More Thoughts on the “Life Salutation”

Brendon Burchard quotes research suggesting that a five-minute break every hour produces fantastic results in energy and focus. If true, we can’t pretend that the “Five Minute Miracle” is at all out of line: a 60 second breathing break every three hours.

The thought of doing the “Life Salutation” (just a temporary name) superset of a wide-grip pull up/leg lift and a sun salutation is clearly in that groove. This is all just musing, without experimentation to back it up.

1. A measure of health and longevity is grip strength.
2. “Train the movement, not the muscle.” Focus on the grace and alignment of the movement.
3. Time the BREATHING to match the movement. This makes the movement a “yoga”.
4. “Perpetual exercise” is a term from Scott Sonnon. It means to train yourself to create exhalations with the contraction of a movement, and then connect that to everyday movements like walking — every step a little exhalation.
5. There are a limited number of basic movement components: lean forward, lean back, lean left, lean right, twist left, twist right. Surging forward gives you the knee bend. One can work ALL of these into the “Life Salutation” by using a “B” Sun Salutation instead of an “A”, but even the standard “A” salutation is superb.
6. If you look at this as a “skill” rather than as “exercising your body” you are engaging the body-mind link. What muscles do you have to tense or release with every movement…