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Keiko Fukuda, Judo Master
Apr. 25th, 2011 10:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yelosonA neat thread on 98 year old Keiko Fukuda, still kicking ass all these years. She's a pretty awesome inspiration for lifting heavy things known as people and tossing them down!
Apr. 25th, 2011
yelosonA neat thread on 98 year old Keiko Fukuda, still kicking ass all these years. She's a pretty awesome inspiration for lifting heavy things known as people and tossing them down!
Exercise/embodiment icons
Apr. 25th, 2011 05:38 pmrydra_wongI made a set of icons related to exercise and embodiment for Three Weeks For Dreamwidth; a number of them involve lifting heavy things and other forms of strength training, so I hope it's okay to drop a link here.
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Link to the rest at my journal.
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Link to the rest at my journal.
Wrist issues
Apr. 25th, 2011 08:46 pmparadox_dragonI have noticed that when doing push-ups (or anything that requires me to exert force with my palms flat and my wrists bent), I get sharp pains in my wrists. This is lessened, though not eliminated, when I do the pushups at an incline (like against a wall). I have also found that doing floor push-ups with my hands wrapped around the shafts of a pair of dumbbells really helps. I have tried doing push-ups on my fists, and it feels like all my knuckles are being ground into powder, so that's a no-go.
What I am wondering is: If I keep doing wall push-ups and limited numbers of floor push-ups with my palms flat, working my way up to more, will my wrists strengthen up, or will I make it worse? Are there any exercises I could do to help with these issues? I would rather fix the problem than just compensate for it, if it's possible, but I also don't want to end up breaking myself.
Note: I suspect that these issues are from spending 6+ hours a day on my laptop. I sometimes get aches and pains in my wrists and forearms even without exerting pressure, if I've been typing for a long time or whatever.
What I am wondering is: If I keep doing wall push-ups and limited numbers of floor push-ups with my palms flat, working my way up to more, will my wrists strengthen up, or will I make it worse? Are there any exercises I could do to help with these issues? I would rather fix the problem than just compensate for it, if it's possible, but I also don't want to end up breaking myself.
Note: I suspect that these issues are from spending 6+ hours a day on my laptop. I sometimes get aches and pains in my wrists and forearms even without exerting pressure, if I've been typing for a long time or whatever.