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Old 07-07-18, 07:22 PM  
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Yes, I agree that’s the way Joyce teaches it. I always added the muscle working against muscle ala T-Tapp and similar to what you described. I reached away to get space in the joints but never to the extreme I’m able to attain during Essentrics.
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Old 07-07-18, 08:16 PM  
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I always added the muscle working against muscle ala T-Tapp and similar to what you described. I reached away to get space in the joints but never to the extreme I’m able to attain during Essentrics.
In her earlier workouts Miranda demonstrated in her introductions how she wanted people to stabilize (in a relaxed way -lol) their torso/body so that when one stretched out one's arms and legs the whole body would not follow the trajectory and that there would be a kind of pulling apart at the joints.
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Old 07-08-18, 05:06 AM  
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In her earlier workouts Miranda demonstrated in her introductions how she wanted people to stabilize (in a relaxed way -lol) their torso/body so that when one stretched out one's arms and legs the whole body would not follow the trajectory and that there would be a kind of pulling apart at the joints.
I actually have those older WOs.
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Old 07-08-18, 01:52 PM  
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In her earlier workouts Miranda demonstrated in her introductions how she wanted people to stabilize (in a relaxed way -lol) their torso/body so that when one stretched out one's arms and legs the whole body would not follow the trajectory and that there would be a kind of pulling apart at the joints.
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I actually have those older WOs.
So much has changed with the recent research regarding relaxation and fascia in the Essentrics world. I recently went back to Season 7 and 8 just to compare. They are definitely moving more slowly and with deliberation. The technique involving the myotactic reflex and letting the muscle relax to reach further begins in Seasons 11 and 12 and is reflected in the newer toning workouts as well. Less momentum.

They still focus on a stabilizer and pulling a muscle away from it's point of origin...so that is why with the side to side lunges you keep your hip down as the arm goes up...maximum stretch...strengthening in that elongated position...it's all about opposites. Same as keeping a nuetral C as you reach forward...ribs back, arm forward, pelvis tucked under to stretch the lumbar spine.

I think it's just discussing different instructor's theories and labels.
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