Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
So it's one of those things where you, before you pull the trigger on any of this stuff, you need to know what you're potentially getting into.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
And you need to really think hard.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
It's like, if you're just trying to get big and jack, can you just like spend time and train and like figure out ways to enjoy movement, right?
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
Instead of just like seeking this look, because again, so many people that have gotten to that point realize like there is so much more
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
Like a Chris Bumstead realizing that there is so much more to movement and athleticism than just being big and strong.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
And he's reworking himself to try to build those abilities back.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
So just be careful.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
I want you to take that and I want you to just bring awareness to it in your personal rope practice.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
Like think about your non-dominant side.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
Think about improving the way you move and make it as good as your dominance.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
because I don't want to tell you, I want you to discover that for yourself, but a story I'll tell you and other people in the stronger human community, especially the people that run, have noticed that their gait efficiency or the way that they run is much more efficient after doing row float because it's not just the movement of the spine.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
It's the shifting of the weight along with the movement of the spine.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
You learn to use the whole body fluidly as a unit.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
This is why flow is its own thing within what I was talking about.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
You learn to use the whole body, not just using the spine, but shifting the weight from the front foot to back foot, the front hip to back hip, coordinating that with the spine, the shoulders, the scapula.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
You learn how to do all of this together and you get in all those reps on your non-dominant side.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
On our podcast a few years back, I bring this up because he said it on air and I'm happy he did.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
CJ Kobliska, his Instagram handle is Movement Exploration Channel.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
Four years ago, or maybe five years ago now, he spent a weekend working and doing some rope flow with David Weck.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
It was his first exploration into the rope with David.