Europe Website:

 http://chekeurope.com/

I will see you in the Webinar this Thursday.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/user/PaulChekLive

Q&A with Paul Chek & Matthew Wallden

                    

Paul and Matt answer questions by applying the CHEK principles.

The CHEK principles:

1. Thoughts / Emotions

2. Breathing habits

3. Hydration

4. Food

5. Sleep

6. Exercise

You can access the article for a limited amount of time on the following link:

           https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1360859218300871

      

Join Matt and Paul for their Webinar this Thursday 28th June:

    https://chekinstitute.com/ghost-in-the-machine-webinar/

For more information about The Chek institute go to the Chek Europe Website:

  http://chekeurope.com/

I will see you in the Webinar this Thursday.

For more information about The Chek institute go to the Chek Europe Website:

 http://chekeurope.com/

I will see you in the Webinar this Thursday.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/user/PaulChekLive

The Authors of Ghost in the Machine are Matt Wallden and Paul Chek

Get to Know the Authors of Ghost in the Machine

                    

The Authors of "Ghost in the Machine" are Matt Wallden and Paul Chek.

In this Video you can get to know both Paul and Matt, how they met and why they continue to work together.

Matt is an Osteopath as well as a CHEK practitioner.

Matt discusses why he became a CHEK practitioner and how he integrates this is his practice and this academic writing.

The article "Ghost in the Machine" is available for a limited time at the link below:

            https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1360859218300871

     

Join Matt and Paul for their Webinar this Thursday 28th June:

    https://chekinstitute.com/ghost-in-the-machine-webinar/

For more information about The Chek institute go to the Chek Europe Website:

  http://chekeurope.com/

I will see you in the Webinar this Thursday.

For more information about The Chek institute go to the Chek Europe Website:

 http://chekeurope.com/

I will see you in the Webinar this Thursday.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/user/PaulChekLive