I don't know about other people, but it's tough for me to do Egoscue every day. I'm travelling, or I feel unenergetic, or I have too many other priority things to accomplish that day, yadda yadda. But I did do my fifth menu tonight, and this is my third day in a row back to being in the swing of Egoscue.
Supine Foot Circles & Point/Flexes - I can still only do 30. Ankles get so tired during the flexes that I have to stop at about 20 or so.
Hand-Leg Opposite Glides - takes some major coordination. Feel like I did when I learned how to play a drumset, with each limb doing something different.
Airbench - 2 minutes of it is manageable, a far cry from when I first started doing it, when I could only do 30 seconds.
I'm rereading the book about Blood Type diets and the part about exercise really got my attention this time. So much so that five days ago, in the hotel at 10pm, I ran on the treadmill in the tiny gym. Ran/walk for 30 minutes listening to music. And it was fantastic. Have run three times since and I am so happy to be back. Intense exercise makes me happy, that's all there is to it. And I have a strong suspicion that exercise like this will decrease my creaks. That's what it feels like so far anyway.
Of course my next question would be: is running too harsh on the body or not? Would love to hear people's opinions on this.
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Hi Amanda, I love your blog and am happy you rediscovered running as fun! I think the human body is designed to run as much as it is designed to do anything else. Looking at the structure of the bones, joints and muscles it is easy to see we are much more perfectly designed to run than to sit for example. Sitting BTW has been in the news lately because of how harmful it is to the body and how the more you sit the more likely you are to die of heart disease and all causes. Research has been showing how beneficial running can be for the body and I couldn't agree more. The key is to be posturally lined up before you go running and then you'll have no pain. Keep running!
ReplyDeleteThat is great to hear, especially because my mood is great after running. And my body feels like stress has just dissipated. Now the question is - how bad is it to run on concrete??? Ideally we'd run on dirt/earth, right?
ReplyDeleteThanks also for pointing out the sit-all-day-in-your-chair-for-your-job = death. This is exactly what I've been feeling for years now. I just have to figure out how to to pay the rent doing something other than sitting for my job!!! I'll get there.