Testing My Limits - Part III

Two weeks in, and I swear I'm seeing a difference in my squat.

I'll be honest, though: at first I was annoyed by this whole thing. The first night I did the exercises, it took me 40 minutes. I thought, come on. Then I looked at the workout schedule they post for you on myTPI.com...six days a week! I grumbled about this to Bryan the next day but he refused to indulge me in any kind of human sympathy.

After a few days of pouting and muttering around in my mind about it, I did a little cost/benefit analysis. Is the potential result worth the extra time (and, to be fair, my subsequent workouts took much less time once I learned the exercises and didn't have to watch a video for each one)? The answer was a resounding YES: not only will being able to perform a proper squat propel me forward in my workouts, addressing all my other mobility (or lack thereof) issues could potentially stave off injuries and boost my fitness gains and my performance even further.

That was all it took.

Now...just today, two weeks in, I was able to do 10 pretty decent-looking squats, holding a lacrosse stick over my head. I noticed two significant changes: 1) I felt much more balanced at the bottom of the squat, which tells me my soleus (lower calf) muscles are starting to loosen up, and 2) there was much less strain in my lower thoracic area, which indicates my torso mobility is improving also.

This is working. When I think about what it could do for my golf game, it makes me want to actually take up golf...

Now I'll celebrate with a spoonful of Nutella!