I found your videos from searching for walking on knees as I’ve heard a Taoist walk is beneficial. I did not expect to find so much more valuable exercises that I will incorporate into my daily routines as I am currently recovering from a broken neck and doing physiotherapy. This eggroll looks like something I need to start progressing to
Kevin, I’m so glad you found us. I know you can return your strength from your neck injury because your body is designed to heal. Egg rolls are fantastic. Just move where your body will allow you to move without going into pain. You’ll find your body will give you more and more movement and strength. Please keep in touch and let us know how you are doing!
What do you think of doing it like that: Set timer to 10', alternate btw 5x Egg Rolls/side and 10x Rocking resting as little as possible but as long as necessary.
Okay Tim, I did the rocking push up challenge, I did a 4 week crawling program (with difficulty), so now I will give these a go for the next 30 days and see what happens! I am big into fitness, lifting, movement, etc. and I have not been feeling good for quite some time so I am hoping these things help! Looking forward to reporting back! :) Happy New Year to you and the OS team
Greetings Tim, sorry for the late reply but I wanted to update you with my results. I did this for 30 days and I found that my nagging lower leg aches went away! I unfortunately injured my back during these 30 days, due to other exercises I was doing but I was still able to perform these movements. I truly think they helped speed up my recovery and the other cool thing is that my abs, center, etc. learned to brace properly which is something I've been struggling with (also helped with the back pain). I wasn't even trying to learn the bracing I simply went through the resets and these things happened! I hope this is helpful for you and for others!
Actually, I love it. We call that the "rocking chair" and teach it as a rolling progression in our Pressing Reset workshops. It is a fantastic movement!
Original Strength day 1 made me nauseous! (The egg roll) That was so weird! And I consider myself pretty able. But I’m sure that is just my nervous system not used to that type of roll.
Original Strength it’s day 3 and the nausea never came this round and the “crunchiness-grittiness” I felt and heard in my jaw/upper neck during the rolls the last 2 days was approx 70% reduced!!! My body is already feeling.... smoother?!
Question about shoulder position in rocking, crawling, and push-ups: What would be the healthy position for the shoulders (including shoulder blades) to be in during these exercises? I think I did these exercises wrong, using scapular winging, which I thought was 'packing the shoulders' correctly. I now think the goal is to make sure the humerus is centered in the socket there (I think I did, but may have been wong), allowing for some active space there, instead of just cramming everything tight there like in a bench press. In a pull-up, I think I have the position down pat. I use gymnastic rings for these and am loving them. Much better than a fixed bar. Anyway, not sure if this is mentioned somewhere in your videos. I started rocking and crawling, as I was inspired to do this watching your channel. A physiotherapist in the gym advised me not to wing my scapulae during crawling. My mind clicked and since then my shouders feel better. As for the crawling, no one does this in any gym I've been to and to be honest I prefer to do this at home. It is a very good exercise and can be done in many forms and with various speeds, so it's a versatile and functional exercise for the whole body. I would add the squat movement in there as essential. The resting squat or native resting squat or whatever it's called. I think that one is key. I rarely see anyone make a squat like that. Only toddlers do this, but most grow out of it soon and don't use their legs anymore that way. Sorry for the rant. Really interested in learning about those shoulders, though.
So, ideally, when crawling or rocking, there really shouldn't be any cognitive thought of packing, tightening, firing, or activating anything. We are searching for and trying to restore automatic reflexive strength - where all the things that should fire and activate just happen, perfectly. For hand placement, in rocking just put your hands under your shoulders, or get into a position that you could easily crawl out of. For crawling, the shoulders pretty much take care of themselves - HOLD the head UP and keep the sternum TALL (big chest) the whole time. Don't let the head drop or the back round and flex. IF you are indeed winging, just make sure you are not sinking down between your shoulder blades. Keeping a tall sternum usually fixes this. Also note, the scapula will and should move when you do, especially when you crawl and rock. I am not sure i've helped you too much, it's sometimes hard without actually being able to see you move. But let me know if this doesn't make sense, and i'll try harder!
It sounds sensible. I assume babies also don't think about packing their shoulders and properly firing their rotator cuffs :) I usually overthink stuff. Sometimes, innocence is bliss, I guess.
The beauty, and perhaps difficulty, of OS is that you can let go and let your body do what it knows how to do. You are 100% correct about babies - but you still have the same operating program inside of you that they do. I would encourage you to curiously explore your movements and let your body do what it wants as you rock, roll, and crawl. Learn your way to moving but don't think your way to moving. I'm talking purely on "floor time" (for now). If you are weight training, focus and do the things you know to do or were taught (for now). Once you turn on all your reflexive strength, that story will change too....
So you're saying, for a healthy body...you recommend rock 'n roll. I'm in!
Michael J Ha! Yes, i guess that is what I am saying. Thanks for pointing that out, I would’ve missed it!
I found your videos from searching for walking on knees as I’ve heard a Taoist walk is beneficial. I did not expect to find so much more valuable exercises that I will incorporate into my daily routines as I am currently recovering from a broken neck and doing physiotherapy. This eggroll looks like something I need to start progressing to
Kevin, I’m so glad you found us. I know you can return your strength from your neck injury because your body is designed to heal. Egg rolls are fantastic. Just move where your body will allow you to move without going into pain. You’ll find your body will give you more and more movement and strength. Please keep in touch and let us know how you are doing!
Simple yet awsome! Thank you!
Thanks for the feedback, Marc!
I’m juste begin this from few days... let’s see in few weeks! Many many variation! Thanks Tim, it’s just simple.
Keep me posted!
What do you think of doing it like that:
Set timer to 10', alternate btw 5x Egg Rolls/side and 10x Rocking resting as little as possible but as long as necessary.
It gets the reps in and it certainly works!
Okay Tim, I did the rocking push up challenge, I did a 4 week crawling program (with difficulty), so now I will give these a go for the next 30 days and see what happens! I am big into fitness, lifting, movement, etc. and I have not been feeling good for quite some time so I am hoping these things help! Looking forward to reporting back! :) Happy New Year to you and the OS team
Thanks Matthew! I look forward to your report! I am hopeful for a good report, btw.
Happy New Year to you and your family!
Greetings Tim, sorry for the late reply but I wanted to update you with my results. I did this for 30 days and I found that my nagging lower leg aches went away! I unfortunately injured my back during these 30 days, due to other exercises I was doing but I was still able to perform these movements. I truly think they helped speed up my recovery and the other cool thing is that my abs, center, etc. learned to brace properly which is something I've been struggling with (also helped with the back pain). I wasn't even trying to learn the bracing I simply went through the resets and these things happened! I hope this is helpful for you and for others!
Matthew Surprenant I can’t find the 4 week crawling challenge, help please!
how do you feel about rocking in the egg position back and forth to a sitting postion, in addition to the left right rock?
Actually, I love it. We call that the "rocking chair" and teach it as a rolling progression in our Pressing Reset workshops. It is a fantastic movement!
great, thanks!
I love this! Starting today!
Feel free to share how it goes!
Original Strength day 1 made me nauseous! (The egg roll) That was so weird! And I consider myself pretty able. But I’m sure that is just my nervous system not used to that type of roll.
It can and often does get better with exposure.
Original Strength it’s day 3 and the nausea never came this round and the “crunchiness-grittiness” I felt and heard in my jaw/upper neck during the rolls the last 2 days was approx 70% reduced!!! My body is already feeling.... smoother?!
Lily Gold that is so awesome!
the egg roll seems easy enough, any do's or don'ts for rocking; what is the correct position?
The don'ts are only don't move into pain. The how is here!: ua-cam.com/video/5e08_N8Ca7M/v-deo.html
Rock 'n Roll!
Question about shoulder position in rocking, crawling, and push-ups: What would be the healthy position for the shoulders (including shoulder blades) to be in during these exercises?
I think I did these exercises wrong, using scapular winging, which I thought was 'packing the shoulders' correctly. I now think the goal is to make sure the humerus is centered in the socket there (I think I did, but may have been wong), allowing for some active space there, instead of just cramming everything tight there like in a bench press.
In a pull-up, I think I have the position down pat. I use gymnastic rings for these and am loving them. Much better than a fixed bar.
Anyway, not sure if this is mentioned somewhere in your videos. I started rocking and crawling, as I was inspired to do this watching your channel. A physiotherapist in the gym advised me not to wing my scapulae during crawling. My mind clicked and since then my shouders feel better.
As for the crawling, no one does this in any gym I've been to and to be honest I prefer to do this at home. It is a very good exercise and can be done in many forms and with various speeds, so it's a versatile and functional exercise for the whole body.
I would add the squat movement in there as essential. The resting squat or native resting squat or whatever it's called. I think that one is key. I rarely see anyone make a squat like that. Only toddlers do this, but most grow out of it soon and don't use their legs anymore that way.
Sorry for the rant. Really interested in learning about those shoulders, though.
So, ideally, when crawling or rocking, there really shouldn't be any cognitive thought of packing, tightening, firing, or activating anything. We are searching for and trying to restore automatic reflexive strength - where all the things that should fire and activate just happen, perfectly.
For hand placement, in rocking just put your hands under your shoulders, or get into a position that you could easily crawl out of. For crawling, the shoulders pretty much take care of themselves - HOLD the head UP and keep the sternum TALL (big chest) the whole time. Don't let the head drop or the back round and flex.
IF you are indeed winging, just make sure you are not sinking down between your shoulder blades. Keeping a tall sternum usually fixes this. Also note, the scapula will and should move when you do, especially when you crawl and rock. I am not sure i've helped you too much, it's sometimes hard without actually being able to see you move. But let me know if this doesn't make sense, and i'll try harder!
It sounds sensible. I assume babies also don't think about packing their shoulders and properly firing their rotator cuffs :) I usually overthink stuff. Sometimes, innocence is bliss, I guess.
The beauty, and perhaps difficulty, of OS is that you can let go and let your body do what it knows how to do. You are 100% correct about babies - but you still have the same operating program inside of you that they do. I would encourage you to curiously explore your movements and let your body do what it wants as you rock, roll, and crawl. Learn your way to moving but don't think your way to moving. I'm talking purely on "floor time" (for now). If you are weight training, focus and do the things you know to do or were taught (for now). Once you turn on all your reflexive strength, that story will change too....
Amazing ❤️❤️❤️
Done- 5 min each of egg roll and rocking. Even I could do it!
Thanks making my mom do these 😂
Oh my! Your mom will hate me.
I don’t believe this ! I’m a vegan and Tim is going on about egg rolls ! I’m furious 😡
It can be a vegan friendly eggless roll?