Squat Challenge!

I attended a Moves Method webinar today, where the host, Vanja, recommended to everyone that we do a thirty day squat challenge. She recommended that you start off on week one with ten minutes of time in a squat, proceed to twenty minutes on week two, and thirty minutes on week three. You don't have to do this time all in one go either; spend a minute or two a few times a day until you get to your total.

I've been wanting to improve my squatting ability for awhile now (I purchased Karin Dimitrova's Deep Squat program this fall and was working on it until I started doing physio; I stopped working on the squat in favour of spending time on the stretches my physiotherapist gave me). I've been hearing that squatting is both a natural human position, and really good for you to be using. So I decided to spend the next 30 days adding some deep squats to my day. I'll still be working on the stretches and strength exercises my physiotherapist recommended, too. 

I'm going to start my challenge a little easier than the Moves Method one though: I'm going to start week one with a five minute accumulation, then go up to ten minutes for week two. I'm not in a rush, and want to build some trust with my nervous system, so hopefully starting small will be a great way to do so.

I already succeeded in doing over five minutes today, though I did a little too much at one time (I did slightly more than four minutes, but had to stop because my legs got sore!) - tomorrow I'm going to try to keep more in the one to two minute range at a time.

Vanja also recommended you do a thirty day hanging challenge; I'll save that for next month.