Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
Like I noticed, and this is something that Andrew Hooperman mentioned.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
And I was like, yeah, yeah, I feel that.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
It's like,
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
training your neck does do something to you psychologically because when you don't train your neck you don't even realize how sensitive you are to like neck movements when you don't train your neck but after like a few weeks of training your neck you're gonna notice that you're just like
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
Like you're like, you feel more, I'm not an aggressive person by nature, but it makes me feel like if I wanted to, I could be more aggressive.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
Like even in jujitsu, it makes me more aggressive because my body has more trust in this area that is the area that people will be attacking.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
But now it feels strong because it is strong.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
And I have less feeling of risk and apprehension when doing movements in the martial art.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
So of course it's great for grapplers and it's great for people to strengthen in the sport, but it's also great for people outside of jujitsu.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
And it's one of those things where if you're at your desk at work or you have a little band or something, you could literally have a band that you put around your head and you just go like this, tongue to the roof of the mouth, breathe, rotate.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
breathe, rotate, microdose it, put the band away, go about work, right?
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
You can get that input every day.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
And over time, this part of your body will be better connected to the rest of your body, along with your cervical spine.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
You gotta remember, our spine is over here.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
You know what I mean?
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
And strengthening that is a big net positive for people.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
It's like, we have these underserved areas, our neck,
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
You got a lot of people in the science space starting to talk about the benefits of grip strength and our feet, right?
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
And there are ways to strengthen these areas that don't require you to have to go to a gym and focus on it within your workout.
Danny Jones Podcast
#366 - Ancient "Spinal Engine" Theory: Secret to God-Like Longevity & Strength | Nsima Inyang
Like I'm throwing a lot of stuff at people and it can be one of those things where it's like, okay, this guy wants me to start training my hands and he wants me to start training my neck and he wants me to juggle and he wants me to do rope flow and he wants, it's like,