I'm kidding.

No, that's your question. Go ahead.

So I would like to understand how different is fluid shift to shape change? Or if it's just the same thing where I am right now thinking of fluid shift as localized adjoint and shape changes.

I've been waiting to say this for a long time.

Wonderful. Great. I'm happy to ask.

Empty your mind, become formless, shapeless, like water. You pour water, you pour water into the bottle, it becomes the bottle, you pour water into the teapot, it becomes the teapot, you pour water into the cup, it becomes the cup. Now water can flow and it can crash. What a life. Okay. So whatever the shape is, that's what I'm pushing it in to create the shape to produce the outcome.

Okay, Mr. Lee.

You pour water into the bottle, it becomes the bottle. You pour water into the teapot, it becomes the teapot. You pour water into the cup, it becomes the cup. Water can flow and it can crash. Whatever the shape is, that's what I'm pushing it into to create the shape to produce the outcome.

Period.

So when you say what one is it, it's like, yes. Not an either or it's not an either or it's just a yes. It's like, yes, that's how it works. Right.

Yeah.

It's not an either-or; it's just a yes. That's how it works. Right.

Well, it's more a matter of figuring out how and where they fit—how macro one is and how micro another is. So throughout someone's movement, there's a little bit of fluid shift within muscle, within fascia, within capsule, and that sum will create the shape change we observe.

Okay, cool. You have to appreciate that that is shape change.

Yes, indeed. That's how we move.

That's like... It's the only way. We have spaces where the fluid compartment might be larger and therefore there's a bigger shift of fluid in that area that produces what appears to be a larger shape change. Right? So when I bend my elbow, If we're just looking inside the elbow joint between the bones. Okay. Where does the, where does the water go out?

It's the only way.

We have spaces where the fluid compartment might be larger and therefore there's a bigger shift of fluid in that area that produces what appears to be a larger shape change. Right? So when I bend my elbow, if we're just looking inside the elbow joint between the bones. Okay. Where does the water go out? The water goes out. It goes towards the cause. So when you move like this, what direction are you moving? They go, well, you're moving towards you. No, it's moving that way. That's the expansion. That's the direction that the elbow is actually moving that way because I'm compressing here.

The water goes out.

It goes towards the cause. So when you move like this, you go, what direction are you moving? They say, well, you're moving towards me. No, it's moving that way. That's the expansion. That's the direction that the elbow is actually moving that way because I'm compressing here.

Yeah, I get that.

You see it?

Yeah.

Yeah. Cool.

Very enlightening. Thank you.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. I have neuro coffee in hand and it is perfect. All right. Digging into a very busy Tuesday. Just wrapped the Intensive 16 over the weekend. That was fun. Great group of people had a great time. Intensive 17 prep starts today. So we're rolling right into the next one. So again, very, very busy. So we're going to dig straight into today's Q&A. This was Christian's question about improving balance and preventing falls in an older population. The number one reason for this is we have to restore power output. We talk about how we do that. The cool thing about this is that the principle holds regardless of population in regards to power output. We just have to look at it in context and within the individual's capabilities. So whether we're working with high-level athletes or the older population, we approach this from the same principled standpoint. We're just going to be developing power output in a different context and for different reasons. Christian, this is a very helpful question for many students coming out of school. If you know a student working in extended care facilities with older populations or if you have older clientele in your fitness training facility, you'll find this question very useful. Again, thank you Christian. If you would like to participate in a 15-minute consultation, please go to askbillhartman@gmail.com, put '15 minute consultation' in the subject line so I don't delete it. We will arrange that at our mutual convenience. Don't forget to include your question in the email. Everybody have an outstanding Tuesday and I will see you tomorrow.

Okay, and then my original question that I had written is regarding just improving balance in the older population. Because with general school, they start with a wide base of support, narrow it, tandem, put them on an unstable surface, that kind of thing. Is that a similar strategy that you go about, or do you prefer it? I didn't think so. Why do they fall? I guess most of the time they're too far forward, they've lost relative motions.

Okay, you definitely have a loss of relative motion, right? The fastest way to protect the elderly population from falling is to increase power output. Power output. Now, the question is why is that the solution? And I'm not saying you don't do all other stuff. I'm just saying the fastest way. Because I can do it in a single session. If your center of gravity suddenly falls outside of your base of support, what is your response? Take a step. Old folks can't take a step. They're not fast enough. Why aren't they fast enough?

Okay.

They're not fast enough. Why aren't they fast enough?