It's Your Body - Control It

     Tonight Emily and I got down in the dungeon for a quick session. It wasn't as productive as I would have liked, but it was something, so I won't complain (too much).

     If anyone has ever worked with a young teenager, then they understand how difficult it can be. Or maybe, it's just my daughter being difficult! It's not an attitude thing; she's been very receptive and open to being taught how to do things. It's the fact that she seems to be disconnected from her own body. It's as if she isn't aware that she can make her body move in certain controlled ways. For instance, trying to get her into proper position for a bent row. It's not a terribly difficult position, but she set up like a limp noodle with slack legs, back like a turtle shell, and torso twisted to the side. When I told her to flatten her back, she had no idea what I was talking about. Now, I know that some of that can be attributed to just not having the muscle and strength. That other bit though, boy it's odd. I had to tell her that she was in the control of how her body moves and that it wasn't just going to automatically happen. I wonder if it's a teenage girl thing; being awkward in her own skin. Whatever it is, we're working through it and I have no doubt that she'll improve and excel. 

     Here's the little bit that we did:

DB BENCH:

Em: 3lb x10

       (10lb x10) 3x

Me: 25lb x10

       (30lb x10) 3x

BENT DB ROWS:

Em: (10lb x10) 3x

Me: (30lb x10) 3x

 After this we took some time to work on Em's ability to plank on a swiss ball. I'm not logging any reps or sets for her on this. 

SWISS BALL KNEE TUCKS:

Me: 10x3

HANGING KNEE RAISES:

Em: 10x3

Me: 12x3

     And that was about it. Teaching her how to bench took some time but she's a quick learner. Her energy wasn't up where it should be today. I was lucky to get her down there because she had actually fallen asleep after she got home from school. I was proud of her for at least pushing past the initial desire to skip it and to grind it out.