Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 14:03:57 -0800 From: Tony Miller <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] Organization: YNOT Prods X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: listserv <[log in to unmask]> Subject: WALKING Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit OBSERVATION: WHATEVER THE NEURAL PATHWAY THAT'S USED IN WALKING HAS BEEN CONDITIONED TO MAKE THE FEET MOVE FORWARD, RESULTING IN A SHUFFLING, SHORT STEP. CIRCUMSTANCES THIS MORNING CAUSED ME TO LIFT THE FEET, AND VOILA!, I WAS WALKING FORWARD QUICKLY AND EASILY! I EXAGGERATED THE FOOT RAISING WITH EACH STEP AND IT CONTINUED TO WORK. I ALSO FOUND THE SAME RESULT WHEN TRYING TO TURN WHILE STATIONARY. I WONDER IF IT WORKS BECAUSE OF USING A DIFFERENT NEURAL PATHWAY, AND IF PRACTICED LONG ENOUGH WILL I TRAIN A NEW CONDITIONED RESPONSE. I ALSO FOUND THE LIFT OF THE FEET CAUSED VERY TIRED LEG MUSCLES, BUT WHAT THE HELL, I NEEDED THE EXERCISE. NEEDED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU. LET'S KNOW WHAT YOU FIND. MUCH RSPECT AND LUV, TM ( :-D