Yesterday, being a cardio-only day, I performed a few short sessions of Spiderman crawls, which I posted about, along with a video showing how they're done.
Little did I know what an effect those were going to have on my leg workout today! Leading off with front squats, it became quickly evident that my core was FRIED from yesterday's frolicking. I was unable to finish my last set, mainly due to being unable to keep the necessary upright torso position to perform the front squats properly.
I'm still loving the idea of using Spiderman crawls as a conditioning tool, but I won't be doing these immediately before a leg day anymore.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Spiderman Crawls!
Well, after about a month and a half of practicing the principles form Tim Anderson's book "Original Strength", I decided that since today was an "off" day (cardio-only), I'd do some Spiderman crawls. I only did a few minutes worth, spread out through the day but let me tell you, these things are HARD! I'm thinking that these will be a regular thing for me now. What a rush! I snagged the video below off of YouTube. Thanks to Steve Maxwell for showing us how it's done.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Thank You, "Original Strength"
I've been using some of the movements from the book "Original Strength" on myself for about a month and a half now. The movement principles laid out in the book are deceptively simple and based on movement patterns developed during early childhood but lost or forgotten in adulthood.
I have had nagging pain in both shoulders off and on for about ten years now, along with one shoulder surgery about five years ago which resulted in some limited relief.
Several months ago, I wound up on the Original Strength site and registered to get the free ebook "Pressing Reset". To be honest, I scoffed at the material at first because I thought it was too simple to be of any help or use to me.
About that time, I was back into a pretty good groove in my workouts, but the shoulders were really starting to give me fits again, like they always have, whenever I demand a lot from them. Looking for relief, I started doing some of the movements from the ebook, separate from my regular workouts.
The shoulder pain started improving very quickly and I was impressed enough that I ordered the book "Original Strength". After reading through the book a couple of times and performing the movements several times throughout the day, I'm progressing in my regular workouts very nicely and my shoulder pain is all but completely gone.
I have had nagging pain in both shoulders off and on for about ten years now, along with one shoulder surgery about five years ago which resulted in some limited relief.
Several months ago, I wound up on the Original Strength site and registered to get the free ebook "Pressing Reset". To be honest, I scoffed at the material at first because I thought it was too simple to be of any help or use to me.
About that time, I was back into a pretty good groove in my workouts, but the shoulders were really starting to give me fits again, like they always have, whenever I demand a lot from them. Looking for relief, I started doing some of the movements from the ebook, separate from my regular workouts.
The shoulder pain started improving very quickly and I was impressed enough that I ordered the book "Original Strength". After reading through the book a couple of times and performing the movements several times throughout the day, I'm progressing in my regular workouts very nicely and my shoulder pain is all but completely gone.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Today's Quote
A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
-Muhammad Ali
-Muhammad Ali
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