Workout 08/05/08
Yesterday's workout included:
1. Pigeon stretch
2. Foam rolling on the sore hip
3. Balancing on a balance board (has a roller in the middle)
4. Squats on the balance board
5. One-legged squats on a bench with one riser
6. Chair squats
8. Superman reaches with the stability ball
8. Kneeling, holding the stability ball under my elbows rolling out on the stability ball until I'm holding with my hands, and then rolling back
9. Planks on elbows
10. Planks on sides; went to feet but had to drop to knees when my hip/back popped out most painfully
Therapist said the planks were a perfect example of me pushing too hard, that I should stay on the knees and not try to do it on the feet.
She also dropped a huge bomb by announcing I must never do deadlifts or deep squats again, because my hip will never be able to stand such forces, and neither will my hyper-mobile back.
And I'm not to ever, ever, EVER squat lower than chair height.
I was taking her seriously --- and thinking about what an awful life it will be without squats or deadlifts --- until she asked me why I wanted to work out like a man, anyway. After all, I was a woman! And I needed a different kind of workout!
I almost laughed out loud with relief! Obviously she doesn't know what she's talking about, and one day I will -- oh yes, I WILL -- be able to do deadlifts and deep squats again.
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