Stabilizing
Sometimes I feel like a rickety bag of tissue and bones; my knees crunch, shoulders ache, my back spasms, tight hip flexors, weak thighs, over-active abs and under-active butt… life is taking it’s toll.
The pre-training I’ve been doing the past few weeks has revealed even more rickety areas, so I decided to do something about it. For instance, I’ve always thought my right leg is stronger than the left which may in fact be true, however, I’ve been working on some stabilization movements and realized my right side is ridiculously sloppy. I can barely stand on one leg without my foot wobbling all over the place. Consider what this is going to mean when I’m running and riding for hours each week during the season. Or simple things like reaching down to pick up my dirty socks off the floor which typically is on one leg.
As humans we spend a lot of our time on 1 leg which means that balance and stabilization for us should be easy and to some extent it is, however, consider how much we sit vs. how much we walk. We become so deconditioned by sitting in the car, at the office, at the movie theater…the list goes on, that when we attempt to play a quick game of basketball our body doesn’t know how to respond. The next time you’re in the gym think about how much time you sit on a bench or chair lifting heavy weight and then ask yourself, how does this relate to everyday life. If you’re going to be in the gym working out you might as well make it useful to your everyday life, right? If you’re not sure about it, ask you’re local trainer for some help…they’ll know what I’m talking about and should be able to give you a few pointers.
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