Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
And he was doing a lot of trail runs, right, up until that point.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
He's a really great trainer.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
And his Instagram is literally what he does.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
He's a great trainer who loves to explore movement and share that with the people that he works with.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
Anyway, he did rope flow for those two days, went through the fundamental patterns, overhand, underhand, drag and roll, learn how to transition, goes and PR, has a nine or 10 minute PR on one of his longer trail runs.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
And he was like, what's going on here?
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
Again, this guy said it on air, right?
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
It's because his efficiency when it came to his gait was much better.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
He was learning how to move through space and run, not just running like this.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
You see a lot of runners, they run in a very stiff fashion.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
But CJ started actually using that momentum and using that spinal engine to propel himself when he was running through space.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
So his balance with every step was improved.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
His coordination of his spine with his movement was improved, thus hitting a PR on his run because the underhand pattern and rope flow mimics the human gait.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
You're getting all the feet forward in your algorithm.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
There's not just LeBron.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
There's many outliers when it comes to that.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
Look at Luka Doncic, who is one of the best players in the NBA.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
Oh, yeah, he is a little duck footed, isn't he?
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
He has quite a bit of duck foot, right?
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
So then it begs the question, like, well, shoot, what makes the elite the elite?