unless you are familiar with the British comedy troupe THE GOONS,
you might not be familiar with WHY feeble ilg was on the Deadmill today for 40 minutes at times literally walking backwards against resistance and WHY ilg considers it important for us 60+’rs …
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Why Is Ilg Walking Backwards?
Well, approaching ilg’s 64th decade while attempting to defend a few winter racing titles and Series Podiums? here is why your feeble Teacher Of Nothing is spending precious workout time literally walking backwards on a Dreadmill (meaning, it’s a treadmill except with resistance – its like pushing a car in neutral)… ilg will break it down as usual since 1981 into the wholistic perspective of Mind, Body, and Spirit:
Mind:
1) walking backwards against resistance on a Dreadmill is literally the definition of the Absolutely Most Boring Thing A Two Legged Being Could Possibly Do… precisely right… which means, probably 99% of ilgs upcoming competition is NOT gonna be doing this during this off season which means? yup, ilg has stored another Spiritual Arrow into my Mental Quiver to unlock during the many m(om)ents of insanely hard Nordic Ski racing this next precious winter (the ONLY TRULY SACRED SEASON…see my book: THE WINTER ATHLETE, by Steve Ilg (Johnson Press, 1991).
2) puts neurological senses into overdrive; forcing or renewing archaic energies from when we were Prehistoric Hunters, often walking backwards to see/sense higher apex predators… have YOU forgotten how to walk backwards?
3) forces us out of our comfort zone to walk backwards..which literally translates to a whole host of wholistic downstream Go(o)dness …
Body:
1) deeply increases functional body strength in the lesser-used lower leg muscle c(om)partments such as tibialis anticus, gastrocnemius, soleus, and the deep fascia of the Achilless
2) enhancement of the strength of the knee joint during locomotive and slight lateral movement (such as Nordic skate skiing)
3) increases deeper fiber recruitment of entire posterior glute/hip/leg chain…
Spirit:
1) just KNOWING that YOU are doing this hella hard and weird thing to condition both Body and Mind will ignite your Spiritual Fiber when you’re 38ks into a 50, ski race and you need S(OM)ETHING to fall back upon in your spiritual quiver? well, guess what?! you’ve spent time in the Pain Cave that anyone in front of you HAS NOT… so GO!!!
2) enhancement of the strength of the cell signaling molecules that service the mitochondrial make up of your endurance? how important of a spiritual strength is that?
3) the absolute spiritual tenacity that arrives fr(om) doing workout like resistance Dreadmilll Backward Walking?
ilg is sorry, yet, just run the affirmation when hurting in your next race: “Who ELSE has trained like this!??!”
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Blessed Be Thy Practice…
Ever Higher…
head bowed
spirit vowed
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