This morning, I went for a 30 minute recovery run in the grassy area of dlsu-d oval. No specific training for me today, just an easy pace to help me regain back my leg strength. Cris Sabal and Aileen Tolentino later arrived and I informed them of the problem I had the previous day. Cris checked the muscle (iliotibial band) in my right leg and compared it with my left leg and informed me that it was too hard and tight. I joked that what he felt was a solid rock-hard muscle but he just reiterated his observation that mine was unusually too hard. He suggested a regular massage (self-massage will do) to get rid of the tightness.

Later on, I told him that I’m working on strengthening my core. I do the “usual” core strengthening I know like full crunch, leg raises and the likes. He suggested that the best way to strengthen and stabilize the core should not consist of bending my spine like what I’ve been doing, but focus more on plank exercises. He asked me to do the following for 20 seconds with 10 seconds rest in between: Read the rest of this entry »