"I’m surprised they haven’t tried something like this again." - All Droid Military is pending- MuskBots & Autonomous fighting vehicles are ready to go. No need for Ze fit humans.
Now dont you go cancelling your Zoom just because *I* do not like it. Im sure the rest of the kind folks following you arent as grumpy about it as I am.
I appreciate your suggestions of simple exercises. As a dancer, I find my body easily gets sore and thrown out of whack. I suspect doing these strengthening exercises will help.
No problem Nina. Increased blood flow can also assist with recovery and the simple exercises(at higher reps) I showed, brisk walking for minutes at a time, or light swimming can do the trick.
Thank you for showing these exercises, Jonathan. I worked as a gardener for many years and it probably saved me from atrophying - I was moving, lifting, etc a lot.. but after menopause, and then 'retirement,' and due to bad eating habits and poor sleep, I started putting on a lot of weight. I'm 71 now and in bad shape. My car crapped out in June and I am walking a lot more, still working in my own garden plot about 1.5 miles from where I live. But now every time I walk, even a half mile each way to the grocery, my psoas muscles are so sore and tight, as well as my hips. It hurts! I still feel that it's essential to keep moving.
But I sit too much and too long on the computer , trying to find out truths, learning from these substacks. I think I need to strengthen the glutes and hips and surrounding muscles, not just stretch the psoas, which seems to make the problem worse. I want to keep walking. My diet could use a lot of improvement. I will try these exercises - the wall pushups and half squats (modified of course - I'm not in your tiptop shape.) If you have any recommendations on how to help tight psoas, I'd love to know them.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge of the body/mind/muscles/nerves and... I really appreciate your humor thrown in with your smarts and knowledge of what-all's going on in the nanobiometaverse of warfare on the People and who the Owners deem 'enemy.'
Awesome problem solving and you're right, strengthening is an important part of fixing any type of imbalance. I have a few post topics in the queue but I'll come out with something more substantial because putting this knowledge down in writing helps me too.
I'd encourage you to look into/consider "Backwards Walking" as it can help to naturally stretch the hip flexors in which our psoas is part of that group. These might be more beneficial than the squats. For some clients in the past I would have them do just a few yards for it's not something we normally do but it takes a short while to develop proficiency/balance. Sometimes I'd employ a mixture of walking and backwards walking on the treadmill as a warm-up.
thanks! I will try some of it. I had heard of backwards walking and did it a little when my back was hurting in the past. I don't mind looking like a fool so can probably practice on the road here. Thanks for your help! I have been doing the bridge pose a little bit too. can't get up very high but squeezing the glutes seems to help and that opens up the front of the body and helps my back.
"I’m surprised they haven’t tried something like this again." - All Droid Military is pending- MuskBots & Autonomous fighting vehicles are ready to go. No need for Ze fit humans.
Ah good point.
“MuskBots“ lol. I’m gonna use that in the near future.
Now dont you go cancelling your Zoom just because *I* do not like it. Im sure the rest of the kind folks following you arent as grumpy about it as I am.
There were others so I started weighing different options.
I appreciate your suggestions of simple exercises. As a dancer, I find my body easily gets sore and thrown out of whack. I suspect doing these strengthening exercises will help.
No problem Nina. Increased blood flow can also assist with recovery and the simple exercises(at higher reps) I showed, brisk walking for minutes at a time, or light swimming can do the trick.
Thank you for showing these exercises, Jonathan. I worked as a gardener for many years and it probably saved me from atrophying - I was moving, lifting, etc a lot.. but after menopause, and then 'retirement,' and due to bad eating habits and poor sleep, I started putting on a lot of weight. I'm 71 now and in bad shape. My car crapped out in June and I am walking a lot more, still working in my own garden plot about 1.5 miles from where I live. But now every time I walk, even a half mile each way to the grocery, my psoas muscles are so sore and tight, as well as my hips. It hurts! I still feel that it's essential to keep moving.
But I sit too much and too long on the computer , trying to find out truths, learning from these substacks. I think I need to strengthen the glutes and hips and surrounding muscles, not just stretch the psoas, which seems to make the problem worse. I want to keep walking. My diet could use a lot of improvement. I will try these exercises - the wall pushups and half squats (modified of course - I'm not in your tiptop shape.) If you have any recommendations on how to help tight psoas, I'd love to know them.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge of the body/mind/muscles/nerves and... I really appreciate your humor thrown in with your smarts and knowledge of what-all's going on in the nanobiometaverse of warfare on the People and who the Owners deem 'enemy.'
Awesome problem solving and you're right, strengthening is an important part of fixing any type of imbalance. I have a few post topics in the queue but I'll come out with something more substantial because putting this knowledge down in writing helps me too.
I'd encourage you to look into/consider "Backwards Walking" as it can help to naturally stretch the hip flexors in which our psoas is part of that group. These might be more beneficial than the squats. For some clients in the past I would have them do just a few yards for it's not something we normally do but it takes a short while to develop proficiency/balance. Sometimes I'd employ a mixture of walking and backwards walking on the treadmill as a warm-up.
thanks! I will try some of it. I had heard of backwards walking and did it a little when my back was hurting in the past. I don't mind looking like a fool so can probably practice on the road here. Thanks for your help! I have been doing the bridge pose a little bit too. can't get up very high but squeezing the glutes seems to help and that opens up the front of the body and helps my back.
Nice/No problem. Bridges are great too.