I always test some of the new exercises in the new programme (which arrives next week). This morning we tried some new exercises. Moves that benefit the shoulder, the trunk area, the back and last night I worked on a lot of stuff for the hips, knee and back again.
Today already I am very stiff as it shocked my body in a good way, but I will be much better off for it.
It also showed me once again that all our body parts are linked to each other. It’s clad the “kinetic chain”, and despite what you may think at times, it moves as one, and your weakest link on that chain needs constant strengthening and increased movement and flexibility.
Training this way consistently is very powerful for your body, anyone who tells you to avoid testing yourself in movement terms (no matter what your age) is not just factually incorrect, but most likely looking after their own needs meaning taking more money out of your wallet.
A muscle and joint can only get out of pain by moving better and of course that can take time, but sticking with it makes all the difference. If anyone promises you a recovery without gym work, without strengthening and never gives you a timeline on when you will be fixed is usually a fraud, backing their own made up “system” which has no end date, a hope for the best approach and means they have spent very little time actually training individuals to get better, relying on a “theory” that may never work well in practice.
Keep moving well and keep testing yourself slowly but steadily to get out of pain and perform at a high level.
