October 13, 2005
ROCK RINGS in the IRON TEMPLE
Okay, listen up Noble WF Warriors; there has been some confusion about how to mount and use the fantastic Rock Rings in some of your Training Prescriptions, most notably for those of you on the Amitabha Workout...
From Upper Left to Right: this is the way the Rock Ring should be slung over a Pull Up bar; whether you have a home gym or take the Rock Rings to a public gym...
Lower Left to Right:
Teacher Ananda is in the bottom position of an Assisted Rock Ring Pull Up using the 'bucket' (largest) holds on the Rock Rings...
Right: The Top Position of an Assisted Rock Ring Pull Up...now, she will lower back down to Bottom Position, hang at arms length, move her hands to progressively smaller and smaller finger holds while doing the Pull Ups....
any wonder why i was able to get Ananda to go from a scared stiff non-climber to cranking off a 5.9 rock climb 200' off the ground? Contact Strength brings utter confidence and inspires Pratyhara during Fear Encounters while climbing. I have cyclecrossers like Student Featherman cranking off Rock Ring Pull Ups for faster shifting and upper body stability on gnarly cycling terrain...
Noble WF Warriors; make no mistake: GENUINE Yoga is about overcoming our Fears, our Stuck Places, going INTO THEM, not around them!
...yoga should NEVER be limited to a yoga mat... the Iron Temple is a FANTASTIC yoga studio, as is a mountain bike, a rock climbing wall, and..washing dishes! it just takes an Open Mind and Clear Seeing to transfer the Sweat from the Yoga Mat into ALL other Physiologic and Lifestyle Disciplines of WF!
WHOLISTIC FITNESS: America's Indigenous Yoga
....waiting out front of the Mainstream since 1982 for the rest of the Western Fitness World to Wake UP!