Easy miles on the tready at the gym, 1% incline at around 8:20 pace. I much prefer running outside, but it was 25 degrees with some serious wind, and I didnt want my face frozen off. Did the majority of my first strength workout, targeted to my gluts. Already feel the difference; Im experiencing no more hamstring twinges at all. I think the exercises serve to release the piriformis, as much as it does strengthen; and that in turn gives all the muscle around the sciatic nerve a rest. Includes: squats, jump squats, lunges, jump lunges, deadlifts (light weights), single-leg squats and jump-squats, core work (push ups, crunches, planks, plank-rows), burpees and upper body strength stuff combined with some squats and one-legged balance work. I finished it all except the burpees, as I knew my core and quads were plenty worked out by the end, and I was too fatigued to carry on.
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