Kegels
Every woman who's had a child knows about them. Most likely their husbands know about them too. We're talking about an exercise that focuses on a specific area. Yeah, I know we're not supposed to do that in CrossFit, but here we are talking about it.
Kegels help strengthen the pelvic floor, which is a combination of muscles, ligaments, and tendons that support the organs of the lower abdomen and stabilize the pelvis. A strong pelvic floor is critical in maintaining midline stability and a tight core. The pelvic floor can become weak through child birth, inactivity, and chronic coughing. Many, many women are reluctant to jump rope or box jump because of a weak pelvic floor, which can lead to incontinence.
Here is a good article from the Mayo Clinic on how to perform Kegels for women, and here's an article for men regarding Kegels. Either article might be of benefit to you, inside the gym and out!! The beauty is that you can perform these exercises at any time ... no one will know you're doing them!
Amanda with a nice overhead squat!
6 Comments:
Press: 3x5 at 115#; meant to do 75# on 1x20 but accidentally left 10# extra on there (left over from Brad’s set). So it got heavy real fast and I only got 13. Jesse, I promise I’ll work in those 20 penalty burpees tonight!
SqCln: 95, 115, 135 = score of 1.82. Shoulda started at 115. Oh well, next time.
– Daron on March 28th, 2011 at 9:55 am
SP 3x5@75#, 20@60#. Same as last time.
SC: 85,100,115= 2.22
– She Who Must Be Obeyed on March 28th, 2011 at 12:40 pm
SP: 3x5 at 100#, 1x20 at 75# (up 5 and 10#s)
Cleans: (135+135+155)/230 = 1.85
– Lerronious on March 28th, 2011 at 4:43 pm
Press: 147.5, 90
Cleans: 190-200-215/210= 2.88
– Jesse on March 28th, 2011 at 8:09 pm
Press 115, 70
Cleans: 95-115-125/210 = 1.59
Nice strength work today!
– Josh on March 28th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
Great post! Tnx.
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