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I add a new stretch to my routine every day. I didn't start out doing this intentionally, I just kept thinking of new ones I wanted to try.
The current routine is push into each stretch until I can feel it, then hold it for a ten count. The idea is to gradually get to the point where I can go farther (and longer) until I'm as flexible as I want to be. My soft goal for the end of the year is a split- I've always wanted to be able to do a split, but never felt like putting in the time to learn- I'm a very instant gratification kind of guy and this is something that takes time and effort. But I figure as long as I'm doing this, I might as well make it a thing I try to do.
Pushups are still hard. I'm not really trying to up the ante with those yet, since I can still barely do the ten I've decided to set as my starting point and half the time struggle to get through all of them in one go. But, again, this is one of those 'it takes time' things; it's not like I was expecting to just jump into one-armed pushups the first week.
(Though I did just drop and try them, just to see- I can hold myself up with my right arm, but I can't start lowering. My left arm is a pansy and dropped me immediately.)
The current routine is push into each stretch until I can feel it, then hold it for a ten count. The idea is to gradually get to the point where I can go farther (and longer) until I'm as flexible as I want to be. My soft goal for the end of the year is a split- I've always wanted to be able to do a split, but never felt like putting in the time to learn- I'm a very instant gratification kind of guy and this is something that takes time and effort. But I figure as long as I'm doing this, I might as well make it a thing I try to do.
Pushups are still hard. I'm not really trying to up the ante with those yet, since I can still barely do the ten I've decided to set as my starting point and half the time struggle to get through all of them in one go. But, again, this is one of those 'it takes time' things; it's not like I was expecting to just jump into one-armed pushups the first week.
(Though I did just drop and try them, just to see- I can hold myself up with my right arm, but I can't start lowering. My left arm is a pansy and dropped me immediately.)