KadetKim
Cathlete
I'm not sure if this has come up before - as I'm new on here - but has anyone fallen off their step??
OMG - Good job I'm not in the ER this week as I came off my step mid way through Low Max on Tues.
My huge problem with doing workouts @ home is lack of space. I used to use the living room which is just not practical due to size + the light fitting dangles and I used to bash it, but the real difficulty was the carpet, as (1) I was worried about wearing a hole in it and (2) there is inevitably some drag. So eventually I jiggled a set-up in the kitchen and decanted myself into there - so far so good. However, using all four sides of the step does invariably take up some space and I'm constantly having to re-jig Cathe's instructions: [I]"OVER" (dishwasher) "FACE IN" (cat bowl) "OFF THE SIDE" (fridge) "AND ACROSS THE TOP" (without toppling into the sink).
So the other morning I was adapting my positioning and body alignment as usual and the rubber on my shoe together with the rubber surface of the step just 'caught' for a split second which was sufficient to scramble my legs and I went down phat on my tushy like a sack o'spuds straight into the cat's breakfast - ending up on my back - arms and legs a'kim'bo flailing wildly in the air like an upended beetle. Very Elegant.
Anyway, I thought I'd sprained my ankle proper and wouldn't be able to drive to my meeting but miraculously I've survived with only the merest hint of whip-lash to my neck/shoulder. Despite not having the good grace to bruise, my ankle did have the decency to puff-up a bit to show willing. So now I've got 'OLD LADY CANKLES' - Just what I was hoping all the stepping, jumping and pumping would achieve after all these years.
Have a safe day everyone!!!!
OMG - Good job I'm not in the ER this week as I came off my step mid way through Low Max on Tues.
My huge problem with doing workouts @ home is lack of space. I used to use the living room which is just not practical due to size + the light fitting dangles and I used to bash it, but the real difficulty was the carpet, as (1) I was worried about wearing a hole in it and (2) there is inevitably some drag. So eventually I jiggled a set-up in the kitchen and decanted myself into there - so far so good. However, using all four sides of the step does invariably take up some space and I'm constantly having to re-jig Cathe's instructions: [I]"OVER" (dishwasher) "FACE IN" (cat bowl) "OFF THE SIDE" (fridge) "AND ACROSS THE TOP" (without toppling into the sink).
So the other morning I was adapting my positioning and body alignment as usual and the rubber on my shoe together with the rubber surface of the step just 'caught' for a split second which was sufficient to scramble my legs and I went down phat on my tushy like a sack o'spuds straight into the cat's breakfast - ending up on my back - arms and legs a'kim'bo flailing wildly in the air like an upended beetle. Very Elegant.
Anyway, I thought I'd sprained my ankle proper and wouldn't be able to drive to my meeting but miraculously I've survived with only the merest hint of whip-lash to my neck/shoulder. Despite not having the good grace to bruise, my ankle did have the decency to puff-up a bit to show willing. So now I've got 'OLD LADY CANKLES' - Just what I was hoping all the stepping, jumping and pumping would achieve after all these years.
Have a safe day everyone!!!!
