The First Week

Struggling with conistency will be the largest challenge for me throughout this process. So far I have unfortunately been unable to make any work or progress towards a lengthy stretching session everyday. On the first day, I made a small attempt at one and discovered the pain which is stretching. As I descended into my attempt at the splits my inner thighs began to burn. 

If I do not become more consistent with my stretching then I will not achieve my goals. I am going to set myself the goal of doing the splits for once a day for this week to establish the habit of stretching into my everyday routine. From there I will build on top of that and improve and lengthen my stretching routine without ever making it too unbearable for myself.

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  1. Letitia MoffittNovember 2, 2022 at 1:05 PM

    I am a cardio junkie myself and when I exercise, I want to move as fast as I can. I hate stretching and strength training, but I have to do it to avoid injury. Sigh. If you find some actually fun stretching routine, post it. I need motivation.

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