Posted by alexandra_k on May 1, 2011, at 5:28:57
In reply to Re: walking poles/hiking poles » alexandra_k, posted by 10derheart on April 30, 2011, at 23:54:58
thanks 10.
:-)
i'll be snatching more than my max squat before you know it.
i'm not sure what my orthopedic surgeon would say... i guess he'd be happy. improving bone density. i've done my rehab stuff with respect to mobilizations / soft tissue work... i was worried to start with that it would be bad for my feet... but i think it is good.
i'm simply amazed at how tough the human body can be. like when you watch vids of bone surgeries and they are wrenching and ripping things about... our bodies... need to be handled pretty roughly to develop optimally, it seems. throwing those weights around... feels good. doesn't feel painful or precarious at all. bizzarre...
i'm scared of the weights. learning to yell. you gotta yell at them and get mad or something. the weights won't lift themselves. but they might hurt / crush you... each time the weight goes up there is a psychological battle of 'i don't think i can do this i'm scared'. but (eventually) you get it. and the weight goes up again. and you go through the same thing over and over...
now... 40kg feels a hell of a lot lighter than 10kg used to feel (damn, i remember when 10kg was SO HEAVY!!!).
it is amazing walking around in my body now... i don't fear being pushed over or trampled. guys who i used to think of as big and strong now seem small and weak. i see objects and size them up with respect to whether i could deadlift them, or snatch them, or whatever lol. mastery. yeah.
squatting is my nemesis. long femurs and no ankle dorsiflexion... they always will be.
but i might get one of them teardrop things over my quads one day :-)
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