With Backbone and Wingspan and it's emphasis on:
Integrated Back Strength & Spine Support
You Will Become Body Conscious...
in a newfound way that serves all movement, postures, & senses of well-being...
Much of this new consciousness arises from getting in touch with supportive places in the body which we are unfamiliar with because these places are located in the backside of the body...
The da Vinci drawing places Vitruvian man
inside of both a circle and a square...
This da Vinci drawing is also known as
Homo Quadratus
which means literally in Latin: Man and Square
but can also be interpreted as "perfect man" as
in regards to the perfection of proportion.
Homo Quadratus can also be
interpreted as a man or human
functioning from four quadrants
However, Vitruvius also brought out the potential empowerment and stability that comes from working from the triangular approach:
Vitruvius stated: "One has to know that when spreading one's legs the space between the legs is a equilateral triangle."
There is detailed information about both da Vinci's notes that accompany his drawing of Vitruvian Man - and Vitruvius' text describing correlating measures of the human body at:
So in order to work from the back body in four quadrants that equally support the spine on all sides, it's very helpful to tap into the truth of the revurring three's in the human body:
There are:
Three Curves of the Spine: Lumbar-Thoracic-Cervical
Three Joints to the Arm: Shoulder-Elbow-Wrist
Three heads of each triceps muscle connecting on to each shoulder girdle
It's a Triangle that Connects Triceps to Traps to Lats to Sacro Iliac
The triangle formed when both sets of
triceps connect into the lower traps
Learn
to
Use:
Triceps
Traps
Lats
Scapula
Humerus
Triceps has three heads
The muscle wraps back and under the scapula
Releases the shoulder & then the neck
Connects into the powerful lats and lower traps
Lats wrap all the way down to the sacroiliac joints on either side of the pelvis
The triceps should not be cut up or ripped because then they cannot connect to the larger muscles that empower the back body: lats, lower traps, and transversus.
Learning a way to work the arms into the back
Assists with many exercises and movements:
Pull ups or chin ups
Hanging from a bar
Holding handlebars when biking
Keystroking computer posture
Subway Straphangers
Carrying a Baby or Picking Up a Toddler
With this wingspan way of
working the arms, improve:
Golf Stroke
Squash Racket Swing
Tennis Ball Serve
This is one of the signature exercises of
Backbone and Wingspan® which is pictured and detailed to more specific degree
on one of the pages of my website
Check it out to see all the benefits of working the arms from this wingspan of triceps into traps into lats
Also check out this video (just over 2 1/2 minutes in length) to gauge the
benefits of releasing a stiff neck, tight shoulders, and upper back tension.
See live the kinds of hands-on support I provide in a one-on-one session.
Witness how she uses her wingspan to hover and fly her spine instead of
having to hike herself up from her shoulders as she arches and lengthens.
This is the triceps wrapping back to the scapula which creates the wingspan.
Thanks so much for reading! Comments most welcome here!
- Herald
Backbone and Wingspan® founder and owner
and author of Body Mind & Spine Align
can be reached at 212-647-8878
Email: herald@backboneandwingspan.com
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* Integrated Back Strength & Spine Support
located at Backbone and Wingspan
* Foot Function for Spinal Support & Pain Relief
located at Feet for Fitness
* High Heel Pain Relief
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