After trying for a third time to be a runner (do your joints talk to you? ‘Cause my knees just piped up a disgruntled don’t you ever do that again!), I had to deal with the runner’s knee pain and inflammation. The pain varied and moved all around my patella, hurting when I moved, hurting when I didn’t move. Going down stairs or hills was especially precarious. To go to…
the view from the mesa
I live next to a beautiful mesa in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. To review that fourth grade geography, a mesa is flat on top, like a mountain with the top peak chopped off. Like a plateau. I blog about doing taekwondo, my extra workouts, more recently adding Figure 8 workouts for a core focus. I’ve talked about WFPB and how I’m eating healthy. Nothing has really shifted. The…
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Prehab
Prehab. I love the idea, and part of my ‘workout routine’ so far has been keeping my chubby, newbie self from getting injured in class. Reading a Runner’s World magazine, I saw an article on prehab and loved the new word! Yoga and pilates are tops on my list for cross-training prehab. Many of the joints that get injured are the least stable ones–knees and shoulders. Working out a totally…
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Ups and downs, and challenging my comfort zone
Taekwondo has had ups and downs for me these six months. The last two weeks have been a down-cycle, with a cold and horrible cough keeping me from being in class and not being able to give 100% when I am there. I’m in this phase of feeling like an awkward 8th-grader. I’ve started something new, something with strict rules and customs and expectations, and it feels like junior high…
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I’m stuck! Adventures in sparring gear
It was halfway up over my torso and would go no further. The straps on the back had no give, and the one strap that was supposed to unclip and loosen was broken and tied shut Only two people were still taking off gear in the back, finishing up to run back to class, looking away from me. All those experienced upper belts were already lined up in front of…
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