In previous posts I brought up the idea Flow and how performance is heightened when there is a certain ratio of Skill : Difficulty – and how Flow is synonyms with Happiness.
PLAY is an activity that brings happiness or at least enjoyment.
This post will explore why Play should be adopted into your movement routine.
First the obvious : adding Play into your movement routine will increase enjoyment as well as improve the quality of your performance.
But the not so obvious is what goes on in the brain.
- Play literally re-wires the brain.
Play will keep you healthy just as much as exercise. The two together compound and enhance the effect. Play uses less effort while providing higher gains, making for a more effective workout!
HOW you adopt Play into your Training is up to you.
What Play-in-the-workout will involve is getting in touch with how you move. That is the whole point of this kind of Training i.e. learning to move better.
Consider a Test – Play – Retest Protocol
Example:
Do a 5 reps of a Goblet Squat –
Play around with the ‘Squat’ movement pattern. Focus on whatever is the most challenging part of the movement for you.
Do 5 more Goblet Squats –
Then ask yourself: was the second set better? same? or worse? and then Learn from the answer. Anything that makes your squat easier can be used as a corrective exercise specific to you!
And isn’t that what we all want?
Thats all for now,
hope this has made you consider playing around more in the gym!