CyclePUPs Week 2

[SouthernBelle]

I'm out for a week. I strained my right shoulder rather badly drilling 4 holes for new chains on the tongue of my trailer. Over an hour of leaning into a drill going into 3/4 inch of steel will do that.

[OakLeaf]

I'm out for a week. I strained my right shoulder rather badly drilling 4 holes for new chains on the tongue of my trailer. Over an hour of leaning into a drill going into 3/4 inch of steel will do that.

Ouch - take care of it! Plenty of stretching and just moving the arm around in ways that don't hurt, to keep it mobile. If you do aerobics at all, that's usually the best thing for me when my shoulders go crazy - going through all the various arm movements with no weight, and keeping it up for the length of a class, really helps me keep them mobile. Or EASY, slow swimming.

[NoNo]

Ouch - take care of it! Plenty of stretching and just moving the arm around in ways that don't hurt, to keep it mobile. If you do aerobics at all, that's usually the best thing for me when my shoulders go crazy - going through all the various arm movements with no weight, and keeping it up for the length of a class, really helps me keep them mobile. Or EASY, slow swimming.

Last week, work offered a free 1-hr yoga class to see if anyone would be interested in something more regular. I thought "I've been doing push-ups for 2 weeks, I cycle, I stretch, I'll be fine." While I was fine during the class, I couldn't believe how sore my shoulders were the next day! I'm looking forward to future classes.

[Pedal Wench]

Question for the coach.

I'm column 1, can hardly do a full one. I'm getting to the point that I can do the full ones until my nose is about 6 inches from the ground. Can I do these 'halfway' fulls?
And, sometimes when I just don't think I can push back up, I lower my knees just for a second to get me moving back up. Can i do these 'halfway' fulls?