So, just finished up with a busy week of my husband's armored combat fighting, my son's Special Olympics, and time with family and my grand niece's first birthday party at campground. All were out of town, so that's code for I've been slacking off on my workouts. I decided to get my stiff body moving today, and I needed to start somewhere. I'd heard some people with older players are having glitches with this particular DVD, so I decided I'd find out if I was one of those people while doing it. Ok, so I'm one of the unfortunates that have glitches. It wouldn't bother me if it were strength training, but I have actually learned (finally) to relax during stretches, yoga, Tai Chi, etc. to get the mental health benefits out of them. So, I did find the glitch (playing it on an ancient DVD player) to be distracting.
That said, I love this stretch. Not sure I've ever done a Cathe stretch that I didn't like, though, so I guess I wasn't surprised. I would note, however, that at my age and given the fact that I hadn't done much in the way of officially exercising regularly for a week and the fact that some of the things that I did do caused muscle tightness (lifting my husband's armor, too long of card rides, a lot of bending and reaching and contorting to get my husband armored up, assisting my disabled son in a hotel bathroom that was not handicapped accessible, etc.), I should have done a gentle warm-up first. I would say that this stretch went well doing it "cold", but I would have gotten more flexibility benefits out of it if I'd gotten my stiff cranky body moving around a bit before I did it. So, I probably won't use this to recover from road trips, but I'll use it a lot on my active recovery days (where I do a gentle workout first) or after any of my hard Cathe workouts. Great stretch. I didn't notice anything for inner thighs in it though, so I did add a stretch at the end. Loved it!
Oh, I just wanted to add that I loved the waist circles at the end. I am one of those people, though, that gets "tippy" when I try to do some sitting exercises, because I feel my center of balance if off. So, I put my yoga knee pads under my bottom for that type of thing. I did that on this move, and it made all the difference in the world. I went from feeling unbalanced to being able to really feel the fascial benefits of the move. Again, thanks Cathe for a great workout. Can't wait to dig into the rest.
That said, I love this stretch. Not sure I've ever done a Cathe stretch that I didn't like, though, so I guess I wasn't surprised. I would note, however, that at my age and given the fact that I hadn't done much in the way of officially exercising regularly for a week and the fact that some of the things that I did do caused muscle tightness (lifting my husband's armor, too long of card rides, a lot of bending and reaching and contorting to get my husband armored up, assisting my disabled son in a hotel bathroom that was not handicapped accessible, etc.), I should have done a gentle warm-up first. I would say that this stretch went well doing it "cold", but I would have gotten more flexibility benefits out of it if I'd gotten my stiff cranky body moving around a bit before I did it. So, I probably won't use this to recover from road trips, but I'll use it a lot on my active recovery days (where I do a gentle workout first) or after any of my hard Cathe workouts. Great stretch. I didn't notice anything for inner thighs in it though, so I did add a stretch at the end. Loved it!
Oh, I just wanted to add that I loved the waist circles at the end. I am one of those people, though, that gets "tippy" when I try to do some sitting exercises, because I feel my center of balance if off. So, I put my yoga knee pads under my bottom for that type of thing. I did that on this move, and it made all the difference in the world. I went from feeling unbalanced to being able to really feel the fascial benefits of the move. Again, thanks Cathe for a great workout. Can't wait to dig into the rest.
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