Sunday, March 11, 2018

Out of Action for a LONG Time

I haven't practiced kettlebells since 5 August 2017. During the fall I did the Dynamic Aging Whole Body Flow (DAWBF) pretty often. The last couple of months I haven't done much at all. My left hip has been the limiting factor, that and my attitude I guess.

The hip has hurt very badly quite often. It hurt to the point where I bought a cane and there were even a few days when I actually used it just to walk around in the house. I just haven't wanted to do anything, the pain just sucked everything out of me, or I allowed it to do so.

This happens to me often. Even though I told myself just walk and do the "old folks" workout, DAWBF, I just couldn't keep the momentum. But I'm feeling really lousy and gained back about 10 pounds. I've got to do something.

With that in mind, Friday I did an Original Strength reset. I did the same yesterday. A couple of days before that I bought the Gold Medal Bodies Elements program which I started today. When I woke up this morning my body felt noticeably better and a little sore just from the resets.

The first day of the 8 week Elements program is basically an assessment and learning day. Even with that, my mobility, flexibility and strength is really, really poor right now. Every movement was a challenge. The most challenging for my hip were the floor hip circles. Anyway, I'm going to keep with this eight week program and see how much I can increase my mobility and strength while hopefully decreasing my pain. I'll mix in some OS Resets and DAWBF, too.

2 comments:

  1. I’ve been wondering where you were. Sorry you haven’t been feeling your best. Looking forward to hearing you’re thoughts on Elements as you go through; I have that program also but haven’t started it...

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  2. Thanks for the comment, BoaK! Cute name. I'm a little sore today after two days of Elements. Also, I was sitting outside in the cold watching my son's JV lacrosse game and the following varsity lacrosse game last night. I got pretty stiff. I'll do Elements day three tonight.

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