I can't imagine it went on their sale for what they are now listed at on Ebay! Oh well, you can't keep everything.
Posted on 09/23/2022 2:51:34 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
The soleus muscle in the calf, though only 1% of your body weight, can do big things to improve the metabolic health if activated correctly.
Marc Hamilton has discovered an approach for optimal activation—he's pioneering the "soleus pushup" (SPU) which effectively elevates muscle metabolism for hours, even while one is sitting. The soleus is a posterior leg muscle that runs from just below the knee to the heel.
Hamilton's research suggests the soleus pushup's ability to sustain an elevated oxidative metabolism to improve the regulation of blood glucose is more effective than any popular methods currently touted as a solution including exercise, weight loss and intermittent fasting.
When the SPU was tested, the whole-body effects on blood chemistry included a 52% improvement in the excursion of blood glucose (sugar) and 60% less insulin requirement over three hours after ingesting a glucose drink.
The new approach of keeping the soleus muscle metabolism humming is also effective at doubling the normal rate of fat metabolism in the fasting period between meals, reducing the levels of fat in the blood (VLDL triglyceride).
The soleus pushup
While seated with feet flat on the floor and muscles relaxed, the heel rises while the front of the foot stays put. When the heel gets to the top of its range of motion, the foot is passively released to come back down. The aim is to simultaneously shorten the calf muscle while the soleus is naturally activated by its motor neurons.
The researchers point out that this is not some new fitness tip. It's a potent physiological movement that capitalizes on unique features of the soleus.
“We are unaware of any existing or promising pharmaceuticals that come close to raising and sustaining whole-body oxidative metabolism at this magnitude."
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
I can't imagine it went on their sale for what they are now listed at on Ebay! Oh well, you can't keep everything.
That machine ... my mom also sewed on one of those for the longest time. When she was pregnant with my brother it was hard for her to treadle (is that a verb?). So while she sewed, I had to sit in the other side and do it. My sister has it now.
In the ‘60s, she got an electric one, which I’m taking to a quilting retreat next week.
I’ve heard, but am not sure, that sales of treadle machines are as high as “newfangled” electric ones, world-wide. Supposedly, the third-world sewing sweatshops use them.
Thank you!
folks want to keep sewing if tptb decide
no more electricity for us stinky peasants
Same....there’s a nerve in the foot that you can position just right and get your leg to going like a piston for hours with no effort.
Irritates my wife when I do it, as in Japan it is considered an indicator for being poor in some way (yusuri binpo - spelling is wrong I’m sure).
FYI - I’ve been doing this for a few weeks. I’ll do both feet together sometimes, and sometimes alternate. Probably a total of one hour a day.
For weight, I think it helps. I’ll have blood glucose checked in December and I’m eager to see if there has been an improvement.
Excellent! Tell us what comes out of it.
“Excellent! Tell us what comes out of it.”
Reporting in as requested. This must be working, as I do it on and off for maybe an hour or two a day, unconsciously — at computer, sitting in church, reading.
Last June I went off my six-month keto diet which had caused a 25-pound weight loss and better blood sugar levels. I did this exercise instead. In December, neither my weight nor blood sugar level had increased.
If I notice weight creeping up, then I’ll start with my diet again.
My wife often does the exercise while we watch something.
It’s helped her lose weight.
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