Wholistic Fitness

INTERNAL FLOATATION; Don’t Collapse Your Cycling Posture, Empower It!



” When we internally float our postures with turbine like breath, we are in �attack� mode more often instead of �survival� mode,” says Coach Ilg, “to me, attacking on the bike means attacking the ego that limits our magnificence.” From a new book in progress by Coach, HIGH PERFORMANCE YOGA� FOR CYCLISTS. Photo by Ananda.

�Internal floatation� is a natural, fluid state of inner mobility and support based upon conscious, empowered breathing. When we are internally supported on the bike, we have a very powerful infrastructure that transfers power and endurance through a mobile core – abdominals, hips, and lower back – into the pedals. This all important midsection region is also known in sport sciences as the Power Chain Musculature or ‘PCM.’ Surprisingly however, most conventionally trained cyclists have little idea of how to deliver maximum energy from their PCM. The key lies in what yogis have practiced for several thousand years; internal floatation through conscious breathing. When internally supported, our breath becomes a turbine; it creates a fusion of powerful breath and physiology that expresses action from the inner toward the outer. The most powerful animals on our planet always move this way, think of a gorilla or a cheetah and you can sense how powerfully they move while their ‘core’ remains centered. Most cyclists are overly concerned with developing what I call their ‘externals’, i.e., leg strength, thigh power, pedal cadence, etc. As a result, overdeveloped hip flexors and virtually nonexistent hip extensors create biomechanical imbalance which restricts the most important aspect inherent to cycling performance and enjoyment; the breath! Just have a conventionally trained cyclist perform a standing Backbend with their arms extended overhead and see how far they get and how restricted their breath becomes! This chronic imbalance weakens cycling posture resulting in poor form such as skeletally bracing ourselves on our bike with locked out arms, shoulders pinned close to the ears, and rounded spines unable to sustain elegant, flat, low, aerodynamic position. Without internal floatation, cyclists collapse inward and restrict their most powerful forces from within. When we internally float our postures with turbine like breath, we are in �attack� mode more often instead of �survival� mode.

– Steve Ilg, Registered Yoga Teacher and United States Cycling Federation Coach

author/TOTAL BODY TRANSFORMATION (Hyperion 2004)

founder/WholisticFitness.com & HighPerformanceYoga.com

5 World Championships in 4 Different Sports

“The world’s fittest human.” – Ultra Cycling Magazine

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