| Nowadays we're seeing so many different kinds | | | | to prove the validity of this form of static - 'Do |
| of new exercise ideas that it's just too hard to | | | | nothingness' - exercise. |
| keep up with them. Exercise and fitness experts | | | | Those who are fascinated by 'Chi Kung' - the kind |
| keep coming up with new ways to do exercise to | | | | of exercise that not only enhances longevity, but |
| meet the ever-expanding demands of those who | | | | also promotes the vital force of our whole being - |
| would like to exercise the least but gain the most | | | | will remember too well that the basic forms of |
| benefits. Well, who doesn't like that idea anyway, | | | | exercises in 'Chi Kung' are mostly constructed as |
| right? | | | | some standing postures which the 'Chi Kung' |
| Exercises that involve equipment such as pilates, | | | | practitioner is to maintain in a still state for as long |
| weight-training, exercise rubber band - you name | | | | as it is required. |
| it and they've got it - they come and go in trend. | | | | Although there are also some moving exercises in |
| Nevertheless, they are always around. It's just | | | | 'Chi Kung', this form of 'standing exercise' indeed is |
| that they're taking turns in terms of importance | | | | the mother form of all 'Chi Kung' - those who are |
| or popularity, very much like PR (Page Rank) that | | | | in the know would have nothing to say against |
| internet marketers and webmasters are so | | | | this. Oh, by the way, this is supposed to be a |
| concerned about. | | | | secret too. |
| Free form exercises have also always been a | | | | The trick of this kind of 'standing exercises' is to |
| favorite choice too among many exercise fans | | | | let one feel the force of gravity pulling one down |
| -those who believe the merits of utilizing one's | | | | while maintaining just enough consciousness to |
| own body weight to exercise with and gain the | | | | resist being pulled down, thus creating a point of |
| effectiveness thereof. And those who swear by | | | | equilibrium from which the true force or energy |
| the free form exercises would say that the | | | | from our inner being can be felt and gradually |
| results gained from using one's own body weight | | | | maximized with accumulated effectiveness |
| to exercise appear whole lot more natural than | | | | obtained from long term training. |
| that by their equipment counterpart. | | | | 'Yiquan' - one of the most powerful forms of |
| I tend to belong to the latter group. I've been | | | | Chinese martial arts - stresses that this standing |
| exercising for over 20 years now with those | | | | posture is the basis of the whole system |
| exercise choices that require nothing but my own | | | | whereby the practitioner literally channels the |
| body - body weight to be exact. One of my | | | | power of the earth through the 'connectedness' |
| favorites is 'Standing for exercise.' | | | | that has been cultivated via this form of standing |
| Believe it or not, all the most significant things in | | | | posture. |
| life tend to be very simple by nature. This | | | | Not only 'standing for exercise' can promote good |
| 'standing for exercise' is unlike anything that | | | | 'chi', it also improves our health level; therefore, |
| resembles our newly invented fads. It has been | | | | the majority of cancer clinics and hospitals |
| handed down from many generations ahead of us | | | | encourages their patients to practise this 'standing |
| in China. | | | | exercise' daily to facilitate healing. |
| When we stand still there and maintain the right | | | | If you want to exercise but find insufficient time |
| amount of tensions just enough to fixate our | | | | and place to do so, why not try 'standing for |
| body gestures in a certain way for a certain | | | | exercise' and see for yourself its effectiveness. |
| length of time, the benefits gained as such can be | | | | You'd be surprised how quickly you'd feel the |
| so ever-lasting and far-reaching that it's beyond | | | | effect of this exercise and tire out whole lot |
| our imagination. Numerous studies have been done | | | | sooner than you can imagine. |