Little Lightning
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Advice from strength coach Dan John. Strengthen what is weakening, stretch what is tightening. Makes sense but not always easy to figure out.
My goal when I started working with my personal trainer was to the regain strength I lost due to a leg injury. My trainers goal was to get me to master basic human movements. The PT I was working with noticed that I heavily favored my left side, but he didn't seem to know how to correct it. In the early days of my training I discovered how weak it was. Any single leg workouts were extremely difficult. I struggled to do them on my left side. Squatting was always to the right. Got that corrected, too. Benefits of all this work, left right sides work equally, no more low back pain when cycling or doing daily activity. Now my workouts are more intense, lots of pushing and pulling exercises. Now using shoulder muscles, more complaining from those muscles Lately, I realized I never thought much about shoulder and back muscles. Learning alot about them. Need lots of stretching, and massage, to loosen them up. The benefit, I'm so close to doing a full push up. My posture is so much better, my strength for daily activities has improved, I lift and carry things that used to be too heavy.
Some mornings I go through the "I don't really feel like doing this today". I'd much rather go for a bike ride or hike or ski. However, I've never seen physical improvements just doing cardio like I've seen since doing this program. It's not complicated, just strengthening the weak muscles and stretching the tight muscles. Oh yes, when I do my other activities I do them comfortably with confidence and strength.
My goal when I started working with my personal trainer was to the regain strength I lost due to a leg injury. My trainers goal was to get me to master basic human movements. The PT I was working with noticed that I heavily favored my left side, but he didn't seem to know how to correct it. In the early days of my training I discovered how weak it was. Any single leg workouts were extremely difficult. I struggled to do them on my left side. Squatting was always to the right. Got that corrected, too. Benefits of all this work, left right sides work equally, no more low back pain when cycling or doing daily activity. Now my workouts are more intense, lots of pushing and pulling exercises. Now using shoulder muscles, more complaining from those muscles Lately, I realized I never thought much about shoulder and back muscles. Learning alot about them. Need lots of stretching, and massage, to loosen them up. The benefit, I'm so close to doing a full push up. My posture is so much better, my strength for daily activities has improved, I lift and carry things that used to be too heavy.
Some mornings I go through the "I don't really feel like doing this today". I'd much rather go for a bike ride or hike or ski. However, I've never seen physical improvements just doing cardio like I've seen since doing this program. It's not complicated, just strengthening the weak muscles and stretching the tight muscles. Oh yes, when I do my other activities I do them comfortably with confidence and strength.