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Anniebotnen
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Started back on BT III this week after a break of almost 3 weeks (I went to Sweden to celebrate my mother's 100th birthday). So far, I have done one each of the A and B workouts. The first one was hard!!! The second one felt much better, so I'm getting back in the groove.
One of the reasons I decided to do the Supercharged workouts is that you can design your own workouts and accommodate (and I'm hoping overcome) any physical limitations/issues you may have. I had both hips replaced in 2011 due to severe arthritis so my lower body is quite weak compared to upper as a consequence both of the arthritis itself (many years of limited mobility) and the after effects of the surgery, so being able to pick and choose levels of exercises for different body areas is great for me.
Before Supercharged I was doing leg presses, extensions and curls for lower body, which were better than nothing but did not address the real weakness I have at the lowest part of a squat, and with balancing while doing lunges, for example. I am making progress and gaining strength back but it seems excruciatingly slow at times. However, I was gardening this morning, and suddenly noticed that I could kneel and get up and down with none of the muscle pain I've had for so long when performing those movements! Yay!
Has anyone here done mountain climbers for dynamic stability? I picked that as one of my BT III exercises, but I cannot really feel that I'm doing anything. I've looked at the video in the book and I think I'm doing it correctly. Any ideas?
One of the reasons I decided to do the Supercharged workouts is that you can design your own workouts and accommodate (and I'm hoping overcome) any physical limitations/issues you may have. I had both hips replaced in 2011 due to severe arthritis so my lower body is quite weak compared to upper as a consequence both of the arthritis itself (many years of limited mobility) and the after effects of the surgery, so being able to pick and choose levels of exercises for different body areas is great for me.
Before Supercharged I was doing leg presses, extensions and curls for lower body, which were better than nothing but did not address the real weakness I have at the lowest part of a squat, and with balancing while doing lunges, for example. I am making progress and gaining strength back but it seems excruciatingly slow at times. However, I was gardening this morning, and suddenly noticed that I could kneel and get up and down with none of the muscle pain I've had for so long when performing those movements! Yay!
Has anyone here done mountain climbers for dynamic stability? I picked that as one of my BT III exercises, but I cannot really feel that I'm doing anything. I've looked at the video in the book and I think I'm doing it correctly. Any ideas?
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Basic mountain climbers wouldn't do much for me either. I either make them plyometric by running them (for 30 secs or so) or you could change it up by using a fit ball to lean on and add stability in to the mix xxxx0
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I thought about using a fit ball and tried it but it felt too unstable so I was too chicken. I decided to try fit ball rollouts instead yesterday. It was hard, I could only do about 6 and could not roll very far, but boy, do I feel it in my lower abs today!0
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You are super inspiring with your workouts after hip replacements! I've been too lazy this summer and need to get back to the gym!0
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Carlie, so nice to see you back! When you do get back to the gym, I think you're going to be really happy with the results of this program!0
