Incremental Progress, Measured Change
Jun. 26th, 2013 12:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thisnewdayToday I made a slight adjustment to my fitness walk. Because of an ankle problem which seemed to get progressively worse over the course of my 1-1/2 mile walk, moving upstream from ankle to knee to hip, I had been stopping after each quarter-mile lap to do a quick set of hamstring/quad stretches.
I'd said, when I first tried it, that I was unsure if it was the actual stretching that helped or simply the enforced break between each lap. But after several weeks of positive results, and in the interest of a slightly more efficient and intensive routine, I decided to try cutting back the stretches to every other lap.
And that seemed to work. By eliminating the detour to the fence or sand pit on every other lap, I reduced my time and very incrementally increased the intensity of my walk--without any negative consequences.
It's a small thing, but if I've learned anything from my hours in physical therapy, it's the value of incremental progress and measured change. Now if I could just find ways to apply that wisdom to the rest of my life...
LPK
LiveJournal
6.26.2013
I'd said, when I first tried it, that I was unsure if it was the actual stretching that helped or simply the enforced break between each lap. But after several weeks of positive results, and in the interest of a slightly more efficient and intensive routine, I decided to try cutting back the stretches to every other lap.
And that seemed to work. By eliminating the detour to the fence or sand pit on every other lap, I reduced my time and very incrementally increased the intensity of my walk--without any negative consequences.
It's a small thing, but if I've learned anything from my hours in physical therapy, it's the value of incremental progress and measured change. Now if I could just find ways to apply that wisdom to the rest of my life...
LPK
LiveJournal
6.26.2013
