I'm so glad today is Friday I can't even tell you

[clevermanka]

Breaking Muscle posted an article about movement problems/deficiencies and why we have them. I've never been an athletic person, and apparently this goes back to infancy for me. My mother said I never learned to crawl very well, and I was nearly two before I was walking consistently on my own. Hm. Tragically, it doesn't seem that anyone is teaching any of the movement classes referenced in the article outside of Hungary, Germany, and Sweden.

BRB PLANNING TRIP TO SWEDEN.

I found another highly desirable jacket on that website I linked to yesterday.

I am never going to have any money again. Ever.

Tonight I am incredibly motivated to go to CrossFit, mostly because there's something in the warm-up portion of the WOD called a "Chicken Plucker" and I am dying to know what this is. I'm still a bit crampy, though, so we'll see how I feel come 4:00 this afternoon. BTW, if you ever want to see Crossfit Lawrence's, WODs, they're on their website, here, and they have an archive that goes back several months. It's only recently that they started posting the super detailed daily write-ups, though.

Comments

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Isn't it lucky that you know someone who will most likely soon be living in Sweden so you can visit while taking those movement classes. :D

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I that that exact thing.

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

*licks screen*

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I like that jacket, of course, not as much as the first one. I wonder if they all sort of pull across the underarm/bust like that?
I've already decided that none of them will fit me properly.. NONE, do you *hear* that? and you can't change my mind, so now I can go on without looking again. Right?
Right!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

It's like looking at porn. You see all these incredibly amazing things that get you all excited, but you know in your heart they will never be yours.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

That's exactly it.

[carmy-w.livejournal.com]

You have a point. If it pulls like that in a pic with that woefully thin model, what's it going to do with my linebacker shoulders??

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Granted, it could be the clotheshanger model effect and it looks better on a more padded body.

[bluetourmaline.livejournal.com]

Well, I wear a bunch of them, and most of the time they fit okay, as long as you don't pull your arms and shoulders back too much --- I mean, I wouldn't wear one in strappado position. Not that I've ever tried such a thing...

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

:)

Blouses, jackets and coats are always an issue for fit for me, even though I was being quite facetious up there, I've been "blessed" with an inverted triangle shape and a 30I bust.

[bluetourmaline.livejournal.com]

Okay, then unfortunately, I don't think they will work for you; mine's a mere 34C.

I can sympathize, since I have a common problem with shoes (and those are supposed to be the things where your weight and shape doesn't much matter) - I have apparently an unusually low-set fibula bone, and I know for a _lot_ of gorgeous shoes, if I try them on and they rub in _that_ place, there go my dreams, as there's no hope.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I guess we can at least know that it narrows our options? Heh.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I've been "blessed" with an inverted triangle shape and a 30I bust.

It just looks so weird spelled out like that.

30I. Wow.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I know, but it's really not such a "wow" in true sizing, as you know. Heck, 34DD = 30G
In the newer Freyas, I'm having to go 32H (32FF in Britain) because they are making the bands tighter now.
In the "usual American way, add 5 inches" sizing, the old-fashioned bra fitters tell me I'd be a 36DDD, and that looks more "normal", doesn't it?

ETA: Although, I've seen that Wacoal actually sizes their bands to the 4 inch add, but alas, they don't make the cups large enough for me. :(

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

Ohmigosh, that Breaking Muscle site is awesome! Getting all happy with my feeds now. Tangentially, I adore all things German.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Breaking Muscle and Nerd Fitness are my two fave exercise blogs right now.

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

Also, a googlewhack of "chicken plucker" is pretty alarming. I really should have thought that through before I clicked the Internet.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

HA HA HA HA! I didn't even bother looking.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

AW MY EYES!

(Why did I search?)

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous jackets (and boots and cars and...) is money - the only meaningful thing money can be, anyway.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I understand your sentiment, and if most of my spending money went to boots and cars I wouldn't be so bitter about it. But every time I let myself splurge a little bit (like the last two months on Sherlock stuff and then ConQuesT), I wind up scrabbling for at least a month afterward, trying to figure out how (or if) I can pay for all my out-of-pocket healthcare expenses.

It sucks.

[amjhawk.livejournal.com]

Whoa, thanks for the WOD link! I've been on the lookout for more stuff I can do with just myself, outside, before or after a run. Plenty of new options here.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Have fun!

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

Today's jacket is just a jacket...yesterday's jacket was YOU.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Ha! Thanks.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

It says that they are a partner of FMS, (http://functionalmovement.com/en)the closest one of which to us is in Dallas (http://functionalmovement.com/en/experts), and has some relation to Scott Sonnon's FlowFit.

I'm willing to bet it's also related to Alexander Technique or Feldenkrais, both of which stress going back to fundamentals of movement.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Interesting! I thought a lot of their movements bore a strong resemblance to FlowFit!

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Kinda like the way dance forms have evolved from the roots, I'm willing to bet this is the European branch of those root methods like Feldenkrais.
Have you ever taken Elizabeth Fannin aka Shakira's classes? She bases her bellydance teaching on Alexander Technique.

Funny how it all comes around to be related!