I’ve been picking up pain in my left shoulder for the past couple of weeks again, so I’ve just started doing a little Theraband work, good old swimmer’s shoulder. Therabands are just large elastic (latex) bands, categorised according to resistance/strength, which can be used to isolate and work specific muscles. The colour indicates the amount…
Just thought (since I’ve posted nothing all week) that I’d post this useful training zone chart to follow-up the metabolic energy storage and use stuff that I posted last week. Cross reference your age, to the level of exercise you wish to do (endurance for many of us, with some threshold and maximum effort also). These…
This core exercise is known as the Turkish Get Up and it’s pretty great. It was, I think, originally done with a Russian Kettleball, and though Kettleballs are now well-known enough that Tesco are selling them, I figured more people are likely to have dumbbells. The guy in the vid is using a 25 pound…
Stupid things I’ve done Number 3,754 involved a mountain in Switzerland, snow, an inflatable inner tube and a cliff. It led to me damaging my lower back (and therefore taking up swimming). It flares up every so often and the best option is to go back to doing some core exercises. I should do them…
OK following yesterday’s Introduction, here’s my current Core exercise set. It’s a variation from that which Eilish gave us. It’s only takes about 15 minutes, I use a Yoga mat to do this on. One of the main Pilates principles is curling your navel in to your spine, all the time. Core exercises are Low…
About 10 years I was snowboarding in Switzerland when I took a typical newbie fall on my coccyx. It took a few months to get better. At the time I was doing a lot of running, having “retired” from competitive cycling in the mid-nineties and having looked for a while for something to fill the…
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