Exercises you wish you could do but can't
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RavenLibra wrote: »
Haha, no, thankfully, but I'm really un-bendy, I've never been able to touch my toes even when I was a kid, so I kind of grunt and "oof" a lot trying to get into most of the positions. I did it when I was pregnant and laughed hysterically all through the course. The only bit I liked was at the very end when you just kind of lie down on your side, close your eyes and "meditate". My cue for a few moments snooze...5 -
Aerobics. I love moving, but my balance is horrible. I've hurt myself a couple of times attempting aerobics so I had to give it up.1
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there to many to name. I can't run I look to funny trying. I can do a few push ups before for I need to switch it up to my knees. lunges I can do a little bit then I seem to screw that up. i'm just not coordinated and breathing while exercising I find that hard to0
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I have issues with my feet, so I can't do lunges or burpees or anything that involes bending my toes toward the top of my foot. Causes terrible pain. Very limiting.1
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Pull Ups..But I am using the assist machine at the gym, Better every week.4
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Rock climbing. My partner stopped a couple years ago and I don't have anyone to belay me.1
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Single arm chin up...I can do 12 with both arms; using 1 arm is way cooler.1
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All of them? I'm not only fat, I'm also REALLY uncoordinated.4
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90° planch push-ups. I'm working on it though. Doing 10 of them in a row is one of my goals.2
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KurumiSophia wrote: »Belly dancing. Bollixed ACL dashed that real quick.
Acroyoga. Again, stupid ACL made that go adios real fast
Have you looked into different knee braces? I have no acl in my right knee, and having the right brace made all the difference. They make ones with jointed metal supports which are really protective, but mine just has the flexible side supports. I can definitely belly dance and do yoga.
My thing right now is wanting to do a pull up or chin up. I started out not even being able to dead hang, and I can dead hang for 15 leg lifts now. I'm working on shoulder shrugs, negatives, and pull downs. My negatives have really gotten better since I started, before it was more of a fall than a negative, now it's at least a controlled drop!0 -
Push ups and lunges.0
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Box Jumps2
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pushups pullups and chinups and i'm working towards all of them.0
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I'm finding the mix of answers on this thread fascinating: Things people can't do because of an injury or analogous hard physical limitation; things people can't do because those things make them feel bad/foolish; things people can't do but are working diligently to do by building up a foundation starting several steps back; and more.
"Can't" is a more interesting word than I would have thought.8 -
I should amend my answer as to why I can't do push ups and lunges.
I can't do pushups because I'm not strong enough. I also don't seem to make good progress at developing strength. I continue to work on it, but I don't see improvements much in the way of strength gains in upper body department at all after 3 years of weight training. It's really pathetic. Lower body? I've been able to add weight, but progress is slow.
I can't do lunges to any reasonable depth because of knee and hip issues. And my balance isn't the best either.1 -
Anything that requires balance and/or coordination - dancing, skiing, surfing, etc. I wish I could, however, I don't want to die of terminal klutziness.3
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I'm 2013 I could do 3 bar muscle ups. Now I can even do a pull up. I'm working on it.0
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Handstand. I need to find consistency with practicing balancing. Also, I need to learn to roll out to so I don't hurt myself.0
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I would love to lift heavy weights. I have titanium rods fused to my spine and I have been told absolutely not by 2 surgeons.1
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