Experiment # 6

Backbone inversion stretching

Method # 1a: I’m lying on a sit-up bench and stretching my body at a 10-degree angle. I want to see how effective my spine stretches.

Method # 1b: @ a different angle.

Method # 2a: It is so much fun as I desperately try to hug and catch Licong from falling. As you can tell from the picture, Licong looks terrified. Man, he is screaming like a girl as King (photographer) and I try to convince him, “my Chinese brother, it’s okay, don’t worry.. I will catch you if I can!”

Method # 2b: Licong wearing ankle weights around his torso as his legs are hanging on the chin-up bar. This method seems like a good idea to lengthen the spine. Licong tells me that his spine feels so stretched and so great as if he just received a free Chinese massage (this method is under intense development).

Method # 3: I’m flipping upside down against the wall. I weight around 150 lb. I want to see how my spine is lengthened when the weights of my legs and butt pressing down on me. This picture taken is at the school’s locker room.

Method # 4: King is lying on a slanted cardboard and extending his body to the ground.. we want to know how the spine is lengthened when lying at a 45-degree angle. King is wearing ankle weights on your ankles to anchor his entire body so that he would not slide down the bed.