Not bored enough to be foolhardy to attempt gymnastics stunts at this age without a spotter and good mats. I've got no wish to end up being hospitalized for a broken bone or random dislocated joints. Flips and backbends are still okay since I can do them well, as long as no freak accidents happen. The other day, after a light jog and about 50 press-ups, I thought I should go back to basics to the handstand.
Started against the wall. I wasn't going to flip up freely. I could, but the wall was needed in order to review posture and such. Propped up the phone against the ledge. (No spotter. Gotta exercise alone now.) When I checked my form, I fainted. All the weak spots that both Pilates and Gyrotonic instructors have zoomed in on stood out so obviously in the photo!!! Ermagherrd. How to make adjustments without a spotter to shift me? That's the whole point of doing a handstand against the wall, so that I could gingerly shift my body and still balance. I didn't do it very well. UGH. 🤦🏻♀️
There they are — the lazy left inner thigh muscles and glutes, and a tendency to shorten my right waistline (obliques) that could lead to aching hips and backaches. The pilates and gyro instructors always spot and correct these in our classes and work them muscles equally. Yet the body is still willfully returning to its unbalanced state. Tsk tsk. My shoulders and armpits are fine though. I'm pushing evenly with both shoulder blades (pecs and deltoids). Hahaha. I could still walk on my hands with legs dangling rather unglamorously.
Started against the wall. I wasn't going to flip up freely. I could, but the wall was needed in order to review posture and such. Propped up the phone against the ledge. (No spotter. Gotta exercise alone now.) When I checked my form, I fainted. All the weak spots that both Pilates and Gyrotonic instructors have zoomed in on stood out so obviously in the photo!!! Ermagherrd. How to make adjustments without a spotter to shift me? That's the whole point of doing a handstand against the wall, so that I could gingerly shift my body and still balance. I didn't do it very well. UGH. 🤦🏻♀️
There they are — the lazy left inner thigh muscles and glutes, and a tendency to shorten my right waistline (obliques) that could lead to aching hips and backaches. The pilates and gyro instructors always spot and correct these in our classes and work them muscles equally. Yet the body is still willfully returning to its unbalanced state. Tsk tsk. My shoulders and armpits are fine though. I'm pushing evenly with both shoulder blades (pecs and deltoids). Hahaha. I could still walk on my hands with legs dangling rather unglamorously.
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