ext_306486 ([identity profile] shanmonster.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] shanmonster 2012-03-07 10:31 pm (UTC)

Best of luck! Pretty much all of the exercises are scalable, so I hope a solution can be found for your burpee issues.

I don't now what the issue is for your back/hip, but mine was caused by an imbalance. I was able to correct this by working on strict form with a broomstick marking alignment on deadlifts and one-legged Romanian deadlifts, foam rolling, stretching, and by continually doing single-leg training. A few times a week, I do weighted single-leg squats (either pistol squats or off a high box to just below parallel with the thigh and back up again), one-legged bridges (with supporting leg on an exercise ball), and slow-motion bodyweight lunges in all directions. If you want to try the squats but don't yet have the strength to go as far as I do with them, you can practice getting up and down off a chair using just one leg.

I haven't seen any single-leg training at CrossFit, so I do this as part of my typical warm-up.

I could probably make a quick and dirty video showing the various single-leg exercises, if you like.

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