Day two on my exercises, I changed it up a bit.
By Marsha
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
Midland, Michigan
May 8, 2020 9:44am CST
I began by setting up my bed so you can't see what should be my cleaning projects in the room,
Starting on my right side I did four different but similar exercises working the same muscle groups overall. Some I could do with more reps others I'll have to build up toward.
The first was laying on my right side and pulling my knees up then lifting the knee on top slightly, hold and count. Then put it back on the other leg. I did all of them at least three times some I could do more. Some were a count of ten others higher.
Then, keeping my lower leg still bent at the knee I stretched out my foot and raised it, held and counted and let it rest on the bed. There times for that.
Mainly I'm working the outside of my hips, but I expect that eventually the quads will feel the workout too. The third one was similar but I raised the upper for even higher and repeated three motions
Then I flipped to my left side. Doing the first one was fine with both knees bent but doing the other two bothered my newer knee so I did less reps on those.
The final image is me using my kitchen sink to do squats. I can do these better at work holding the conveyor belt when it's not busy. But I can't take any pics when on the clock.
I hope you can see enough in the pics what I did. If interested in trying these yourself. These might be a modified version of what my mom gave me after her hip surgery. For anyone having hoop problems these should help prolong the need for surgery or you can Google those exercises yourself.
Starting on my right side I did four different but similar exercises working the same muscle groups overall. Some I could do with more reps others I'll have to build up toward.
The first was laying on my right side and pulling my knees up then lifting the knee on top slightly, hold and count. Then put it back on the other leg. I did all of them at least three times some I could do more. Some were a count of ten others higher.
Then, keeping my lower leg still bent at the knee I stretched out my foot and raised it, held and counted and let it rest on the bed. There times for that.
Mainly I'm working the outside of my hips, but I expect that eventually the quads will feel the workout too. The third one was similar but I raised the upper for even higher and repeated three motions
Then I flipped to my left side. Doing the first one was fine with both knees bent but doing the other two bothered my newer knee so I did less reps on those.
The final image is me using my kitchen sink to do squats. I can do these better at work holding the conveyor belt when it's not busy. But I can't take any pics when on the clock.
I hope you can see enough in the pics what I did. If interested in trying these yourself. These might be a modified version of what my mom gave me after her hip surgery. For anyone having hoop problems these should help prolong the need for surgery or you can Google those exercises yourself.8 people like this
8 responses
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
8 May 20
I have too much weight to do squats without holding onto something first. Plus I quit them when my knees got worse and I'm not sure that I'll ever get that ability back but I'd like to try. It would be a better way to garden than bending from the waist which makes my back worse.
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@LadyDuck (502573)
• Italy
8 May 20
@MarshaMusselman I always squat in the garden, my back is my only problem, it often hurts.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
8 May 20
@LadyDuck that's my main problem currently too. If I can get back to doing keto or try something different and lose again that should also help my back.
A lot of my problem is because I can't yet squat or something closer to that I tend to bend at the waist. If I have something to hang onto I can bend a bit at the knees too which is better but I can't do that anywhere.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
11 May 20
I've been going to planet fitness twice per week to prepare for my knee surgeries. I did more before my knees got bad and before I had to begin running our window business and cashiering too.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
8 May 20
I've done the (odd and on [no clue what I meant here]) though the years and if I had continued them years back maybe my back and muscles wouldn't need so much work now. You have to remember I'm only on day two. I may share some different ones if folk are interested in working specific muscle groups.
But walking, billing, hiking, dancing, gardening and anything that gets us moving more than normal would qualify.
I fine when we have a buddy for an activity it helps us continue in it.
If you want to share your exercise you can tag it mylot exercise buddies so I can find them more easily.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
8 May 20
No but I'm carrying more weight than I should and I'm sharing what I know. Everything in the body is connected, ya know?
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@Marilynda1225 (91129)
• United States
9 May 20
Those sound like good exercises. I couldn't do squats without holding on.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
11 May 20
I may never be able to do them without holding on. But at least it will help strethen my back and legs.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
11 May 20
Good for you Paige. Keep up the good work.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
9 May 20
Sometimes even I use my kitchen shelf or dining table to get the support to do squats. Squats are good for our lower body parts and shape of thighs and bottoms. Today I mainly worked on my upper body muscles using weights and made a post about that in the same tag.

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