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<p><strong>Chair Rebellion Is Back!</strong>Are YOU A Chair Rebel?<br></p>
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<p>The mission continues Juicefans….JOIN US!<br></p>
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<p><em>Improving Movement Through Education</em> <br></p>
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<p>We like to explore and share ways we can all Move Well then Move More and this weeks Juicemail is no different. We will be challenging our <em>lazy</em> culture, offering some possible reasons why and also ideas on how to nourish yours and your clients, movement capacity.<br></p>
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<p>So to begin, those of you that have followed me for a while may remember the <em>Beyond 90 Challenge</em> chair rebellion. <a href="https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/are-you-up-to-the-beyond-90-challenge/">If you want to see the original post, check it out here.</a></p>
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<p>Here are just a couple of people that joined in...</p>
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<p>The idea is to challenge the <em>lazy</em> culture that seems to frown upon those of us who choose NOT to sit even when a chair is available and everyone else is sitting.<br></p>
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<p>During the Beyond 90 Challenge I spent several weeks experimenting with NOT sitting during my days in a deliberate attempt to see how people responded and of course to nourish my movement!<br><br></p>
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<h3><strong>What About Working At A Desk?</strong><br></h3>
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<p>So the point of this challenge is to reduce the amount of time we spend still, not moving or sedentary. Now of course we must take into account the 3 R’s - REST, RELAX &amp; RECUPERATE. However too many of us have taken this to extreme lengths in terms of using our bodies enough to nourish them and keep the joints and tissues healthy and injury and pain free.<br></p>
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<p>For example..<br></p>
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<p>While I do have a laptop stand you don’t need one as you can simply pile some books on top of your desk and place your laptop or keyboard on top for a period of each day/hour or session. <br></p>
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<p>The key is to keep moving, try not to be too static for too long since we are designed to move! If we don’t move enough or regularly the body (being a master of compensation) will try to adapt to its environment and reserve energy by stiffening up mobile areas to reduce energy usage. <br></p>
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<p>So moving a little bit more each day also means you will be burning more NEAT calories that most of us have also forgotten about.<br></p>
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<h2><strong>Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT) </strong></h2>
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<p>This is the energy you burn outside of your exercise calories and can make a huge contribution to nourishing your movement.<br></p>
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<ul><li>Park as far as possible from the shop, office etc</li><li>Walk up the stairs instead of using the escalator lift</li><li>Arrange your office equipment so that things you use regularly are a walk away</li><li>Offer to help with physical tasks</li><li>Don’t fret about forgetting something upstairs, clap for joy at another excuse to run up the stairs</li><li>Invest in a FitBit or open up your iPhone health app to compare steps day to day</li><li>Enjoy physical chores because it feeds your movement profile</li><li>Practice your iMoveFreely techniques at your desk</li></ul>
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<p>So I challenge YOU to rebel against the chair. Not only that….challenge your clients, peers and colleagues! <br></p>
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<p>Being a Chair Rebel will support their training goals and in fact means we/they are more likely to lose weight, move better and feel better. It promotes a healthy attitude towards movement and creates awareness of how little many of us move. Sitting should be the alternative not the norm. <br></p>
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<p><strong>Be A Fidget Pants!</strong><br></p>
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<p>In my experience recently of 5 days standing at the back of a course, while everyone else sat, meant they asked me about why I was standing. This gave me the opportunity to encourage yet more chair rebellion. Several of my peers joining me at the back!</p>
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<p>Mostly people are up for the challenge and everyone secretly admires a Chair Rebel when they understand the cause. Even if initially they think you are a bit weird. &nbsp;<br></p>
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<h3><strong>Chair Rebellion Project</strong><br></h3>
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<p>So the word is spreading and<strong> </strong>having received many message from Chair Rebels around the UK, it’s clear the project is expanding.<br></p>
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<p>One friend, Jennifer, messaged me on Facebook to express her frustration about the sitting epidemic at schools where children are told ‘<em>be quiet and sit still”.</em></p>
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<p>She asked if something could be done towards improving this….<br></p>
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<p>WOW, things are getting serious, but ya know what, shes right!</p>
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<p>And I LOVE the idea of encouraging and supporting schools in educating teachers/children how to nourish their movement profiles while maintaining the school curriculum and focus. <br></p>
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<p>It has been shown that frequent bursts of energy and being in a heightened state of ecstacy create focus and enhance learning (Tony Robbins <em>Power From Within</em>, 2018). So shouldn’t we be doing this with the kids?<br></p>
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<h3><strong>School's On The Move </strong><br></h3>
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<p>If we look at the most modern education leaders in the world, Finland, they are encouraging more movement at school. <a href="https://liikkuvakoulu.fi/english">Click here and check this out.</a><br></p>
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<p>Shouldn’t we be doing the same? </p>
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<p>Do you have children or friends with children?</p>
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<p>How do you feel about this?</p>
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<p>Would YOU like to join the chair rebellion?</p>
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<p>How will you contribute?<br></p>
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<p>Maybe we should be getting them to jump up and down prior to the session, or stand up telling jokes to each other in the class to stimulate their learning ‘state’ as well as their movement?<br></p>
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<p>What do YOU think?<br></p>
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<p>Send in your photos please and lets start a revolution!<br></p>
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<p>Standing, when everyone else is sitting?</p>
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<p>Waiting for the bus</p>
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<p>Waiting at the doctors</p>
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<p>While at work</p>
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<p>On a train</p>
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<p>In a meeting<br></p>
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<p>BUT WAIT!<br></p>
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<p>Let’s just quickly look again at that all important question….<br></p>
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<p>SO WHAT?<br></p>
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<h3><strong>The Technical Argument For Chair Rebellion</strong><br></h3>
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<p>Any ‘fixed’ position for long periods is not natural for our bodies. Humans are physically designed to move and so it isn’t just the act of sitting that results in compensations and adaptations that create aches and niggles. Standing for long periods can also starve us of movement nutrition.</p>
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<p>However sitting has to be the most prevalent and here we will explore why.<br></p>
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<p><strong>Sitting Compensations </strong><br></p>
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<p>When sitting for long periods generally the lower limb joints will be ‘fixed’ into hip flexion, knee flexion and ankle dorsiflexion with the pelvis tilted posteriorly so the lumbar spine is also flexed. <br></p>
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<p>The sitting/sedentary lifestyle has been linked to Low Grade Low Back Pain or Non Specific Low Back Pain.<br></p>
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<p>There are simple techniques we can add into our daily routines like moving more but also exercise programmes like iMoveFreely that can even be done while sitting at your desk, or as a warm up to improve your movement along with those, low grade aches and niggles. <br></p>
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<p>Dare to be a Chair Rebel - Start sending in your PHOTOS Please, load them up to Instagram and use the hashtags #ChairRebel and #Beyond90</p>
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<h2>Would You Like To Be Able To Reduce Your Clients Risk Of Injury, &amp; Help Them Get Even Better Results?</h2>
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