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Therapy Moves (12/7 – 12/13)

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This week a lot of the daily moves were from PT – not sure that any of it is helping but I am running again so I will keep trying these things!

Sunday 12/7 – 45 single leg inner thigh raise with foot tap.

start
start
lift and touch foot
lift and touch foot

I’m supposed to be working on single leg moves while working on keeping my alignment straight.  (Notice Hunter working in the background??  Nice, huh?!)

ready for side 2
ready for side 2
lift and touch foot (stay straight!)
lift and touch foot (stay straight!)

Monday 12/8 –45 plank (elbow) with knee in to leg lift.  (right – left = 1 rep)

ready
ready
left knee in
left knee in
push leg back and lift
push leg back and lift
right knee in
right knee in
right leg up
right leg up

I haven’t done any planking in over 3 weeks so this was tough!!!

It was a running day!!! 7 miles in 55:50 followed by 1.5 easy miles.

Tuesday 12/9 – 45 back kicks.

ready position
ready position
push foot back
push foot back

After the first set of 45 I had to switch sides and do 45 more.

ready to start again
ready to start again
push back
push back

I did a DVD that I hadn’t done in a long time – Reebok Cardio Tone.  This was just over an hour of cardio based toning – fun times!!!

Wednesday 12/10 – 45 medicine ball crunches with legs straight up and hands holding ball reaching to feet.

easy part
easy part
reach ball to toes
reach ball to toes

And, another day of running!!!  8 miles in 63:57 followed by 1.5 easy miles.

Thursday 12/11 – 45 single leg squat while on a step – push leg off ground down in front of step.

ready position
ready position
down
down

The left side wasn’t too bad!  But, then I had to switch and do the move on my right leg (the one with all of the problems!!).

ready
ready
down
down

You can tell that I couldn’t go nearly as low on this side:(

I did a weight lifting DVD – Get Ripped & Chiseled.  WOW!!!  I haven’t lifted in over 3 weeks and I have been sore for the last 2 days!  Love it!!!

Friday 12/12 – 45 front straight leg lifts with small band around ankle.

start
start
lift front
lift front

Part of the challenge on this is to stay straight (trying to work on my alignment).  BTW – I noticed after the fact that I had my T-shirt on backwards – classy!!!

2nd side
2nd side
lift leg front
lift leg front

This was my 3rd running day of the week!!  6 miles in 48:00 minutes followed by 1.4 easy miles.

Saturday 12/13 – 45 back leg lift with band (my special therapy band:).

ready
ready
lift leg back
lift leg back

Still trying to work on balance with good alignment!

ready for side 2
ready for side 2
lift leg to back
lift leg to back

The rest of the day consisted of about 6 hours of shopping, a cello concert at the library, and a couple of hours of cleaning and ironing at the venue – not a true workout but lots of moving!!!

I’m not running the speeds or distances that I really want to run but I”m happy that I’ve been running again!!!

Happy Saturday!

Kim