AEQ AND SPORTS
THE CONSEQUENCES OF A POOR CONNECTION BETWEEN BODY AND MIND
If an athlete is not educated on the principles and mechanisms of the problems he is facing, training is mostly an inefficient use of energy and time because he will react as before under the same circumstances and cause…
Understanding the body after an injury
Injury is usually the result of an overload that is severe and prolonged enough to lead to burnout and termination of the overload. Injury, especially if it is repeated, offers us an answer to what, despite a strong…
THE MAGIC SPIRAL OF INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT EXERCISES
Many athletes, especially recreational ones, get caught in a spiral of increasing the difficulty of training, even though they feel inside that this does not bring them the expected progress and often leads them away…
MORE EFFORT AND LESS EMOTION ISN’T BETTER
A common cause for joint problems that athletes have, are sensory-motor amnesia (SMA) and an increased muscle tone that distorts correct and fluid pelvis and torso movement. From the day of our birth onwards…
From surviving to living
It’s been a year since my last blog post. For a good reason though. I really didn’t know what to write about. Training, nutrition, racing? Nobody cares. There are thousands of cyclists who do the same thing like me, day after day.
HOW TO FIND THE MENTAL STRENGTH NEEDED TO RUN
When looking for a reason for lack of motivation to run, it is necessary to understand the role of the invested-received relationship, which is implanted deep within our limbic system. The relationship between what…
HEALING INJURIES AND PREVENTING NEW ONES
In the treatment and reduction of the probability of recurrence of injury in the AEQ method, the rule is that the movement must first be normalized, then optimized, and finally improved. The injury alone…
RUNNING AND MINDFULNESS OF THE MIND OVER THE BODY
Consciousness is usually directed to reaching a certain goal no matter the cost, rather than going faster toward the goal using conscious learning, better feeling, and consciously improved movement….
OBSERVE THE WAY YOU BREATHE AND YOU’LL FIND OUT WHO YOU REALLY ARE
Nasal breathing moisturizes and heats the air, prevents the drying of the mucous membrane, removes many pathogens, and raises nitric oxide in one’s blood. Competition is not a time for an athlete to focus…
SIGNS THAT OUR EXERCISE ISN’T HEALTHY
Our consciousness often uses an exaggeration in the movement to redirect emotional energy towards movement, with which we do not fix the relationships that burden us. Artificial pleasure is born, which brings…
WHAT IS MY TRUE SPORTS GOAL?
How to find out – with a quality connection within ourselves and accept feelings and insights even when they are inconsistent with our plans and desires. To become better, we need to exit our comfort zone and…
CONTROLLING THE EGO
Who is the ego? Ego allows us to change our surroundings to fulfill our needs and wishes or changes us to suit the environment. Life has been long and increasingly alienated from the body and the natural laws and…
THINKING PATTERNS DURING EXERCISE
The point of the story is that no matter how strong the effort put in the wrong direction is, it will not bring the desired or planned results. With too many unwanted results, injuries, rapid mood swings, chronic fatigue…
GOOD PERFORMANCE IN SPORTS
As an experienced cyclist and a long-time owner of a bicycle shop, I have often observed the consequences of the wrong approach to sports and the wrong motive for success in sports with my clients. Most of the time…
THE AEQ METHOD AND RUNNING
Every runner should master conscious movement and the things happening inside his body. This means that he should constantly observe and learn to feel and understand changes while moving. That would help him…
HOW TO REGAIN AND MAINTAIN TOP FORM
By increasing our body’s abilities the use of automatization increases as well, and with increased automatization our control over movement begins to decrease. Less control over movement decreases the feeling…
STRETCHING VS. PENDICULATION
The central nervous system (CNS) controls movement by using signals which it receives from muscles. When we move, our brains constantly receive information about our body’s current state and surroundings.
THE INFLUENCE OF BREATHING OVER SPORTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
To achieve a goal, the athlete will undergo the most difficult training, the consequences of which will be pain or uncomfortable bodily sensations. The balance between exercise and training will collapse and the effort…
UNDERSTANDING PAIN
The online Oxford dictionary defines pain as a “highly unpleasant physical sensation caused by illness or injury”, and lists as its second meaning “mental suffering or distress”. Since pain can result from both…
THE AEQ METHOD AND MOVEMENT
Everyone should master sensing the movement of their body. This means that he should observe and learn to change the changes that happen to him during movement on a daily basis and consciously change them.
MY CAR MOVES BETTER THAN ME
When reading a review of a new car that just arrived on the market, I observed an obvious and worrying trend. While technology in cars has been constantly advancing over the past 50 years, the efficiency of movement…
MOTION IN THE CENTRE OF THE BODY HAS TO BE EFFICIENT
We are learning from the birth on how to engage muscles correctly and democratically when moving. A democratic application of a muscle means that a muscle works in harmony with other muscles in a move…
LET’S LEARN HOW TO CHANGE OUR MOVEMENT PATTERNS
Think about how you would walk if a bee stung you on your left foot. Would you burden both legs the same or would you ‘’take care’’ of your left leg by overburdening the right? Injury always influences established…
SPORTS INJURIES
The meaning of order, rules and orderliness can be better understood by comparing sports similar to one another, such as running on the long track and speed walking. Injuries that athletes get when running are common…
FROM THE CENTER OF THE BODY TOWARDS THE PERIPHERY
The body’s structure, the shape of the pelvis, and the state of the strongest central muscles tell us that the body’s movement originates from the center of the body and spreads towards the periphery.
MOVEMENT IS FOUNDED ON COOPERATION
Several muscles participate in the movement simultaneously, and the sensory-motor system is responsible for it, which is based on the cooperation (synergy) of agonist and antagonist muscles. The agonist is the muscle…
AEQ BREATHING
Accepting/giving, opening/closing, expanding/shrinking are all words that can be compared to breathing – inhale/exhale. The purpose of breathing is to exchange gasses between air and blood in our lungs as efficiently as we can.
HOW TO IMPROVE THROUGH PROGRESSION
You swing between the old and new, despite knowing, understanding, and feeling that the old doesn’t suit you anymore, disturbs you, or even harms you. And despite that, you’re still swinging between what once was…
CONTROLLING THE MUSCLES
The main purpose of learning better muscle control is to achieve mastery. Muscle control involves much more than improving the ability to contract them. It includes increasing the ability to relax (expand) muscles, which…
PLANTAR FASCIITIS
Plantar fasciitis is recognized as a stabbing pain on the bottom of a foot, near the heel, and can spread to the foot arch and the toes. It is caused by an injury of the plantar fascia, a connective band of tissue that runs from the…
HIPS, KNEES AND FEET
Especially active sporty people are prone to these injuries. Many of my clients decided to take up learning of the AEQ method because of their knee problems. Furthermore, I’ve noticed the majority of my clients have the…
HERNIATED DISC
The intervertebral disc consists of a jelly-like center (nucleus pulposus) and an outer fibrous ring. After puberty, because the disc is not vascularized and therefore has more reduced ability to regenerate, degenerative changes…
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