I was out front watering my plants last Tuesday when my neighbor Betty came over. She's 68 and moves better than I do at 35. She told me she's been doing this same 3-move stretch routine every morning since 2004, never more than 5 minutes. She showed me how she just sits on the floor and does a simple hamstring stretch, a shoulder roll thing, and a neck tilt. I tried it the next day and it actually loosened up my lower back without any sweat. Has anyone else found a tiny routine like this that they actually stuck with for years?
Bought a set of loop bands off Amazon for $40 thinking I could do leg workouts without leaving my living room. Three sessions in and the thickest band snapped on a simple glute bridge, nearly whacked me in the face. Now I'm back to using my old pair from Target that cost $12 and have lasted two years. Anyone else get burned by cheap gear like that?
I was in my living room right after work last Tuesday, trying to do a basic pigeon pose from a yoga video. My hip felt super tight so I leaned into it a bit too hard and my lower back seized up. Instantly started sweating and had to crawl to the couch. Sat there for 15 minutes just trying to breathe through it. How do you know when a stretch is too far without actually getting hurt? Has anyone else ruined a stretch by pushing too hard?