Dancing...and yoga...😂

[Cakerunner]

This morning I went out for my W9R2....almost there😊...stretched my distance a tiny bit, used Samsung health app, without stupid robotic voice (thanks janisrunner!) And, thought I'd share my new(ish) warm up technique.....in order to map just the running without warm up walks I started a few weeks back warming up around my house then running out the gate when Laura said it was time.......well, my warm up has morphed from walking briskly round the house to dancing enthusiastically around the house with some proper yoga deep breathing moves thrown in for good measure!! My son walked down the stairs the other day and witnessed this spectacle......I didn't hear him, headphones on etc...he froze on the last step, face was an absolute picture!!! When I sailed by (think Flashdance 'What a feeling' .....only less elegant) I just said, don't mind me I'm warming up!! He just stood there, gawping...then laughing shaking his head...until I disappeared out the door and ran down the path....🤣🤣

Please tell me I'm not the only one?!🤣🤣🤣 anyone else dancing to warm up??

[Hidden]

This is a fantastic idea!

[Cakerunner Graduate in reply to Hidden]

I didn't decide to dance, I let the music take me there I think!?😂

[Hidden in reply to Cakerunner]

Well I was going to say something about that. Early on I had to give up on listening to music while running because I found myself taken away by the beat. Haha. I sort of wanted to swing my hips a little bit? Get the shoulders in it. Run-dance? I don't know, things that would be both awkward and probably injury inducing during a run.

I still feel a little sad that I don't get to listen to that perfectly curated playlist! And I spent so much time thinking of songs with a great beat to urge me on. You may have settled on the perfect solution. Thank you!

[Cakerunner Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Glad to have helped!😂

[triumphbabe Graduate in reply to Hidden]

It really helps if you have no sense of rhythm like me! I can listen to what I like and run at the same pace mostly, although I do get the urge to dance to some tracks.

[Cakerunner Graduate in reply to triumphbabe]

Hi there, I'm not sure about a sense of rhythm exactly, but some tunes just make me want to dance!🤣🤣

[Hidden]

As they say don't knock it till you try it ..if it work's for you .. hell yeah all power to you 😁

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Err, you may be the only one! Good way to warm up though... and maybe your son will make you a YouTube sensation 😂

[Cakerunner Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Hahahahaha, he's better not!!😂😂

[GoGo_JoJo Graduate]

👏👏👏👏 brilliant!!

I do it in my garden for warm down. It's a cross between aerobics/stretching and a boogie and really helps both work and relax different parts that runs just don't reach! 👍🤣😁

[Cakerunner Graduate in reply to GoGo_JoJo]

I completely agree GoGo_JoJo....and, I'm so glad it's not just me!!🤣🤣🤣