I started a thread asking for help with height in side and front kick before, and got some good info and plenty of reading from other sites. My question is: what is your morning routine? perhaps it's a sleep in . From the reading I have done, front,side and rear leg raises are the way to go, as dynamic, not static stretching is advisable. I think.
I get up as late as possible so I can just about get ready for college in time lol, no TKD for me first thing I'm afraid.
my morning routine involves cursing th ealarm clock and pressing snooze a good few times. i get up fumble my way to the bathroom usualy standing on one or more of the kids toys.go potty wash shave and eventualy wake up i then contemplate a little early morning exercise before making a cofee and settling down to watch GMTV till its time for work
I at least stretch! If it's a late college morning then a jog around the block with the dogs. Always, always always roll and warm-up my hips, shoulders and wrists. That only accounts for about 20 mins.
I don't do any TKD in the morning either, but I do hit the gym religiously 5 days a week by 7:30 a.m. Lift or do cardio then off to the j-o-b. Noontime I go home for lunch and do 20 minutes of flexibility training, eat, then rush back to the d@mn j-o-b.
Every morning I get up at 5:45 to do my morning forms routine. all in about an hour so I'm out of the home for 7am for my morning walk - 3 miles at walking-race pace. Back home I have a little breakfast before doing my TaeBo workout from a DVD. Very cool. Then I shower and have a proper breakfast.
I do between 50 - 100 push ups (depending on how I feel)in a row, as fast as I can. Then I raise my heels 100 times off the ground as fast as I can (I think this exersize is called calf raises???). Then I touch my toes and stand up and sit down as fast as I can 100 times. Sometimes I do more things like pushups, dips, abs workouts... it varies (some days Im lazy and don't do anything).
Every morning first thing is a coffee. Can't open my eyes without coffee! First, joint rotations. Second, dynamic leg raises to the front, rear, and side. Both legs. 12 x 3 Third, I go through all my routines and kata. Then I have a smoke and another coffee. All this stuff takes about 45 mins max, and I feel ready to bounce out the door. If I don't do this stuff, I usually feel sluggish until about noon.
I do A single sit up ...this gets me out of bed....after washing ..I do knee raises to put on my clothes,then alot of curls with a couple of cups of corwfee.... then I go to work....when Im not working I dont do the above until really necessary
I get up and take the little 'un to school whilst still in my pjs. When i get home i do some dynamic stretching and some squats and kicking to build up the strength in my legs. I work from home so i'm fortunate i can do as much or as little as i like. When mini kyber gets in from school, i do some stretching, patterns, and basic stuff with her.
Provided I can be to bed by 9pm, I'm up at 5:15 the next morning to do some stretching, shadowboxing, forms, ab exercises; it really depends on what the evening/afternoon workout will consist of. Morning training sessions definately make me feel a whole lot better through the rest of the day. ^ ^
This morning was my first morning of getting up to start my routine. I set the alarm for 5.45am. Must have turned the alarm off in shock and woke up at 7.20am. I'll start tomorrow.
