In the posterior lower rib cage, the lower posterior aspect would be the last place to compress.

Yeah. Are they still going forward? They just go forward at a slower rate, correct? Okay, so when we talk about a delay strategy, it is an area of expansion that slows the forward progress so something else can move faster. So if I step forward with my left foot, my left foot now becomes anchored to the ground. Okay, it's no longer moving forward, but the rest of me is. You understand? So there has to be a way to slow down. And that is through some measure of expansion, just like a parachute, same concept. So an area will expand. It will increase its volume in that area. Because compressive strategy would push you forward, right?

Okay. Yeah, for sure.

So you're two years out? Yeah. So you're still in consumption mode, right? Everything that you do is based on consumption, because you're building representations and understanding and adding tools. So you need a regular exposure to tools that give you access to the system, right? So that would be your manual skills or anything that would be associated with that. So from a priority standpoint, your continuing education that you pay money for, travel for, probably needs to revolve around tools, okay? The education side of things that will be information-based is to capture perspectives of understanding, right? So I have a perspective of understanding, right? And then there are others. And the more of those that you can understand, the more earned your opinions can be. And then the rest is gap filling as to when somebody says one thing and somebody says another, well, how do you figure out what your answer would be to that? So that's what you invest in. And that's about probably 20% of what you need to be doing, okay? But what I would do to determine like what direction you need to go is what flips your skirt. Okay. What are you interested in? And you start there. I don't think that there's like one way to do this. I think that you sort of have to start with something that gets you excited about something or you're interested in, and then you do that first. And then that sort of leads you to the next thing and to the next thing. I don't think you need a plan. I think you need to start. Because plans never go as planned, right? So you just do something and then you do the next thing and you do the next thing. I don't think there's a right way. Whenever you need a broader understanding, then you go in that direction. So like using anatomy as a representation of something. So sometimes, well, it's not even sometimes. Every student I've ever worked with sucked at anatomy, right? Everybody's really good with like the superficial muscles, right? Everybody knows pecs and lats, glutes, right? All the big stuff that people like to look at. And then it's like they get lost when we start talking about other things, right? When you talk about where things are, It's always good to learn that in context versus trying to do rope memorization. Like don't buy an anatomy app and start just staring at a muscle. You say, why would this muscle do this? And when would it be useful for me to understand what this thing is doing? Like when we talk about a knee, Right? Really cool muscles that influence knees are like the anterior compartment of the lower leg, the vastus lateralis, vastus medialis. And then you can kind of learn stuff about those things. That's how you would accumulate that type of an awareness. But like I said, you just say, okay, what tool excites me? Do that. And then where do I need more understanding? Do I need to understand You know, uh, the influence of pelvis orientation. Okay. And then that's going to lead you to anatomy. And then that's going to lead you to gate. And then that's going to lead you to force production versus range of motion. You see, it just kind of builds out. So, so again, you start with what you're excited about. Do that. And again, it's all based on you. It's like, so, you know, Nikki's excited about one thing, right, Nikki? And then Zach's gonna be excited about something else and neither one is wrong, okay? But I would offer that one of the mistakes that I made very early on is that I tried to remember stuff. And I would say that you need to write. Like anything that you think you understand, anything that you discover, anything that seems like a conflict, anything that becomes a question, you need to write it down. All right because that's going to help organize your brain.

Probably not.

You have three seconds. Listen here it goes.

Oh, yeah. And it's exactly what you're talking about. Like toe touches. She's cranking straight down.

Okay, which way is it narrow? Just curious.

Yeah. Okay, cool. Thank you.

Yes. That makes sense.

Right.

Is that direction that you want this person to go?

Yeah. So you're still in consumption mode, right? Everything that you do is based on consumption, because you're building representations and understanding and adding tools. So you need a regular exposure to tools that give you access to the system, right? So that would be your manual skills or anything that would be associated with that. So from a priority standpoint, your continuing education that you pay money for, travel for, probably needs to revolve around tools, okay?

So I should probably slow the left side down first.

So consider this. The prone position provides an advantage for rectus strategies. You might need to start with prone on elbows. You can use the sideline position to perform the ISA activity to initiate the turn. Then progress to prone. If you reduce the rectus strategy, what else will also be reduced? The criss-cross pattern will follow suit.

Well, there's a couple ways. I mean, depends on where the narrowing is.

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Because it's slowing down too, right? I have to slow down the thorax, I have to slow down the pelvis, I have to slow down the foot, right? So all of those are going to behave similarly. Because if one doesn't, it doesn't, ouch.

Okay. So if I was standing behind you and I shove you, I've compressed you and you will go in the direction that I shove, right? On the other side, it expands and goes in that direction. So, I have to create an area of expansion to actually just slow down a segment of the body. So another segment can move faster to allow me to continue to move in a direction.

No.

So you're still in consumption mode, right? Everything you do is based on consumption because you're building representations and understanding and adding tools. So you need regular exposure to tools that give you access to the system, right? That would be your manual skills or anything associated with that. So from a priority standpoint, your continuing education that you pay for or travel for probably needs to revolve around tools, okay? The education side that's information-based is to capture perspectives of understanding, right? I have a perspective of understanding, and there are others. The more of those you can understand, the more earned your opinions can be. Then the rest is gap-filling—when somebody says one thing and somebody says another, how do you figure out what your answer would be to that? So that's what you invest in, and that's about 20% of what you need to be doing, okay? But what I would do to determine what direction you need to go is what flips your skirt. What are you interested in? You start there. I don't think there's one way to do this. You sort of have to start with something that gets you excited or interests you, and then you do that first. That leads you to the next thing and then the next. I don't think you need a plan; I think you need to start because plans never go as planned. So you just do something and then the next and then the next. I don't think there's a right way. Whenever you need a broader understanding, you go in that direction. For example, using anatomy as a representation of something. Every student I've ever worked with sucked at anatomy—they're good with superficial muscles like pecs and lats and glutes, but get lost when talking about other things. When you talk about where things are, it's good to learn that in context versus rote memorization. Don't buy an anatomy app and just stare at a muscle. Ask why would this muscle do this and when would it be useful for me to understand what this thing is doing? Like when we talk about a knee, really cool muscles that influence the knee are the anterior compartment of the lower leg, the vastus lateralis, vastus medialis. You can learn about those things. That's how you accumulate that type of awareness. But like I said, you just ask what tool excites me and do that.

Okay. Got it.

That makes sense.

OK, so we're talking about like the spinal canal, typically, right? Which way is that narrow? Which way is it narrow?

Yes, I was wondering if we could dive a little bit more into the role that overcoming and yielding strategy, while action respectively, play in recapturing eccentric orientation of musculature. Each plays a role. And where would isometric, traditional isometric activity play in that? I know you're not a fan because it's very poorly defining. What I mean by that is that it's like, in what way? How much of a difference in recapturing eccentric orientation would it be to be at a point in joint excursion where in that point am I trying to go further into excursion? So let's say I would be doing a fly. I would be trying to get my arms together, or I would just stay there, or I would let the weight pull me apart. Do you see what I'm trying to ask here?

Okay, yes. That was helpful. Thank you.

Right.

Forceful is relative to the outcome. It's like, does she need to exhale to create an exhalation strategy? Absolutely. Is this exhalation strategy superficial, where you're squeezing the bejesus out of her, or are you trying to push the outlet up?

Okay. And then where do I need more understanding? Do I need to understand the influence of pelvis orientation? Okay. And then that's going to lead you to anatomy. And then that's going to lead you to gate. And then that's going to lead you to force production versus range of motion. You see, it just kind of builds out. So, so again, you start with what you're excited about. Do that. And again, it's all based on you. It's like, so, you know, Nikki's excited about one thing, right, Nikki? And then Zach's gonna be excited about something else and neither one is wrong, okay?

So, imagine your client is running away from you. They're wearing their favorite pair of blue jeans with two back pockets. You grab the right pocket, which slows them down on that side, but the left side is still moving forward. They're pulling you across the gym with that left leg. To slow them down, would it make more sense to push the right side pocket forward or grab the left side pocket and pull it back?