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``` When it comes to optimizing for spinal fluidity, hydration, and the anti-fragile mechanics of the GOATA system, flat treadmill walking is the clear winner over an incline treadmill, and both are vastly superior to the compressive environments of basketball and jiu-jitsu. Here is the breakdown of why flat walking rules this specific domain and how it directly supports a resilient, endurance-optimized body. Flat vs. Incline Walking: The Biomechanics of Fluidity Walking is naturally a compressive force due to gravity, but when executed with proper locomotion (like maintaining an inside ankle bone high and a fluid forward glide), it becomes the ultimate tool for spinal hydration. * Flat Walking: Flat ground allows for a natural, reciprocal gait cycle. The alternating pendulum swing of the arms and legs creates a gentle, rhythmic rotation through the thoracic and lumbar spine. This rotational micro-movement acts as a mechanical pump, driving a process called imbibition . This is how spinal discs suck in fluid and nutrients. When the body is primed with sodium, potassium, and baking soda during extended fasts, and then aggressively replenished with glycogen during high-carb plant-based refeeds, the tissues are highly hydrophilic. Flat walking simply acts as the engine to pump that available fluid directly into the discs. * Incline Walking: Walking on an incline disrupts the fluid spiral of natural locomotion. It forces the body to fight gravity more aggressively, transitioning the gait from a relaxed pendulum swing into more of a walking lunge. To keep the torso upright against the grade, the lower back erectors and posterior chain must fire continuously. This constant muscular tension compresses the spine, shutting down the relaxed, rotary motion necessary for optimal disc hydration. The Heavy Toll of Basketball and Jiu-Jitsu If the goal is to build a body that can comfortably endure long hours of seated meditation and software development without stiffness, basketball and jiu-jitsu run entirely counter to that objective. * Basketball: This is a highly jarring sport. At 6'5", leaping and landing on hardwood floors sends massive shockwaves straight up the kinetic chain. It creates violent, vertical compression on the spine with every hard landing and abrupt change of direction, accelerating wear and tear on the joints. * Jiu-Jitsu: Grappling is the absolute antithesis of spinal decompression and fluid movement. It involves extreme, forced spinal flexion, twisting under the heavy external load of an opponent, and isometric grinding. It builds rigid, defensive muscular tension—the exact opposite of the relaxed, forward-moving energy transfer that GOATA principles aim to cultivate. Hydration vs. Decompression in Practice Because the mechanical decompression of the spine is already being aggressively handled through targeted, low-intensity methods—banded reverse hyperextensions, passive hangs from gymnastics rings, and gravity-assisted dip bar swings—the walking does not need to decompress. The hanging separates the vertebrae, while the flat walking simply grooves the proper movement patterns and moves the fluids around. Dropping from 215 pounds down to a sub-199 range on a tall frame inherently removes a massive amount of sheer mechanical stress from the spine and lower extremity joints. This leaner, lighter build, combined with the low-impact, rhythmic hydration of flat walking, prevents muscular guarding. That lack of chronic tension is exactly what allows the spine to remain comfortable and pain-free during marathon coding and meditation sessions. GOATA Movement Secrets with Ricky Stanzi This discussion breaks down the core biomechanics of how energy transfers through the body during natural locomotion and why minimizing muscular compression is critical for joint longevity. YouTube video views will be stored in your YouTube History, and your data will be stored and used by YouTube according to its Terms of Service ```
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finch764646xv11 2 months ago
we not usin our toooaaassstterrsssss enough our bread is cold
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finch764646xv11 2 months ago
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finch764646xv11 2 months ago
| \# -- """" "and he went again to the lakeside, and began to teach, and so many people gathered that he had to get into a boat on the lake. and he sat in it, and the whole crowd sat on the shore, up to the water's edge. and he taught them many things in parables, and said, "what is the kingdom of god like? it is like a man who sows a seed on the earth: he goes about his business, and day by day the seed sprouts and grows, he doesn't know how. the earth bears fruit by itself, first the stalk, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. and when the grain is ripe, the man goes in with his sickle, because it is harvest time. "the kingdom of god is like a mustard seed, which is smaller than any other seed; but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes the largest of shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky are able to make their nests in its shade. "the kingdom of god is like yeast, which a woman took and mixed in with fifty pounds of dough, until all of it was leavened. "the kingdom of god is like a treasure buried in a field, which a man found and buried again; then in his joy he goes and sells everything he has and buys that field. "or the kingdom of god is like this: there was a merchant looking for fine pearls, who found one pearl of great price, and he went and sold everything he had and bought it. "thus, every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of god is like a householder who can bring forth out of his treasure room both the new and the old." -- -- from -- "the gospel according to jesus" -- translated by stephen mitchell ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- """" | | | % |
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finch764646xv11 5 months ago
\# -- "7 -- wearied by daytime wanderings, i sometimes leave all this vanity behind to remember the wounds of those sufferings, to churn up the former dreams... -- if i could only breathe into her soul spring joy on a winter day -- but, no, why, oh why, should i destroy her childish ease -- -- it is enough for my soul to soar up to her heavenly heights, where we sometimes have a glimpse of joy -- -- though it is meant -- not for us. -- -- -- (30 october 1898) -- -- -- alexander blok,  russian orthodox Sophia-devoted poet -- from "Poems of Sophia" ---- ---- ---- ---- \# -- " -- i enter dark temples and celebrate a poor rite. i await there the Beautiful Lady in the glow of red lamps. -- -- -- blok,  -- from "Poems of Sophia" ---- ---- ---- ---- https://spotify.link/SzPrxluyIXb \# -- """" "when the starry sky, a vista of open seas or a stained glass window shedding purple beams fascinate me, there is a cluster of meaning, of colors, of words, of caresses, there are light touches, scents, sighs, cadences that arise, shroud me, carry me away, and sweep me beyond the things that i see, hear, or think. the "sublime" object dissolves in the raptures of a bottomless memory. it is such a memory, which, from stopping point to stopping point, remembrance to remembrance, love to love, transfers that object to the refulgent point of the dazzlement in which i stray in order to be. as soon as i perceive it, as soon as i name it, the sublime triggers -- it has always already triggered -- a spree of perceptions and words that expands memory boundlessly. i then forget the point of departure and find myself removed to a secondary universe, set off from the one where "i" am delight and loss. not at all short of but always with and through perception and words, the sublime is a something added that expands us, overstrains us, and causes us to be both here, as dejects, and there, as others and sparkling. a divergence, an impossible bounding. everything missed, joy -- fascination." -- -- julia kristeva, france """" -- ---- ---- ---- ---- file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/62/02/BC9BCE52-21C4-44FF-B7F2-25B80A58C5DA/IMG_4168.PNG file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/32/02/B2569B03-EB36-4BEE-88DC-12ED045390E0/IMG_4170.PNG file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/b8/08/2A08FC9A-C92F-4E65-94D3-E405A5E7ED76/IMG_4172.PNG file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/b7/07/A6A48B00-5DDB-461C-B5D6-6FB9D923CED6/IMG_4173.PNG file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/dd/13/1288E1B8-FB24-401E-9A83-9C7D0B6F72C4/IMG_4174.PNG https://spotify.link/SzPrxluyIXb file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/ee/14/B407DACB-5339-4113-8777-D37B29FD6DD2/IMG_6079.heic file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/22/02/EA49834E-816A-46E6-8ACB-36D960D33325/78305061981__CADFDD70-CDFB-4061-84BF-70236A38CD96.HEIC file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/30/00/222D7CE2-F3FC-401E-B393-D5F3230DD6EF/IMG_6081.jpg
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finch764646xv11 10 months ago
people need to be comforted before they need to be energized