IHPRA Newsletter
June 2010
Actress Mary Howard
1913-2009
Swiss balls, body bridges and other
extension devices are widely used today,
but extension was commonly believed to be dangerous for just about everybody
less than a decade ago.
People with medical issues should do some research and/or contact a couple savvy
experts for advice.
For healthy backs, the issue has always been smart progression, variety and
precision.
Start here to take a look at extension and other uncommon postures
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Des Moines cuts more physical education positions
Iowa Core Curriculum ignores the motor domain
Great Seal of Colorado
Over 400,000 Colorado youth fail minimum standards
Meanwhile, Colorado's mainstream physical educators walk smiling toward the abyss
Culturally bankrupt motor expression framed in numerous layers of dysfunction.
"I probably
won’t do a lot of yoga with my kids but yoga bingo, that’s pretty cool."
Tabatha Sisneros
"Where else can you play all day and still get paid?"
Rich Cendali
80-90% of Philadelphia youth fail
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Some great women's images
WWII Functional PRT
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Men's wartime training
You sometimes feature
pictures of old equipment on your website.
Who were the manufacturers?
Medart was very innovative, as was the Narragansett
Machine Co. in Providence, Rhode Island
What kind of equipment was common in the 1970s?
Take a look
You have showed how boxers used
Indian clubs to improve their speed and punching power.
Where can I learn to swing them like they were used in the past?
Club swinging in Budapest
Dragon Door has some instructors,
other self-taught teachers are emerging,
and you can use your own instincts to figure out how to best organize the
movements.