Rebuilding

Given my age (35) I train pretty hard and pride myself in keeping good shape - however for those who have met me know I'm not exactly a stick, particularly on the top half of my body.

Overall I'm quite strong (Well compared to the average badminton player this side of Sir Dinkalot I'm a rhino ) but after years of sliding by, I came to realize earlier this year that I have significant hole in my game I needed to fix...

leg strength.

So as of two weeks ago I vowed to rebuild my lower body strength right from the basics. Keep in mind, I hate leg weight training.

But I went back right back to square one... only doing sqauts with only the bar. Slowly add weight. Make sure I do all the excerices ( front curls, hamstrings, lunges) except for calves - those are already bloody stong from badminton.

I can already see the benefits - I'm more explosive around the court and my knees doen't seem to hurt as much (orthotics also factor in).

Next in store - skipping. Start with a couple minutes, work my way up to five minutes, then maybe a max of ten. I tried skipping a couple years ago. Thought something was going to snap off.

Overall, this will be good thing, but it sure is hell right now.


My motivation? (other than Kick evyylgryn's ass) is to take a game off Dave Humble, one of the top masters next to Ardy W.

 

I started about four weeks ago, but mostly on hamstrings for the first two weeks. The last two weeks I've started with the dumbell lunges, squats etc.

The other thing I'm working in core strength, but more than the typcial sit-ups. I even bought me one of those work out balls.

For now, my body hurts.