This workout may be a little different for you today. If you’re anything like the people I’ve been hearing from there has been a lot of stress, sitting and just plain feeling bad right now. That usually leads to some different kinds of aches and pains or maybe just more of the ones you already have. I definitely experienced this myself. (You can read about it here: I Was Pretty Down)
These are the exercises I use as a general warm up with a little variation depending on what I’m doing that day. They are great at getting the body moving better and getting the muscles that should be working, working and the ones that should be releasing, releasing.
They come from Egoscue which is a form of exercise/physical therapy that focuses on full body posture and movement as a way to improve pain and performance. (I happen to be a certified Egoscue Postural Alignment Specialist.)
In any case this workout should take you about 20-30 minutes. If this is the first you’re doing some of these things you may not be able to do all the reps or hold for the entire time yet. (I’m thinking mainly of the Gravity Drop and the Supine Foot Circles/Point Flexes). That’s fine. Just do what you can and build up.
Here’s the video:
Static Back – 5 min
Gravity Drop – 3 min
Downward Dog – 1 min
Runners Stretch – 1 min each leg
Standing Quad Stretch – 1 min each leg
Upper Body Spinal Twist – 1 min each side
Supine Foot Circles/Point Flexes – 40 reps
Mitch Rothbardt, CPT, Egoscue PAS Castro Valley Fitness 2861 Grove Way 510-755-9191 mitch@CastroValleyFitness.com
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