Fabric Craft Question and the Gym

[redfiona99]

Fabric craft queston - any hints or tips when working with slightly stretchy material?

Long story short - I finally found the perfect solution for my hair, it's sort of a fabric tube.

Problem - Claire's Accessories have stopped selling them. Therefore, unless someone can tell me what they're really called, simplest solution seems to be trying to make some.

Gym - so I've been adding some yoga to my cool down on weight day, trying to increase flexibility and reduce injury. Supine twists, where have you been all my life? Of course, having loosened off some muscles that have been tightening up for ~ 2 years, the whole area is now sore. I don't think I've pulled anything, I think it's just a "unusual movement" reaction from my hip. Particularly my right one.

Comments

[ioplokon]

For hips, I'm big on this workout. I also find yoga difficult bc a lot of the positions are too hard for me/I have poor body awareness (I imagine the second is less an issue for you bc you're an athlete, though).

[redfiona99]

Trust me, if you can do that hip work out, you can physically do anything we do in fencing!

Actually, there's a couple of bits I can steal for pre-training warm ups.

I like her description of pain (it intrigues me that people don't know the difference between "ow" pain and "normal" pain), and about how being able to move muscles properly improves performance.

I am very much only a beginner yoga person, I am still working on breathing, no interesting poses yet. (Colleague is a yoga teacher - https://www.instagram.com/your_cupofyoga/?hl=en, and she's given me the bug. Her and ex-colleague I.)

[ioplokon]

I think my issue isn't so much strength or flexibility as awareness. So for example, it is hard for me to use my abs or my glutes vs other muscles. Or like, being aware of foot positioning or spine/pelvic tilt. I like those workouts because they explain and give verbal cues.