@billmaeda: 45 lbs./20 kg. Infinity Lunge - age 55, January 6, 2024, 6:04 pm Since I got home from Japan on January 4, I’ve been paying for my circadian and dietary sins more than expected. I feel swollen and groggy, yet I can’t sleep when I try to. My knees, back and shoulders are very stiff, and I’m clumsy and sore going up and down the stairs. Fortunately and unfortunately, I’ve felt like this many times in the past, and on these days I choose the Infinity Lunge. This exercise shoves me into everything I don’t want to do, and in doing so it acts as a hard restart to my mind and body. Orbiting the plate around my head imposes a 360° “joystick” effect on my shoulders and core before it tries to pull me sideways off my base as I split my stance into the lunge. As the plate accelerates off the drop, I have to use both legs, rotational core, and a counter rotating upper body in unison to decelerate the weight before it blows me off my feet. If that goes well, a synchronized push off the back leg segueing into a push of the front helps the obliques wind the plate up and across to the opposite shoulder to then repeat the process. Today I am wearing the @vivobarefoot weightlifting shoe, the Motus Strength because stabilizing the length and circumference of a 45 lbs. accelerating disc was too much for my normally bare feet. The Motus provided the lateral stability I needed to withstand the lateral force vectors inherent in this exercise, but the wide toe box and flat, pliable sole allowed my toes and ankles the space they needed to react to these forces. Coming back from 13 straight days of no exercise and tons of ramen noodles, cakes and mochi is going to be a process, so it was nice to have the assistance I needed today. I hope the new year is being kind to you. Much aloha 🎊

Bill Maeda

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