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Workshop: Athletes in Overalls: Movement Health & Injury Prevention
Not Our Farm
| Anyone who has farmed for a day, a week, a month, or a full season knows that farming is a MARATHON (maybe a series of marathons!), and not a sprint. When we look at farm work through the lens of sport and athleticism, what changes for us? How does that impact our diet, our noticing in our bodies, our sleep hygiene, and our confidence in how we advocate for ourselves?
At the next Free School session, longtime farmer and farmworker, strength athlete, and personal trainer Cynthia Flores of Labor-Movement will discuss movement health and wellness for farmworkers from an athletic perspective. Cynthia asks: What does it mean to be a farmworker and an athlete? What is movement self-advocacy? You can expect to learn tips on managing food, fluid, sleep, and stress for best performance over long days and the season. The discussion will focus on safe lifts using hinges and squats, reducing the potential of low back pain or injury, and moving and carrying loads. There will be time for Q&A and discussion so bring your questions and experiences! Join us Tuesday, January 28, at 3:30 pm PT/6:30 pm ET on zoom. Accessibility information: This session will be facilitated in English and simultaneously interpreted into Spanish by Cooperativa Brujúlas. Closed captioning will also be available. Please note that Free School for Farmworkers sessions are a farmworker-only space. Flyer designed by Alicia Robinson-Welsh |