Fabulous450’s Day 2 Challenge - Can’t Run, But So Happy Being Dynamic 😉❤️!

[Fabulous450]

Hello S&F’ers

I’m on Day 2 of the 30 day yoga challenge (and I’ve not forgotten about the strength bit either! 🤓) I’m currently on a strength and flex mission and I’m happy to say, although I’m not fully fit to run for fun, I’m feeling great! 🤩

What a joy I have been missing ☺️. I woke up today ready for the daily routine 😲. Mojo.....I do love you! 💓 Is this exercise addiction? 😂! If so, I like it! 😍

Don’t get me wrong folks, I’m no Jane Fonda and I’d like to have her waistline. Now, I might have chosen a younger example, but she’s the first to come to mind and if I can look like her when I get there, it would be pretty awesome! A brilliant role model! 🤩

Today, I throw in the dynamics first (exercises, that is) and I did those nice and comfortably! I can feel the slight difference in ability on the tighter hamstring side, but I notice that it’s marginal now, so something must be working. Feeling like Jane Fonda (she’s stuck in my head now! 🙄), I’m ready...ready...ready for the yoga bit! 🧘🏽‍♂️ 😃

Well....it was successful in the main, but my downward dog is just not very down 🐕😵! I just can’t get my feet and hands on the floor without bending the knees. To be fair, that’s not got anything to do with the recent hamstring issue. Always struggled with that one. So, I’ll bend them knees as needed for now. If I can do a downward dog without bending the knees in 30 days, I’m going to have to treat myself in some way! 💡😃!......I like that thinking...a lot! 😂

So Day 2 is “in the bag”, as we like to say on HU!

Have fun F&S’ers! May we all be strong and injury free! ❤️

[TortoiseRegretsHare]

Hi. I go to a yoga class and am always told to keep your knees soft, or even bend them a lot, when you're doing downward facing dog. The main things (she tells us every week!) are to push the ground away with your hands (fingers spread) so that you're not collapsing into your shoulders, bend from the hips so you can keep your spine neutral (not curved either way), and thinking of it as trying to get your chest down - that will stretch your hamstrings. I have noticed that I'm slowly getting to the point where my feet are flat on the floor and my knees are more straight than they used to be, but still with a bend in them - and that's after over a year of going every week. So I wouldn't worry about straight legs!

[Fabulous450 in reply to TortoiseRegretsHare]

Thank you so much for that TortoiseRegretsHare!! 🤗! I’ve never seen it done with bent knees or haven’t noticed ☺️! Too busy wondering how I’m going to do that! 🥴 They always appear to be straight legged, more like a triangle shape. Though they do that little walky thing raising and lowering each of the heels. It’s been the one move that I kind of dread 😵.

But.....

“push the ground away with your hands (fingers spread) so that you're not collapsing into your shoulders, bend from the hips so you can keep your spine neutral (not curved either way), and think of it as trying to get your chest down”.....That has boosted my feeling of potential very nicely! 👍🏽 Thank you! ❤️

[AlMorr]

Glad you are enjoying your 30 days yoga challenge Fabulous450, my daughter gave me a yoga mat about 18 months ago and I have been doing some exercises on it most mornings. 😊 As far as Strength and Flex, I have a pair of 5 Kilogram kettlebells which I use for exercise

[Fabulous450 in reply to AlMorr]

That’s brilliant AlMorr! You’re definitely putting the mat to good use! 🤩❤️

[AlMorr in reply to Fabulous450]

👍 Yoga 🧘‍♂️

[linda9389]

Excellent. I'll try to channel some of your mojo when I finish work - the time of my date with day 3 🙂

[Fabulous450 in reply to linda9389]

Day 3 for you Linda!! Yaaay! Just think, it’s going to get us into a great routine and....we’ll be so flexible after 30 days! ❤️

[Oldfloss Administrator]

I love this... well done you... our small runner in training does an incredible Downward Dog... at three she is sooooooo bendy!

Huge well done you!