Gym Advice Requested
Lunges, how I both love and hate thee.
As you can imagine, a fencing lunge (example here https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/283375001527549801/) and a gym lunge (example here - https://blog.fitbit.com/fitbit-basics-how-to-do-the-perfect-lunge/) are different beasts using different muscles. I do fencing lunges when I lunge, and I do gym lunges in the gym. I started doing them when one of the (then) Birmingham Uni PTs wrote my programme for me.* I think they help, not least of all because when I do them they hit that point of "hurts so good" that people who do physical exercise will recognise as working a muscle that needs it.
Gym I now go to since I move back to Birmingham has an equally lovely PT who I will give money to check my form once all things COVID have calmed down. Once, unprompted, she pointed out that my gym lunge form was pretty shonky. I've been working on my form ever since, and have been doing them unweighted. (She also suggested reverse lunges. They break my brain.)
I think I am at the point where my form is good enough that I could add weights. But at the same time, I'm not sure if I ought to because the form is so much more important. So suggestions, comments, etc greatly welcomed.
*Note, dude has now moved on from Birmingham but his programme still works for me. He remains the only person who has ever got "my purpose for this is to improve my ability to hit people with swords and not be hit. Also, I can't do much that involves my wrists going at 90 degrees". I am not saying this is because his sport was strongman and he was working round an elbow injury himself but ...
As you can imagine, a fencing lunge (example here https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/283375001527549801/) and a gym lunge (example here - https://blog.fitbit.com/fitbit-basics-how-to-do-the-perfect-lunge/) are different beasts using different muscles. I do fencing lunges when I lunge, and I do gym lunges in the gym. I started doing them when one of the (then) Birmingham Uni PTs wrote my programme for me.* I think they help, not least of all because when I do them they hit that point of "hurts so good" that people who do physical exercise will recognise as working a muscle that needs it.
Gym I now go to since I move back to Birmingham has an equally lovely PT who I will give money to check my form once all things COVID have calmed down. Once, unprompted, she pointed out that my gym lunge form was pretty shonky. I've been working on my form ever since, and have been doing them unweighted. (She also suggested reverse lunges. They break my brain.)
I think I am at the point where my form is good enough that I could add weights. But at the same time, I'm not sure if I ought to because the form is so much more important. So suggestions, comments, etc greatly welcomed.
*Note, dude has now moved on from Birmingham but his programme still works for me. He remains the only person who has ever got "my purpose for this is to improve my ability to hit people with swords and not be hit. Also, I can't do much that involves my wrists going at 90 degrees". I am not saying this is because his sport was strongman and he was working round an elbow injury himself but ...