Update on my progress as I still exercise 3-5 times a week, switching it up or at least maintaining. ✌️ I have noticed that climbing over fences and gates is easier. Like I am able to push myself up, pick myself up from the ground, or hold a squat with little discomfort. Twice I recently tripped and fell onto the ground (cuz I'm still clumsy AF 😅) but I did NOT feel it the next day like I have been worried about. Only my pride got bruised LOL and I can live with that.
I did a test on myself, and I was able to hold a wall sit for a full minute as well as a plank too. One of my trainers called it "growing younger" which is AMAZING to feel. Sure, I still get some stiffness now and then but it's actually getting better now after a couple years of this. 😁 Like my lower back was once in chronic pain for over a year and I had to sleep with a bolster under my knees for a reprieve. I don't need that anymore. I now know the correct way to position my back and hips to stop triggering the injury and how to strengthen my glutes and core to protect my back. This is the main thing that I want; to reduce pain in joints, back, and my body. 👏
When I look at my photo I had taken for my ID badge 2 years ago, there is a definite change in my face. I'm actually embarrassed by how puffy it looked back then 😭 I just might have it retaken and then show a comparison.