I've been stagnant. But Unlimited.

It's 12 days into February (really 13, I'm back dating this by a day).

So far I've met with JH three times. After the first session, he asked for an update via text in a day or so and suggested a few days off. This threw me. Rest? I did some ball squeezes. Oh, did I learn otherwise. I felt it!! I've learned that I've been doing hip bridges and glute engagements but not doing them fully. I didn't expect to have sore back muscles from ball squeezes. OK it wasn't just ball squeezes, I'm just simplying it.

Session 1: Walking! Push the leg back, lots of ankle flexion, glute and core engagement. Hip bridges with core engagement, up on heels, not an arched back. If things engaged, the back won't arch. Sorry this is so simplified.

Session 2: More walking, focus on ankle flexion in full range of motion, feel the push from the big toe. Hip bridges now with single leg, lifting one leg just the littlest bit. This really activated muscles around the SI joint. For stairs/steps, do full foot and focus on glute activation but not necessarily locking the knee.

Session 3: Similar to session 2 but now extending the lifted leg to straight while shoulders, back, core, glute engaged. This really used my back muscles! Later in the day I had back twinges and spasms, but they were gone by the next day.

I like JH! He's positive, straightforward, answers all my questions, has a different point of view (I need more of that). He asked how work was going, I said I get to repeat yesterday as things weren't working, he replied that it's good that I like what I do! ha!

So yes I've been stagnant. Didn't bike much outdoors at all lately with super cold weather and driving trips. Getting my walking in, and that's getting better with JH's advice.

What else, reading GOT again. Almost done with the first book, the second awaits. Listening to many new pods. Started a bullet journal. Spending lots of time alone.