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So this morning I tried to push up into a backbend off the bedroom floor. My back has been bothering me, and while that might seem a risky thing to do, it seemed like the sort of stretch I needed at the time. Um. Yes. Well.

I have problems with flexibility and strength far exceeding the crick in my back. Admittedly almost all of my exercise over the past 2 years has de-emphasized stretching and arm strength in favor of cardio and leg strength, but I'd have thought I could at least acheive a backbend. Eep. I have a strong muscle memory of doing these as a trivial thing.

I didn't hurt myself. I just came up against a strength limitation I hadn't noticed or expected and a tightness down the top of my thigh I can totally do something about. It's just astonishing. When the hell did THAT happen?

Posted by karen at January 28, 2003 12:00 AM