Plan is to work get-ups today, 5 minutes total (actually takes me about 6 minutes to do 2 reps per side). Need to focus on lifting the kneecaps and activating glutes in the upright locked position, also keeping the arm completely vertical, activating lat versus upper trap/neck, long spine, shoulder away from ear, etc. This is a complex, technical lift! Hope to move up to 44lb in the next week or two. Will also do a low pyramid of pullups. Saw that Pavel has a new 1-day KB certification class, sounds cool, I may want to attend some day when I can afford it – would be great to be able to teach this stuff to other “bad back” folks. Started a new daily QiGong practice this week too, seems to be helping with shoulder mobility and overall energy level, challenge is to fit all the exercises into a 30 minute time period.
Been dealing with some glute/sciatic pain the last week or so, not too bad, just annoying. Either a remnant of last week’s over training or just tight from being worked well by swings (and finally having the right side trunk stabilizers firing properly after a MAT session) - similar to the super-tight hamstrings I had for a week after vigorous swings – gone now, I worked through it and did lots of foam roller muscle release. Guess that means my hammies are much stronger now! Lying on a baseball (on the pain points) is amazing for releasing glute/hip tension!
Plan is to work get-ups today, 5 minutes total (actually takes me about 6 minutes to do 2 reps per side). Need to focus on lifting the kneecaps and activating glutes in the upright locked position, also keeping the arm completely vertical, activating lat versus upper trap/neck, long spine, shoulder away from ear, etc. This is a complex, technical lift! Hope to move up to 44lb in the next week or two. Will also do a low pyramid of pullups. Saw that Pavel has a new 1-day KB certification class, sounds cool, I may want to attend some day when I can afford it – would be great to be able to teach this stuff to other “bad back” folks. Started a new daily QiGong practice this week too, seems to be helping with shoulder mobility and overall energy level, challenge is to fit all the exercises into a 30 minute time period.
Been dealing with some glute/sciatic pain the last week or so, not too bad, just annoying. Either a remnant of last week’s over training or just tight from being worked well by swings (and finally having the right side trunk stabilizers firing properly after a MAT session) - similar to the super-tight hamstrings I had for a week after vigorous swings – gone now, I worked through it and did lots of foam roller muscle release. Guess that means my hammies are much stronger now! Lying on a baseball (on the pain points) is amazing for releasing glute/hip tension!