Dooley Noted: 8/25/2014
I see fitness bringing into focus developmental positioning, like crawling, squatting and planking.
My amazing colleague Eric Chessen (of www.autismfitness.com) pointed this question out to me:
“Why aren’t people skipping?”
Skipping is something you see children do quite readily. Children crawl, walk, sprint, and skip to get to their destination. Skipping is locomotive.
You never see a child jog. But skipping? That’s a daily occurrence. It also mimics sprinting in its activations of dorsal and ventral oblique slings for limb cross patterning.
Between water plyometric jumps and push-ups, I skipped between the destinations of each. Mr. Chessen is right: it’s harder and more powerful than jogging, and I felt much more sling activation to support other activities.
Instead of spin class, i encourage exercising on your feet and off your butt. Incorporating more skipping into any class or workout may increase sling activation and improve power development and coordination.
It’s also quite fun!
Enjoying the way you move certainly helps workout efficacy.
As always, it’s your call.
– Dr. Kathy Dooley