Bun of Steel
Jun30201111:49 a.m.
Hi.
Well my running-with-orthotics experiment is going well so far, but I need to up the distance from this weekend so will get more feedback from the knee then.
Until then, just an explanation of the exercises recommended. I will have to concentrate on these few, because if I tried to do all of the hundreds of running exercises that I have seen in magazines, I would spend my life doing them.
So, for glutes I've got a resistance band exercise - much like this one:
http://youtu.be/CiqvDV8pzRk
For hip abductors, I have an exercise tube which is held in the arms, and crossed in a figure of 8 down under the feet - then walk sideways. This is a toughie.
Finally (in addition to squats) there is something called a Bulgarian split squat - a bit like this http://youtu.be/tmkKqMDupLU
That works !
So, I hope to have two buns of steel soon instead of one. It all helps the knees apparently !
Rgds...
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tinabee 'Excellent stuff! ' added 30th Jun 2011
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Johanne 'sounds good! I am big fan of exercising all muscles to avoid running injury so hope it works for you . and the buns of steel are a plus ! :)' added 30th Jun 2011
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kraftykat 'All I can say is Good Luck with your equipment!!! LOL' added 30th Jun 2011
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Rob_Barber 'You can have loads of fun with strengthening work - enjoy it! That figure of 8 thing sounds intriguing.' added 30th Jun 2011
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Jenny1961 'Thanks for the info re the exercises. I will try the clam and the bulgarian split squats.W Will you be focusing on one side only to even up your buns?? ;0 Otherwise you could still end up with one bun steelier than the other! ' added 3rd Jul 2011
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