Day 2
I was expecting to be a lot more sore today.
I did some stretching and some lacrosse ball muscle massage last night but I still expected to be very uncomfortable today.
I was happy to discover that, while my hip muscles are tight today, I don’t hurt. I’m calling that a victory!
The Day 2 routine consisted of leg swings and lifts, some split stretches (She does splits but me? Not so much) and some standing leg raises of various sorts.
They were challenging but not quite as difficult as some of yesterday’s movements.
The real challenge today was what she calls ground kicks – leaning on the floor on one side, executing a kick and holding it.
Doing them with my right leg made me acutely aware of the tightest muscle in my body – right at the crease of the front of my hip. It hurt to do them but not in the ‘you should stop’ way. It was more of a ‘this is where you have to do the work’ way.
My left leg didn’t give me the same trouble.
Overall, it’s really becoming clear that weakness/tightness in different muscles on each leg is affecting my kicks on both sides…just in different ways.
I’m enjoying this kick-specific focus and the short duration of each workout. This approach lets me work on one challenge at a time which, it turns out, is much better than trying to do all of the things at once.
Who knew? 😉
PS – Yes, I do realize that this is news only to me. 🙂 Ha Ha!
