manXisting
2016
I’ve seen recent articles on ‘manspreading’ in an international context - apparently it is being addressed in Paris and Madrid. Very much a sign of the times, and since I am an inveterate mansplainer thought I would blovate on the physical aspect of this.
I learned from the good folks at CakeFit ( Rui Li Brian Baker ) about some muscles I didn’t know I even had (dude I have a psoas !) and how to do basic lifting forms (deadlift, squat, etc). Easily the tightest thing on my incredibly tight (not the good ‘tight’) creaky body is my Iliotibial Band ( aka IT band) which runs down the outside of my legs from hip to knee.
When I roll that beast on a foam roller it feels like all the LouisCK-esque stress and general disappointments in my life have settled there and release screaming like exorcised demons. You should try it - its an awesome thing.
Anyway, staring at internet photos and memes of manspreading - and I have spent literally hours staring at men spreading their legs on subways with dog heads or Trumpheads or weird cats between their legs … - i realize it is a tight IT band combined with weak inner muscles (rectus femoris, etc) that is the driver for that position.
So - standing desks, thigh masters and rolling the IT - I have fixed manspreading…
Now working on manbreathing, manslouching and general mansmelling…