Pizza Hut, Isometrics, and Stretching, Oh My!
Morning,
Today is Day 7 after my surgery! And my leg seems to be healing quite nicely indeed.
One of the exercises for which I had been given a go-ahead is isometrics (that of tensing and releasing your muscles). Thus, yesterday saw me, and my husband and my kids sitting at Pizza Hut for a treat. The children were having a blast playing with the menus, and I decided to start isometricizing my surgerized leg, contracting and releasing my thigh muscles ( rectus femoris and vastus lateralis and satorius ) for counts of 5 seconds. This worked out rather well.
At home, I practiced balancing and stretching my good leg. Hey, I can’t do my usual gym workouts, so anything that gets me vaguely moving I view to be a good thing!
This goes to show you, even when you’re physically in lousy condition, you can still turn on a dime and find something, anything, that will give you a bare minimum of exercise. I’m pretty pleased with my success.
Time to make the donuts,
Barbara
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WINSOR PILATES BASIC 3 DVD WORKOUT plus BONUS BRAND NEW BUN AND THIGH DVD
Giovannona Long-Thigh (DVD, 2006)
The Secret to Toned Arms, Buns & Thigh (DVD) *BRAND NEW
Crunch Bikiini Body 3 Workouts for Belly Butt Thigh DVD