How many can you still do?

Here’s a great challenge for you that you can do almost anywhere, anytime.

The following 10 positions were our way of sitting or resting before the advent of chairs. Many of you know my thoughts and those of many others on the damage that prolonged chair sitting does to our health and mobility. With the average worker spending 8-12 hours a day sat on their backside, here is one way to reverse it and keep youthful movement in your body.

The attached clip shows the 10 natural positions that are our birthright. Doing these regularly will help to reverse the degenerative process in your body.

In all probability the last time that you will have attempted some of these positions was when you were a child. They are a great way to check:

• Leg, hip and lower back strength.
• Suppleness.
• Stability.
• Balance.
• Longevity.

The Challenge:

1. Try each of the 10 positions.
2. Where appropriate try them on your left side and right side.
3. Check how comfortable they are. You should be able to sit for at least 10 mins in each of them.
4. Make getting down and back up smoothly and effortlessly a requirement. Try not to use your hands or elbows to assist. For bonus points, try not to use your knees either. This is deceptively tricky.

The video at the end will show all 10 positions. Barring injury they should be attainable for us all.
There will come a time when, if we are not doing this regularly, you will not be able to get to the floor and back up. We all want this ability in our bodies right to the end.

So to keep youthful movement in your body, try to start spending more time sat on the floor, playing with children, with pets, watching TV whatever. Then when you stand, move smoothly, exhale as you move, and try not to use your hands.

You will reap the rewards of this very quickly.

Good luck and let me know how you do!

Click here for the video challenge!

Best wishes,

Matt.