tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24102082.post6207186391864198413..comments2023-11-05T04:42:25.107-05:00Comments on Chasing Strength: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24102082.post-38831275321972666442007-07-11T13:34:00.000-05:002007-07-11T13:34:00.000-05:00Good stuff as always!I started doing Bikram yoga a...Good stuff as always!<BR/><BR/>I started doing Bikram yoga about 3 years ago to help with my posture and old injuries. Bikram is about 26 postures, half "seated" and half "standing", done in a 104F room for 90 minutes. Once I got over the mentality of "push harder" to "relax into it" I did better.<BR/><BR/>Fast forward about a half year and I started doing Z and due to time had not done Bikram during that time. When I went back I made more progress in that short time than ever before. Postures had increased ROM and I could hold them for longer also. <BR/><BR/>My conclusion based on experiments on myself, is that Bikram was very good to help me recover from training. I think Bikram is great, but the increase in ROM and muscle activation from Z Health was far better in my case. <BR/><BR/>Geoff is right and I think many times we need to rethink the term "injury" as everyone has their own definition. Remember that the SAID principal states that you are ALWAYS adapting to what you are doing. This may put you closer to your goals or farther away.<BR/><BR/>I second the posting of the yoga positions!<BR/><BR/>Mike NMike T Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14997800230648983026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24102082.post-7932104029642116032007-07-03T18:31:00.000-05:002007-07-03T18:31:00.000-05:00Don't you just LOVE ZMA? Aaron and I keep a bottle...Don't you just LOVE ZMA? Aaron and I keep a bottle bed side... I take it like 3 nights a week, very helpful for recovery. Plus the dreams!!! I gave a bottle to the Reifkinds in April. <BR/><BR/>I will probably get another Z assessment from Mike when he returns from the I phase cert. I really want to believe in Z... I need to be consistent with the drills and document the improvements.fawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10791959590164539258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24102082.post-57676037695611116402007-07-03T16:26:00.000-05:002007-07-03T16:26:00.000-05:00Thanks, Fawn. Be very thankful that you have no tr...Thanks, Fawn. Be very thankful that you have no training injuries to draw before and after conclusions. Things you may want to look for personally could be the following: 1)increased ROM/flexiblity in yoga postures; 2) increased control and coordination in those postures; 3) increased numbers on your KB ballistics; 4) increased muscle activation on both ballistics and grinds.<BR/><BR/>I don't know much about yoga, except how to spell it ;] I'm interested in how those postures relate to the CNS. Can you post some of that info on your blog?Geoff Neuperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429352189298183355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24102082.post-56779281140049992472007-07-03T13:21:00.000-05:002007-07-03T13:21:00.000-05:00I like to hear about your Z experience... Your ent...I like to hear about your Z experience... Your enthusiasm is what has inspired me to experiment with Z through Mike N. <BR/><BR/>The biggest problem I have with the Z system is that I have no personal experience with what I can relate. I have no injuries and I have only been lifting for a couple years, so I just don't have the experience to understand a before and after effect on myself.<BR/><BR/>In yogaland there is a lot of reference to the CNS... certain postures are meant to stimulate or restore the CNS in a certain way. <BR/><BR/>So, intellectually I think Z is beneficial... I'm just not intellectual enough to be able to wrap my brain around the entire concept. Like you said in an earlier message... sometimes you get something unexpected with Z.fawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10791959590164539258noreply@blogger.com