Functionally Fit

Never miss a Monday workout, right?!

It sets the tone for the week and clears my mind after a busy day.

I had a busy weekend and didn’t feel my best.

I warmed up and picked three exercises that I am good at and got warm up.

1. I am good at a lot of body weight exercises due to my relative strength, so chin ups were number one. I am still rehabbing a neck injury that took about 40% strength from my left arm, so I am working on 5 second hold at the top and a 4 second eccentric lowering to get back to where I was.

2. I needed a lower body exercise and prefer something that gets my heart rate up. I loaded up and away I went. Watch out for that sled!

3. Last, but not least I lowered my heart rate by focusing on one of my rehab exercises for the neck. Perfect time to catch my breath while focusing on slow and controlled movements in a difficult pattern.

The point is, you don’t always have 30, 45 minutes or an hour to workout. You don’t always have to follow your program. Some movement is better than no movement.

LET’S GOOO!!!

Stick mobility is an awesome tool that allows you to get into different positions than normal by using leverage. Here is Betty in the dead bug position using the stick to develop core stability and isometric strength. Almost each position requires a pulling or pushing of the sticks to activate muscles throughout the kinetic chain, even your nervous system!

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