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The Human Body And Functional Muscle

[ Hmmmm, The video I had is no longer available, will have to find another one ]

Last week I posted a great video of Dominic Lacasse who has performed for Cirque du Soleil doing some amazing upper body strength feats. I had a look around and found more of him that I wanted to post.

The human body is an amazing machine, work it, train it, become stronger and then use it in a beautiful art form is what Cirque du Soleil is all about.

I was out to see Ka when I was in Vegas two weeks ago and was simply stunned by the beauty and grace of the performers. I’ve only seen one other performance by Cirque and that was when Sunrider brought them to Los Angeles to perform for a private showing for their distributors at the annual convention.

It is my goal to see all the shows.

Enjoy the video clip.

visit Dominic Lacasse (the performer)

Incredible Upper Body Strength

This is an incredible example of the sort of upper body strength that is possible when the human body is worked and properly nourished. You can clearly see that this man does not have the traditional build of a bodybuilder, yet has the strength of one.

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This is the power of functional muscle, being able to use your body in a functional way. You the reader may not want to be able to do what he does, but at the very least, you can appreciate that he’s much stronger in a broader range of motions than Mr Olympia or Mr Universe.

Where bodybuilders can curl a dumbbell or barbell, or squat 700 pounds, this man is able to use his body in various ways that would probably cause the biggest to fail.

Functional muscle rules!

Of course, should have known, he’s a Cirque du Soleil member. His website is Dominic Lacasse

Thanks to The Fit Blog via MyBlogLog