somanaut
Level 5 Valued Member
I recently started doing hindu push ups, not high reps just 5-10 slow and controlled, before my S&S warmup and a few sets through out the day, and I was wondering what the S1 forum thinks about them?
I started doing them between periods of zazen (meditation in full lotus) instead of kinin (traditional walking meditation) to counteract the effects of sitting. And it feels good, recovery between zazen is better for shoulders, thoracic spine and ankles. First I just did standard sun salutations, but thought it was suboptimal as recovery, so I did the up dog position with dorsiflexed ankle instead of the standard plantar flexion, and that evolved to going "under the fence" as in the hindu/divebomber push up. It felt so good for the whole body (but especially shoulders) that I now do a few before the S&S warmup.
Do any of you do slow hindu push ups, or have done, and what do you think of them and their place in strength training and/or for active recovery?
I started doing them between periods of zazen (meditation in full lotus) instead of kinin (traditional walking meditation) to counteract the effects of sitting. And it feels good, recovery between zazen is better for shoulders, thoracic spine and ankles. First I just did standard sun salutations, but thought it was suboptimal as recovery, so I did the up dog position with dorsiflexed ankle instead of the standard plantar flexion, and that evolved to going "under the fence" as in the hindu/divebomber push up. It felt so good for the whole body (but especially shoulders) that I now do a few before the S&S warmup.
Do any of you do slow hindu push ups, or have done, and what do you think of them and their place in strength training and/or for active recovery?