5 Exercises We Hate, and Why You Should Do Them Anyway

How many of these did your competent? doctor and therapists get you doing immediately post stroke?

5 Exercises We Hate, and Why You Should Do Them Anyway

Planks

Absolutely impossible for my hands to be on the ground, spasticity prevents me from flattening my left hand at all.

Jumping

I can't jump at all, not even an inch off the ground.

 

 

Squats

If I'm sitting on a bench this is fairly easy since I can swing my arms to get up.

Deadlifts

The first problem to solve is even getting the weights on the bar, normally requires two hands, one to lift the bar, the other to slide the weight on.

Burpees

Absolutely impossible