Greetings and welcome to my blog. Am glad to participate in this weeks learning challenge. Exercise is a great sort of our existence and it’s very helpful in building a stronger and healthier body.
This weeks exercise on the core was very interesting. I am just recovering so I wanted something to boost my energy and I decided to partake in this, ordinary I would have pushed harder but I decided to go for the soft level till am stronger to do more.
Select a level in each one
I selected the soft level and below are my statistics
| Exercise type | Num of Repetition | Rest time |
|---|---|---|
| Inverted mountain climb | 5 reps | 10 seconds |
| Dorsiflexions | 5 reps | 10 seconds |
| oblique abdominal swings | 20 reps | 10 seconds |
Make a demonstration video doing the three exercises with the instructions above.
I made a demonstration video showing me performing the core exercises for the three exercises. Below is the video.
I started by performing the Inverted mountain climber which is meant to work on upper and lower abs. Lying on my back, I folded by two hand behind my head and began to lift my right arm to meet my left leg in the middle as shown in the video and I did this vice-versa for my left arm and my right leg. I carried out 5 repetitions of this and rested for ten seconds while counting of the ten seconds in my head and then repeated again for 5 times.
I proceeded to the second exercise Dorsiflexions for lower back by lying on my stomach. I folded by hands infront of me while lifting up my self as in the video. This works on the lower back. I did five repetitions and rested for ten seconds while counting off ten seconds in my head and then repeated another five times.
Then unto the third exercise which is oblique abdominal swings. I bent myself from side to side while touching my knee region. When I bend to the left, I touch the the knee region with my left hand and vice versa as in the video. I did this for 20 times, Rested for ten seconds while counting off in my mind and repeated it another twenty times which is ten times for each side.
In your own words, tell us about your experience and how you felt when doing the exercises
While performing the first exercise, I noticed that I felt pain on the back and my abdomen and this is because of the pressure of trying to make the arms and legs meet. The pain wasn’t much as I didn’t do it for long but I also noticed there was strain on my legs muscles especially my laps because of the going back and forth of the legs.
The dorsal flexion exercises put pressure on my lower back because in trying to lift myself, it felt like my weight was focused on the lower back hence the pain. It wasn’t too painful too because I went for the soft level. The pain left after the excercise.
For the oblique swings was I felt pains on my two sides as I moved from side to side. They work on the muscles on the two sides. It wasn’t too painful too. The pain eased off after the exercise.
The exercises generally was good for me as it made for more vigorousness on my sides. As I get stronger, I did push myself more.
Thanks for reading g through. I invite my friends @ngozi996, @pandoradoarg and @beeswdires to join the challenge.
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A perfect workout, you have really mastered these three exercises well. Good luck to you, friend.
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