Because my ankles are in need of extra support and because my knees still complain I will go on with the earlier balance training only once this week and keep up with the video for the ankles for the other days. I noticed that without any planing I find myself doing the rising/lowering the heels movements. Some extra training that too!
This will be my companion for days 1/2/3 and 5
This will be my companion for day 6
This training is for my body and yours is maybe different needing something else.
This training is for my body and yours is maybe different needing something else.
Listen to your body!
Because my ankles turned out to be in need of extra support and because my knees were complaining I will go on with the earlier balance training only two times this week and add a video for the ankles for the days in between. I will have only a moderate ambitions level!
This will be my companion for days 1/2 and 5
This will be my companion for days 3 and 6
But I will be doing only the ones before the ball comes in.
When I was wondering what to focus on during coming weeks the answer was BALANCE.
I have had bad balance down to very bad balance for all my dancing years. One teacher told me that if I could stop using my feet as Charlie Chaplin my dance would be actually beautiful. BUT i could not; I needed that extra support.
Your muscles needs to be trained too, they are anyhow doing the rough job. If there is 12 mins available we could invest those minutes on our muscles to create balance! (I skip the training with ball, I do not have any.) I wonder if my Proprioceptive system will be developed now, maybe I get some new cells or the old ones will be trimmed to top level!
Happy training for March!
Comments on the training Week 1.
I managed to run this through three times during the week and I am happy about that; seven days would have ruined my body. During last night's milonga something happened with my knee, I can not tell what but there was something and I think the strain to catch up the whole body, when my ankles were not doing their job properly, was too much for all the small stuff in the knee.
My left and right leg were in totally different shape. Standing on my left leg I managed to do only 2/3 repetitions before I needed to make a fresh start. On the right side my repetitions were doubled or more before I did a touch down.
My core was ok and it is logical after all that pilates training and I will not continue with that part of the video. My weakest points are the ankles and there the left one needs extra help to get in shape. It is not about a bad ankle but about my bad training habits!
The most surprising during the week was how fast my muscles started to cooperate. The ankles are still trembling, but they keep up for a rising number of repetitions.
I strongly recommend you to have some kind of training routine for basic cardio and strength. It helps you to use your muscles more precise and that is really needed for this dance!
I remember some followers talking about how the dance experience was changed when the leader started to visit the gym regularly. I have though stopped those visits and do all my training at home - the saved money is used for traveling.
An easy guess? :)
If you want to do something at home check this channel: FitnessBlender to find your favorit! https://www.youtube.com/user/FitnessBlender/videos
I have surfed a lot and for this period I will use these two workouts:
I have been on Pilates classes for 5-6 years so by now I know the most important instructions by heart and can understand the new ones clearly enough. This video from YouTube will be on my schedule on Monday-Wednesday.
I have one day rest and on Friday I will go on with Callanetics. I have been working on it quite a long time in the past but it has been difficult to find anything on the web. This is with a Russian instructor who is following the Callanetics principles quite well. I think the original has some more stretches included, but this is totally ok. The workouts in Chinese are more like fitness training with too strong/large repetitions. This will be my companion for two days! (starts about 6.25)
