Most people view their bodies like a stack of bricks.

Your head sits on your neck, your neck sits on your shoulders, your shoulders sit on your ribs… you get the picture, until all that weight eventually accumulates in the lower back, hips, and you guessed it! Your pelvic floor! 

Let’s call this the compression model. It’s heavy, it’s rigid, and it’s why you collapse into your joints and ligaments when you get tired.

As you know, I’ve been laying on the floor this month working on my potential energy,\. And while I’ve been down here I’ve been thinking about the alternative. The suspension model.

Picture the Golden Gate Bridge (Hi Amy! My incredible client in San Fran ♥️)…

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge which means it doesn’t stay up because things are stacked, it stays up because of tension. The cables are integrated. Every part of the bridge is pulling its weight so that the whole structure can handle massive loads (like an entire city’s worth of traffic) without snapping.

This is the Well Hung System™ in action.

“OMG Alissa! Are you trying to tell me there are circumstances where TENSION is GOOD?!?!”

Yes. That’s exactly what I’m saying. 

When your internal “cables,” aka your transverse abdominals, diaphragm, breath, and pelvic floor, are integrated, you aren’t a stack of bricks anymore. You’re a high-performance suspension system.

How freaking amazing is that? 🤓

Your weight doesn’t collapse on your joints when you’re suspended or Well Hung. Instead, it gets distributed across your entire body. It’s like Fair Play for your body!!!

If you feel heavy today, you’re probably operating in the compression model letting gravity win.

Let’s be more like Elphaba and defy gravity! 

How? I’m glad you asked

• Check your cables: Are you resting on your bones instead of holding yourself up?
• Bricks vs Hung: When you stand up, are you stacking bricks or are you suspending your Will Hung body?
• Alignment: If your pelvis is tucked under or sticking out behind you, your cables are slack. Without the necessary tension of everything being aligned, the whole bridge (and all of that city traffic) is at risk of falling into the water.

Since I’m still in my recalibration phase, I’m checking my own cables and ensuring my suspension is in good shape and I’m Well Hung for February. I’m not ready to move the heavy traffic yet, and that’s the whole point!!!

I’m making sure the bridge is worth crossing. Both in terms of safety and value. 

So! My questions for you now is, are you stacking or are you suspending? 

Email me here and let me know! I love hearing from you.