Celebrating Day 50!!!

Half way through the challenge, and I am noticing and correcting a lot more these days. I am balancing strength and flexibility constantly, and every muscle has an individual task wether it’s tightening, relaxing, or balancing.

The more moves I try and record myself doing, the more I realize there are a million ways to do each move just by engaging and releasing certain muscles.

I have noticed I have a hard time relaxing my quads and tightening my hamstrings with an engaged lower back.When I was in cobra or a lunge trying to touch my foot to my head; engaging my quads while trying to keep my lower back locked in it’s furthest positions, made my lower back muscles twitch because I was trying to double engage them to bring my leg back. I would watch myself struggle to keep each muscle acting separately, the more I practice the stronger and more flexible I become. 🙂

It is still incredible to me how much strength it takes to perform flexible moves. It also amazes me how adaptable our bodies are and how much habits become ingrained in our movement. This is why practicing good form is so important when just starting out, being unbalanced can cause so many problems.

Cheers to making balanced progress!!