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Originally Posted by nawchem
...I know a soccer coach/physiologist who does a very low squat position bends forward with her hands on the ground. It is a stretch for lower back, hip flexors and that spot where your hips meet the back of the thighs. I'll be talking to her and she'll be in that position to stay loose. I've been doing that along with squats and it's made things a lot easier.
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I've been doing an exercise where you start on your hands and knees and then push up onto your toes so your knees are off the ground. It's actually the very first step of one of the exercises I couldn't do. I feel this in my hips and knees--I can't even do it repeatedly for 30 seconds yet! So I definitely have some work to do on these muscles.
Goal: Build some muscle, increase my flexibility and do PT for my ankle
Feb. - 24/28 days
Mar. 1 - Modified Beg. Pilates
Mar. 2 - Bodyweight Strength Training W2D12
Mar. 3 - switched to the Beginner Pilates and added side kicks (there are a bunch more moves in the regular beginner plan and I plan to add maybe one a week until I'm doing the full beginner plan
Mar. 4 - Bodyweight Strength Training W2D13
Mar. 5 - Beginner Pilates
Mar. 6 - Bodyweight Strength Training W2D15 (Switched to all upper body. Nearly got the better of me.)
Mar. 7 - Beginner Pilates
Mar. 8 - Bodyweight Strength Training W2D16 (all lower body; felt this some as I was going to sleep)
Mar. 9 - Beginner Pilates (feeling those side kicks--especially after the lower body workout yesterday)
Mar. 10 - Bodyweight Strength Training W2D18 (figured out a modification for one of the exercises I was struggling with, more of a prep than a modification; even that was tricky)
Mar. 11 - Beginner Pilates
Mar. 12 - Bodyweight Strength Training W2D19
Mar. 13 - Beginner Pilates
Mar. 14 - Bodyweight Strength Training W2D20
Mar. 15 - Beginner Pilates (added Teaser Prep I)
Mar. 16 - Bodyweight Strength Training W2D22