#MOKEY BARS SKIN#

Fascia is the connective tissue that encases our body parts and binds them togetherĪll of this sensation can help us to feel more in touch with our body, inside and out and more in touch with our self.

#MOKEY BARS SKIN#

There’s also lots of stretch in the skin and fascia. It’s a huge proprioceptive boost in the arms, shoulders and right into the core - that is, it creates masses of sensory information in the muscles, ligaments and tendons, which needs processing by the brain and nervous system, which makes it a fantastic developmental workoutīrachiating is so good because it creates a long flow of big sensations and feedback through the whole body - from the latissiumus dorsi (the widest muscle in the body that covers the width of the middle and lower back), connecting into the bone of the upper arm, into the spine and down into the hips as well It is an amazing upper body strengthener obviously, but it goes so much further than that But we humans can do a pretty good version of it too and it is great for both our bodies and our nervous systems. Gibbons are the best brachiators on the planet now. One of those changes was the collarbone, which keeps the shoulder away from the centre of the chest and allows for rotation. But evolving anatomical structure meant that apes developed something called brachiation - the ability to swing from branch to branch using only their arms. They didn’t swing because their anatomy was not built for it. Up to this point, our distant ancestors used all four limbs to climb about the trees they lived in. Playing on the monkey bars is such good body work.Īround 30 million years ago something was happening to shoulders and chests.

Mokey bars