Muscle Fatigue in Eagle

Muscle Fatigue in Eaglegummisteph2009-06-24T03:54:37+00:00

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gummisteph
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June 24, 2009 at 3:54 am

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When I first started practicing about 2 months ago I had no problem holding eagle for the entire time, but recently I’ve been having a lot of problems holding it the entire time. The quadriceps muscle of the bent standing leg just gets so tired, starts burning and I have to exit the pose early. I am thinking that this is just a problem that will work itself out and maybe my muscles are hurting because I am bending lower and lifting my upper body more (in other words, doing the pose more correctly), but I wanted advice as to what or if I am doing something wrong.

Gabrielle (The Hot Yoga Doctor)
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June 24, 2009 at 4:12 am

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Hi Stephanie

Sounds like it is just one of those things! With your new better technique your body is learning how to go into the pose more deeply. For the next few classes, I wonder what it would be like if for the first set you worked on body up more and second set work on sitting down deeper in the legs. With that approach I think you may work out the way to do both elements together without overbalancing – plus you won’t feel annoyed that you are unnecessarily backing off (and by that I mean not trying your best, just going halfway and robbing yourself of the satisfaction).

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Gabrielle 🙂
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