We all have fires burning in our bodies. I refer to injuries sometimes as fires. You know where it’s burning, but you have no idea where or why it started, much less how to fix it. You don’t care if you ever find out where or why. You just want the fire put out. You just want the injury to stop hurting.
I’m 35 years old. Up until a couple years ago, I spent my whole adult life knee-deep in multiple bad habits, without knowing the repercussions they’d cause.
These bad habits included, but were not limited to:
- Heel striking when running
- Excessive numbers of reps during weightlifting workouts
- Rarely stretching
- Improper hydration
- Excessive amounts of caffeine
- Poor nutrition
- Bad form when exercising
- Bad posture when sitting, standing, driving, and laying down
All of the above, and then some, contributed to causing every muscle in my body to be overly tight, compressed, and unhealthy. Just because someone is exercising or lifting a weight, doesn’t mean they’re taking a well-rounded approach to muscle health. If a muscle is tight, compressed, and dehydrated, you can do all the squats in the world and it’s just going to make things worse.
Think of it like this. Imagine that you can look underneath the skin of an athlete and see one muscle. On one hand, you have an 18 year old athletic kid. This muscle is very flexible and hydrated. Picture it as a rare piece of meat (a steak for example). It’s very fluent and red (with proper blood flow throughout).
On the other hand, you have a 33 year old part-time athlete that sits at a desk all week (with bad posture). This person’s muscle used to look exactly like the 18 year old kid’s muscle, but that was 15 years ago. For the last 15 years, this person has practiced all of the same bad habits I did (listed above). Today, this 33 year old’s muscle looks like a dried up leather belt. It’s shorter, tighter, dehydrated, compressed, and colorless (lacking proper blood flow).
If it lengthens at all during a static stretch, it’ll hurt like hell first. Then second, once the stretch is over, it’ll go right back to the same length it was before the stretch. Sure, the muscle still works, and it's strong, but it’s not nearly as reactive as the 18 year old’s muscle.
A longer muscle is a quicker muscle. Which in this case, is the 18 year old’s muscle. The 33 year old’s muscle may be stronger, but it’s much more unhealthy and compressed. It’s slower, shorter, and it pulls on tendons more since it‘s too tight and inflexible, therefore inflaming areas around major joints.
How many times have you heard a person say something like…
“I can’t run anymore because I’m too old“.
Or “I hate running.”
Or “I can’t play sports that require jumping because I have bad joints”.
Very often, the people that say these things are only in their 30’s, or even late 20’s!
Unless they’ve suffered some sort of freak injury, (torn ligaments, irreparable tendon damage, broken bones, lack of cartilage in a joint, or spinal disc deterioration) chances are this person could simply be suffering from muscles that are too compressed.
I refused to accept the fact that I was too old. In the next few weeks, I’ll be releasing my downloadable e-Guide for sale on my website, "The Desk Jockey's Guide to Wellness Shortcuts". This e-Guide will provide stories and examples of every successful decompression practice I used to get back to more than 100% of my previous athletic abilities. Not to mention, how I got to the point of waking up pain-free everyday.
I’ll also be posting some new quizzes for my die-hard readers. For those who post the correct answers the fastest, the prize will be a free downloaded copy of my e-Guide. It'll be about 50 pages of shortcuts that'll improve quality of life and physique.
I’m passionate and obsessive about body awareness and self-healing. For the past 4 years, I’ve spent 20 to 30 hours a week doing research and physical therapy. I’ve learned much faster, more direct, and less expensive ways to self-heal compared to what old school doctors would suggest.
Examples of Muscle Compression:
Sitting
Driving
Lifting weights
Running
Laying on a couch
Sleeping in bed
Jumping
Landing
Emotional stress
Mental stress
Walking
Basically any time that you are contracting muscles to gain strength and/or stability, they are being compressed. For someone who doesn’t practice any muscle decompression techniques at all, years of constant compression will lead to smaller, tense muscles, a continuous decline in performance, and a constant increase in pain.
My focus is to provide quick and direct info that helps the user understand how to heal and manage pain on their own. This info is helpful for anyone regardless of their activity levels. However, it is specifically designed for the part-time athlete who sits at a desk full-time. The content is easy-to-use, outside-the-box, and extremely effective.
The most destructive thing I’ve ever done to my body was sit at a desk full-time for 10 years. We’re desk jockeys living in a rat race. Sitting at a desk will take a major toll on our existence. But that’s only if we let it.
I’m 35 years old. Up until a couple years ago, I spent my whole adult life knee-deep in multiple bad habits, without knowing the repercussions they’d cause.
These bad habits included, but were not limited to:
- Heel striking when running
- Excessive numbers of reps during weightlifting workouts
- Rarely stretching
- Improper hydration
- Excessive amounts of caffeine
- Poor nutrition
- Bad form when exercising
- Bad posture when sitting, standing, driving, and laying down
All of the above, and then some, contributed to causing every muscle in my body to be overly tight, compressed, and unhealthy. Just because someone is exercising or lifting a weight, doesn’t mean they’re taking a well-rounded approach to muscle health. If a muscle is tight, compressed, and dehydrated, you can do all the squats in the world and it’s just going to make things worse.
Think of it like this. Imagine that you can look underneath the skin of an athlete and see one muscle. On one hand, you have an 18 year old athletic kid. This muscle is very flexible and hydrated. Picture it as a rare piece of meat (a steak for example). It’s very fluent and red (with proper blood flow throughout).
On the other hand, you have a 33 year old part-time athlete that sits at a desk all week (with bad posture). This person’s muscle used to look exactly like the 18 year old kid’s muscle, but that was 15 years ago. For the last 15 years, this person has practiced all of the same bad habits I did (listed above). Today, this 33 year old’s muscle looks like a dried up leather belt. It’s shorter, tighter, dehydrated, compressed, and colorless (lacking proper blood flow).
If it lengthens at all during a static stretch, it’ll hurt like hell first. Then second, once the stretch is over, it’ll go right back to the same length it was before the stretch. Sure, the muscle still works, and it's strong, but it’s not nearly as reactive as the 18 year old’s muscle.
A longer muscle is a quicker muscle. Which in this case, is the 18 year old’s muscle. The 33 year old’s muscle may be stronger, but it’s much more unhealthy and compressed. It’s slower, shorter, and it pulls on tendons more since it‘s too tight and inflexible, therefore inflaming areas around major joints.
How many times have you heard a person say something like…
“I can’t run anymore because I’m too old“.
Or “I hate running.”
Or “I can’t play sports that require jumping because I have bad joints”.
Very often, the people that say these things are only in their 30’s, or even late 20’s!
Unless they’ve suffered some sort of freak injury, (torn ligaments, irreparable tendon damage, broken bones, lack of cartilage in a joint, or spinal disc deterioration) chances are this person could simply be suffering from muscles that are too compressed.
I refused to accept the fact that I was too old. In the next few weeks, I’ll be releasing my downloadable e-Guide for sale on my website, "The Desk Jockey's Guide to Wellness Shortcuts". This e-Guide will provide stories and examples of every successful decompression practice I used to get back to more than 100% of my previous athletic abilities. Not to mention, how I got to the point of waking up pain-free everyday.
I’ll also be posting some new quizzes for my die-hard readers. For those who post the correct answers the fastest, the prize will be a free downloaded copy of my e-Guide. It'll be about 50 pages of shortcuts that'll improve quality of life and physique.
I’m passionate and obsessive about body awareness and self-healing. For the past 4 years, I’ve spent 20 to 30 hours a week doing research and physical therapy. I’ve learned much faster, more direct, and less expensive ways to self-heal compared to what old school doctors would suggest.
Examples of Muscle Compression:
Sitting
Driving
Lifting weights
Running
Laying on a couch
Sleeping in bed
Jumping
Landing
Emotional stress
Mental stress
Walking
Basically any time that you are contracting muscles to gain strength and/or stability, they are being compressed. For someone who doesn’t practice any muscle decompression techniques at all, years of constant compression will lead to smaller, tense muscles, a continuous decline in performance, and a constant increase in pain.
My focus is to provide quick and direct info that helps the user understand how to heal and manage pain on their own. This info is helpful for anyone regardless of their activity levels. However, it is specifically designed for the part-time athlete who sits at a desk full-time. The content is easy-to-use, outside-the-box, and extremely effective.
The most destructive thing I’ve ever done to my body was sit at a desk full-time for 10 years. We’re desk jockeys living in a rat race. Sitting at a desk will take a major toll on our existence. But that’s only if we let it.
Have a great weekend!
Todd Bowen
High Speed Health
Todd Bowen
High Speed Health
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