Desa
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Posts: 29
Hello everyone!
My present situation:
I am desa and I have been wanting to work on my condition for like a month with some warm-ups mostly and adding swimming to my repertoire of weekly activities (I try to get it up to thrice a week) that had two hours of badminton before. I also bicyle every day tue to not driving, mostly it is just a few miles, but sometimes a bit more.
This has been my own program I tried to follow:
1. 50 jumping jacks
2. One minute of high-knees running in place.
3. One minute of kicking-your-butt running in place.
4. Ten arm circles forward, then ten arm circles backwards.
5. 10 push ups.
6. Hold a plank for 30 seconds.
My obstacles:
Every time I try to do something with the legs, I end up suffering some pain after some while. (might be due to flat feet?) This was no exception. After three weeks, I suddenly got a lower back pain that has subsided by now, and soft ache in my left leg, that has also dulled by now thanks to at times to not exercise a few days. Any advice for warm-ups or stretching for those ones? Or perhaps I should include rest days, but from what I have seen from the programs, those are already just warm-ups....
What I want to reach:
A bit of weight loss, muscle tone, and increased condition and strength. Basically, becoming a more fitter version of me that is able to do stuff with less effort and longer. ...which is probably rather vague and non-specific! So if you feel I should specify some stuff, don't hesitate to ask!
Are these goals best served by following the program 'Foundation' ? Or is it just a wise idea to start there first and go off into more specific directions?
Thanks for reading!
My present situation:
I am desa and I have been wanting to work on my condition for like a month with some warm-ups mostly and adding swimming to my repertoire of weekly activities (I try to get it up to thrice a week) that had two hours of badminton before. I also bicyle every day tue to not driving, mostly it is just a few miles, but sometimes a bit more.
This has been my own program I tried to follow:
1. 50 jumping jacks
2. One minute of high-knees running in place.
3. One minute of kicking-your-butt running in place.
4. Ten arm circles forward, then ten arm circles backwards.
5. 10 push ups.
6. Hold a plank for 30 seconds.
My obstacles:
Every time I try to do something with the legs, I end up suffering some pain after some while. (might be due to flat feet?) This was no exception. After three weeks, I suddenly got a lower back pain that has subsided by now, and soft ache in my left leg, that has also dulled by now thanks to at times to not exercise a few days. Any advice for warm-ups or stretching for those ones? Or perhaps I should include rest days, but from what I have seen from the programs, those are already just warm-ups....
What I want to reach:
A bit of weight loss, muscle tone, and increased condition and strength. Basically, becoming a more fitter version of me that is able to do stuff with less effort and longer. ...which is probably rather vague and non-specific! So if you feel I should specify some stuff, don't hesitate to ask!
Are these goals best served by following the program 'Foundation' ? Or is it just a wise idea to start there first and go off into more specific directions?
Thanks for reading!