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Climbing = dancing? 16-Jun-2009 At 11:33:56 AM foreverabumbly

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On 16/06/2009 Wendy wrote:
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>I'm thinking about things like dog, cobra, warrior, turtle - they are
>all helped into the position by other body bits and the floor. Bends are
>pulled down from the toes, legs are lifted up by the toes.

Wendy, try holding these poses for 10 minutes, that is when the core gets involved. You also have to aproach the stretches in the right way. By lowering your shoulders, gaining height by 'pushing down' pushing forward through your belly button. Im not trying to argue, I also agree that yoga isnt the be all and end all of climbing, it isnt the ultimute answer.

But the stretches do work the core muscles, and it is active stretching when done correctly. Perhaps your flexibility is too great for the simple poses you were mentioning?

If so perhaps you should be trying these
:)

Me, I cant even touch my toes - I scored -10 on my stretch test - so those poses definatly work my muscles like a mofo.