Remember Where You Came From

Modern humans are nothing if not incredible at engineering every inconvenience out of our lives. But it’s comes at a cost. Without the need to climb or even reach overhead, we’ve lost the fundamental function that our shoulders (and consequentially the rest of our bodies) were designed for.

At a primordial level, the human shoulder girdle was built to brachiate (fancy word for “hang”). We are designed to be curious explorers—to navigate through trees and mountainous terrain—and that doesn’t come without the ability to grip, hang, and pull, as evidenced by a short spine (particularly the lumbar spine), short fingernails (instead of claws), long curved fingers well suited for grasping, reduced thumbs, long forelimbs, and flexible and freely rotating wrists. Perhaps these traits are remnants from our brachiating ancestors, but more importantly, they indicate a biological demand to continue reaching up, hanging, and pulling for optimal health.

Spending just 90 seconds a day simply hanging restores this function by decompressing tissue, mobilizing your joints, and strengthening through oft forgotten ranges of motion.

This challenge is going guide your through how to seamlessly (and painlessly) integrate this foundational self-care practice into your daily routine.

Improve Your Posture

Modern lifestyles often result in our shoulders getting stiff and stuck in forward flexion, but regular hanging can not only relieve pain but literally reshape your postural patterns, changing not only the way you look but also the way you think and feel.

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In Just 90 Seconds…

90 seconds a day is all it takes to both improve and surprise your self. It may seem simple, even a little mundane, but in my experience, less is almost always more! It need not be complicated to be effective!