I’ve taken a few days off. I knew my body was just not up to working out after Tuesday’s FMS session. That is something positive I’ve learnt from working with someone. I used to workout no matter what but now I occasionally give myself a break if I need to.
When to stop is an interesting issue, I’ve been working on this for a while. My cardio fitness is quite good. I can knock out lots of reps if I need to, sometimes with some heavy kettlebells, and have rarely walked away from kettlebell session completely smoked with knees wobbling. But when someone watches me workout they can see muscle failure I can’t even feel. When muscles fail , then form goes ,which can lead to injury.
Also when someone is watching form and my body is not taking the lazy way out, which it sometimes does when knocking out lots of reps, I feel like I do more work. My legs, glutes and abs work more.
This is my workout last night, I was a little out of breath and sweating a little, but otherwise fine-it was my hip alignment that went.
Joint mobility
stretching, reach and roll, ASLR,bridge work, again correcting form.
12kg 2H swings 20-30, ASLR
12kg 2H swings 20-30, bridge
2 sets
12kg 1 H 5 each side, reach and roll
12kg 1 H 5 each side, bridge
2 sets -
We stopped here because hips went out of line not because I was breathing hard or otherwise really fatigued. Form was going before I felt I needed to stop- this is an ongoing disscussion between Chuzzy and I because I really lack body awareness. I don’t feel my hips or legs go out of line . I am getting better at noticing raised shoulders though.
After that I did some get-up practise. Again, I can do get-ups all day long if I’m not worried about good form. However my back begins to complain after a while. Getting form right is another story and I can’t do many reps when I am working on form, but my back is happier- I sometimes feel that I’ll be working on get-up form forever! But may be that is the point.
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