Greetings and welcome to my blog. Am glad to participate in this weeks learning challenge. Excercise is good for the body and very beneficial for good health.
I participated in this weeks Lower body muscle exercises and I went for the normal level.
Select a level in each one
I selected the normal level and below are my statistics;
| Exercise type | Num of Repetition | Rest time |
|---|---|---|
| Squats | 12 reps | 10 seconds |
| Thigh or quad flexions | 12 reps | 10 seconds |
| Calf curls | 12 reps | 10 seconds |
Make a demonstration video doing the three exercises with the instructions above.
I made a demonstration video showing me performing the Lower body muscles exercises for the three exercises. Below is the video.
Squats
I started by performing the squats first. Putting my hands stretched out in front of me and lowering my waist and legs to the ground as if am trying to sit on the air and then coming back up again. I had twelve times repeat of those and ten rested for ten seconds while counting off the ten seconds in my head. I respected them for another 12 times after the ten seconds rest.
Thigh or quad flexions
I performed this siting on an arm chair and reclining a little while getting support on the arms of the seat. Lifted my two legs up and down about five times and from the sixth bend my knees up alittle before continuing to the twelfth raises as in the second video. I rested for about ten seconds while counting off in my head and continued the quad flexions for twelve times again.
Calf curls
This involves pushing up the entire body and standing on the toes with the hands placed on the waist. This was done for twelve times and ten seconds rest was taken and repeated twelve times again.
In your own words, tell us about your experience and how you felt when doing the exercises
While performing the squat exercise, I noticed the excercise put pressure on the lower parts of my body from my waist down to my toes and the pressure was more on my laps causing some pains on the lap muscles as I did the pushing up and down.
For the quad flexion, the pressure was on my laps more especially as the to and fro movement was happening and the joints of the knee when the little bend was introduced was not left behind. Generally there was pressure from the waist down too and even my my knee region because I didn’t drop the legs until after the twelve count hence the entire leg region felt the pressure.
The calf curls pressure was more pronounced on my calves and toes, As I tried to stand on my toes the muscles of my calves felt the pressure of having to push and support the body weight while on my toes for the brief moment and so does my toes too and in general the entire legs felt the pressure of the push ups but more on the toes and calves.
The excercises were generally good for me as I was sweating while doing them. They seemed simple but I a didn’t know they would make me sweat that much. I was feeling the pressure on and pain on my laps over time but hopefully it would go away with time and more excercise.
Thanks for reading through. I invite my friends @drhira, @tammanna and @pea07 to join the challenge.
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