http://blog.melchua.com/2009/06/26/remedial-early-childhood-motor-skills-development/ Braindumps on things Mel Chua has found shiny lately. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:28:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.melchua.com/2009/06/26/remedial-early-childhood-motor-skills-development/comment-page-1/#comment-2136 Katie Rivard Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:05:19 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2009/06/26/remedial-early-childhood-motor-skills-development/#comment-2136 Something that helped me briefly with the small-important-muscles-are-weak problem was freeweights -- I happened to be rooming with someone who was really into lifting, and he helped me learn proper form for squat thrusts. Squat thrusts on a machine at the gym strengthen the big muscle groups, but when you're balancing a bar on your shoulders and trying not to fall over, you gain a lot of strength in the little balancing muscles all over your body as well. It's pretty cool. Get a buddy, though; lifting alone is no fun. Something that helped me briefly with the small-important-muscles-are-weak problem was freeweights — I happened to be rooming with someone who was really into lifting, and he helped me learn proper form for squat thrusts. Squat thrusts on a machine at the gym strengthen the big muscle groups, but when you’re balancing a bar on your shoulders and trying not to fall over, you gain a lot of strength in the little balancing muscles all over your body as well. It’s pretty cool. Get a buddy, though; lifting alone is no fun.

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