According to a Harvard Medical School article, healthy adults should do flexibility exercises (stretches, yoga, or tai chi) for all major muscle-tendon groups—neck, shoulders, chest, trunk, lower back, hips, legs, and ankles—at least two to three times a week. I’m one of those who doesn’t plan such activities, so I’ve begun to do them during the workouts. When I hear “plank till all in,” I just stretch. I’m not sure that’s exercise anyway. The record for time is the plank position is 9+ hours!

This morning we managed to do some stretching, work on mobility, and target often overlooked muscle groups. Oh, and we saw an owl and a raccoon!!!

Warmarama

SSH, Bear Crawl, Hillbilly Squats, Alt Shoulder touch Merkins, Bear Crawl, single leg Donkey Kicks, Side Leg Lifts, traveling Roman Dead Lifts, traveling Inch Worm Merkins, Asheville Abs

The Thang

Lateral step ups TABATA switching legs each time

Active Recovery: Thread the Needle, Peter Parker, Cobra, Downward Dog

Lateral Wall Touch Merkins & One Legged Plank Jacks(touch the wall) switching aides each time

Active Recovery: Thread the Needle, Hamstring and Quad stretches

We then traveled to and fro under the roof varying mode of travel and exercise that was done at each support.

• Craw Bear, 10 Donkey Kicks
• Crab Walk, 10 Crab Cakes

Mary

Flutters