Now We're Gettin' It!

It's all starting to feel possible again. I'm starting to get bigger dreams!

This blog is more for logging the journey of a gramma type with challenges moving into fitness through CrossFit. I don't intend for it to be mainly a lot of what I've done, although I think I'll keep up the track posts for a while just so we can all see how it is going.

What I DO want to talk about is the process, how I decide what to do, why, how it affects me, how I do at the things I attempt. You know, the good stuff! LOL

I gotta put something on here to let me know if anyone is listening - er, reading - so I'll know if I'm just talking to myself! ;-)

Now that I'm starting to feel I have a little bit of a routine figured out for the forseeable future, I'm planning to start going back and looking up the exercise I'm using to read/watch the basics again and see how much I am on track or if I can pick up any new tips.

Today I looked up ankles, and did find much on CrossFit, but did find that there are basically four directions ankles can be stretched, and then they can also be rotated in circles, clockwise and counter clockwise. You can google for more info, I looked at several sites. None jumped out but they were pretty consistent.

The reason I am interested especially in ankles, and put heel lifts on my warm-up, is because I feel stiff in the ankles and know I have lost some flexibility in my years of over-weight and under-use.

Also, I sprained my right ankle twice last year, a few months apart. A nasty sprain each time. AND, I like to hike, so plan to be covering some un-even terrain. Healthy ankles could be the life of me in some situations.

So, I found out that I didn't really know *why* I should do heel lifts, but now have a few ankle exercise which aren't strenuous (like a workout exercise) but a good stretching exercise, like we used to do when I was taking dance classes. I'm thinking I'll start making a more consistent effort to do those pretty much daily. (Some of them I had been doing when watching TV or such.)

Strong ankles. Worth the price!

So, why don't you pull up a comment and introduce yourself? I'd really like to meet you if you read this far! lol