AEQ AND SPORTS

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…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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