Wednesday, January 11, 2012

OH Legs, you funny things you!

So, in the interest of all mutants and normals everywhere, I now will share with you the awesomeness that is knowing your body.

What you need to know to be awesome as a mutant, and heck, even as a normal, is that when you are into fitness, listening to your body is as tantamount and important as paying attention to the stop sign at a VERY busy intersection. You don't drive through a 4 way which is home to trucks and other heavy vehicles, and then complain that you got t-boned. Well it is the same as your body.

Today, while working out on the assisted rack today. I was doing my lunges, my regular squats and ballet squats. Around halfway through second set, I was starting to feel a nagging in my left knee. Now a majority of the people would say, work through the pain. But anyone with half a brain cell, be they mutant, normal or amoeba know, this is when you suck it up and STOP the exercise that you are doing. Being the smart thing that I am, I throw my towel over my shoulder, and walk to the stretching mat. I get into a good stretch pose for the legs I learned from my awesome Yoga instructor, Mistress Stretch and Pretzel, and sure enough, it stretches itself back out and moves slightly.

I dread to think of what would have happened as I have had a tonne of knee injuries in the past that I have played through. Oh, and also today, PB on the seated calf raises. 20 at 70, 20 at 80, 20 at 90 and 14 at 100. An increase of 1 plate at each level.
Be well and rest tomorrow. Until I go to Yoga that is lol.

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