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mediated by frailty and that antirigidity may allow one to maintain a more active life well into
old age Frailty is the main reason that you have lower energy now as opposed to when you
were younger Thus antirigidity may be the best weight loss tool available When was
moved like a grandfather also had a skinnyfat physique and had to eat small portions to
avoid being overweight Dormant muscle strongly influenced me to be sedentary Not anymore
There are two primary reasons for the variability in metabolic rate between individuals
One is the difference in lean body mass A person with more muscle will have a higher
metabolism The second is voluntary movement not accounted for by exercise called non
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exercise activity thermogenesis NEAT NEAT is spontaneous physical activity and is highly
variable across individuals including how you move and hold your body during work leisure
household tasks and ambulation NEAT can vary by as much as calories per day between
two people The notion that obesity and overweight may be more related to NEAT than diet
and exercise is supported by studies strongly believe that reclaiming atrophic and
hypertonic musculature using antilaxity and antirigidity is a surefire way to increase lean body
mass and NEAT Getting the dormant kinks out of the back and filling in the missing corners in
the abdomen by using the exercises in the next section will shred away ones fatty belly
Reviving Your Abdominals Through Exercise
Our bellies are fat because our abdominal muscles are flaccid and underactive In the following
exercise you will learn how to pair isometric abdominal contraction with paced diaphragmatic
breathing using the antilaxity method from Chapter
Healthy Weight Exercise Standing and Walking with Flexed Abs
In this exercise you will breathe to a breath metronome while standing with proper posture
and tightening your abdominals Pull the belly button toward the spine and contract your
abs Notice how tensing your abs makes you want to breathe at very short intervals Simply
contracting the abs stifles the diaphragm automatically but you can override this Hold the
abdominal contraction and breathe deeply to the pace of the metronome The longer you
pair these two things the more robust you make your abdominal tone
Very lightly strike your abs all over with your hand or a rounded object This will help you
keep a solid contraction When doing this exercise your chest will tend to cave in so expand
the chest and lengthen the distance between your breastbone and pubic bone Dont forget
to retain proper tone in the muscles that expel urine we discussed in the last chapter
Allowing the diaphragm to push the stomach out is key to diaphragmatic breathing
The sight of a protruding abdomen however is not fashionable in our society This is why many
people habitually suck in their gut which can keep the diaphragm tense and limit its motion
You should feel comfortable anywhere poking your stomach out as far as it can go At first
you will look like you have a potbelly just as retracting your neck gives you a double chin
However as these muscles gain natural tone your stomach will slim Pushing the stomach
out is also vital to lower back health as it cushions the lumbar spine during forward bends
Lets use antirigidity contracting directly into achiness to fix this
Healthy Weight Exercise Doubled Over with Protruding Stomach
Pair paced breathing with the activation of deeply dormant abdominal musculature To reach
the deepest portion of your abs sit down with your legs in front of you Bend forward from
your hips and rest your hands on your shins From this position press your stomach outward
as far as it will go Experiment with pressing your stomach out and tensing the abs to
different extents to find the weak areas of your abdomen You should be able to find several
areas that ache very deeply Be very careful because contracting your abdominal muscles too
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hard or too much at a time could strain the back or even cause an abdominal hernia If it
hurts work up to it slowly Follow the breath metronome while safely contracting into the
achy dormant muscle to rehab it
For maximum results perform the last two abdominal exercises from several different
positions standing kneeling crouching taking one knee squatting lying on the back etc
Reviving Your Abdomen Through Massage
Performing myofascial release on the lower back and love handles dramatically diminished my
stores of local fat This got me wondering whether the same technique could decrease
abdominal fat deposits It sounds too good to be true right Its not Much of the rectus
abdominis has been traumatized because of the way it instinctually contracts without rest
during fear All this strain leads to a dead gut that fails to burn fat Getting the trauma out will
make your abdominals much stronger make ab exercises easier and help your core to be more
engaged during everything you do To do this in the next exercise we will percuss the abdomen
while lying on the back
Healthy Weight Exercise Myofascial Release for Abdominal Muscles
Use your fingers knuckles or a tool to percuss the entire abdomen Lift your hand three to
eight inches above the abdomen before each strike Strike the abdomen two to three times
per second You want to hit hard enough to break the bracing pattern without creating any
real pain or damaging tissue Each soft strike should elicit an ache This aching feeling will
make you want to brace to protect yourself initiating the stretch reflex and a defensive
contraction You want to inhibit this defensive contraction instead allowing your abs to
remain as limp as possible Search for areas that feel tight inflexible or crunchy Spend time
pressing firmly into the tense cords of muscle overlying the bones of the lower rib cage hips
and pelvis all areas that your abdominal muscles anchor into Each day the aching will
further subside and you will have to strike slightly deeper to access achy tissue After a
session there should be no bruising or pain whatsoever so if these occur you are hitting
yourself too hard
This activity will wake up your core but as with all forms of massage overdoing it can
diminish muscle mass For this reason just do it until you get the intense achiness out
Conclusion
Restaurant owners know that people dont want to pay for raw unprocessed food This is
because unprocessed food is cheap and involves very little preparation Consequently it is
perceived to have very little added value Restaurants provide a service by processing the food
such as frying or bakingcooking in oil We are all addicted to these unhealthy preparations
Eating bland chewy raw unprocessed food is work but it is how wild animals and people stay
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lean and healthy Employing nonresistance nonjudgment healthy breathing and a bit of old
fashioned stoicism will help
People who overeat to reduce their stress will find that what their bodies are really
hungering for is exercise The use of cardiovascular exercise in the reduction of stress will be
discussed in the next chapter
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Chapter Bullet Points
e We dont crave healthy foods because we have not had the experience of getting full on
them by themselves Give yourself that experience by eating full meals that consist of
only fruits and vegetables
e Use a blender to turn fruit and vegetables into smoothies It is a speedy healthy
inexpensive and lowcalorie way to get full
e We overeat unhealthy food to transiently increase our dopamine and endorphins as an
attempt to selfmedicate against panic and stress
e We have spent our lives pairing hunger with thoracic breathing This is why hunger
causes distress which in turn causes us to overeat By fasting for a meal and pairing