Remember When...,Keep On Pushing!

It was awefully chilly this morning! But luckily, it wasn't raining too hard! With my long sleeves and leggings, I rolled into the studio actually ready for some warm-ups! But Nicole had other things in mind. She got out my "file," and we set some new goals. Back in the begining of October, we had set some goals to stand-up with the TRX and to strengthen my right leg. Iam happy to say that I am standing-up with the TRX (at home mostly), and as you can see from my latest video, my right leg is much stronger and quicker than back in October.

My new December goals are to work on lowering my left hip when standing, make my sit-ups stronger, and by the end of January, I would like to go from a sit to a stand completely unassissted.

After taking a look back, and discussing where we want to see me in the not too distant future, Nicole handed me the purple tennis ball. I took the ball in my right hand, and squeezed the crap outta it! I also gripped the tennis ball, and raised my arm up, doing 10 squeezes with my arm extended. Then, I switched the ball over to the left side. And bringing my left arm down to my lap, I began swopping the ball back and forwarth from left to right hands.

Next, we did some arm torture.We did arm circles forwards and backwards, twisted invisible doorknobs, and bent the elbows in, then released them back out straight over, and over, and over again. My arms were definitely feelin' the burn!

Then, I tilted my wheelchair back just a bit, and did some leg-lifts, knee-raises, and a combination of both! I can't exactly remember the order, but I worked on "walking" (doing knee-raises) in my chair, practiced only lifting the right leg (trying to keep the left leg down/relaxed), raising my knees up, individually, then kicking the leg out straight, and lifting each leg individually, with Nicole pressing down on the foot. And every so often, Nicole would have me tilt my  chair back further, making the leg-lifts tougher.

By the 3rd tilt, I was back all the way and my abs prepared themselve for what was next! With Nicole sitting at my feet, she leaned in towards my hands, and with her holding my hands, I did a whole heap of gnarley sit-ups! I tried to use my abs as much as possible when sitting-up, but I could help a little with my arms. I definitely wanna make my abdominal muscles as strong as possible...you don't know what you got 'til it's gone! :)