This morning I did some Chiball Energize then 3 chapter's of Misty Tripoli's Alive, some of it on the UR! Next I did some Essentrics Core and Leg Strength in Motion because this routine seemed to help my knee last night. My knee twinged less last night in bed than it has in months! Finished with various hip and back stretches.

Chiball Essentials, Batuka and A New You Ballet

Unfortunately my right mid back muscle decided to twinge intensely again, somehow re-injuring it when sleeping!
My knee is still improving. This morning I found I could do a stiff legged healthbounce pain free on the bungee which is better than no bouncing at all.
Anywho, I worked the lower body with *A New You*'s muscle conditioning and ballet workouts. The ballet workout was very similar to Ellen's stuff but not as intense. Then I did alittle Batuka and found a great looking martial arts routine that I hope to revisit when feeling better. Will give more info about that later.
Then I finished with the first two chapters of Chiball Essentials and thoroughly enjoyed it! When I first got Chiball Essentials and Dance of the Dragon, I didn't like them as much as the vhs routines led by Monica because not nearly as intense. However, this morning Essentials TaiChi/Qigong and Radiant Yang were perfect. The first chapter started very gentle then alternated movements done slowly and faster in the second chapter. They really lubricated my joints and made me feel so much better. Also felt totally energized afterwards.
So if you can only buy just one of the new dvds, I highly recommend Chiball Essentials!

ETA:
Here's the Batuka video:

Chiball Filemail Links

Monica's Chiball vhs upright and chair routines:
https://www.filemail.com/dl.aspx?id=HRYCHRVQJGLGVAT


Shelly's Caribbean Workout Chiball routines:
https://www.filemail.com/dl.aspx?id=JCOKTTABWTIHMNN


These are wonderful alternatives to whole body dance and walking. You'll get out of them what you put into them. Can be done with a weightless playground ball, imaginary ball or very light weight. The movements are gentle but involve the core so have a sneaky effect.

Again, I highly recommend Freemake Video Converter if you have a Windows operating system for burning dvdrs, available at www.freemake.com
If you need more info about filemail or Freemake Video Converter, check the labels on my blog.

ETA: the dvds in the Chiball Therapeutic series offer alot more footage and at better quality than the files I have uploaded from vhs
official website is http://www.chiball.com/
Their US vendor is www.mbsom.com

I Did It!!!!

I just walked up the stairs alternating legs without pain!
Heck I couldn't do that for weeks even before the fall.
Maybe it is the Aleve? LOL

To celebrate, I will be uploading another filemail with some of the original OOP Chiball vhs footage that many may enjoy.

Here's the filemail link:
https://www.filemail.com/dl.aspx?id=HRYCHRVQJGLGVAT


Just did 10 minutes of Unity House on www.muve.com and actually sweated!
There are lots of nice chair routines on the MUVE site and dvds.
http://www.muve.com/blog/unity-house-senior-exercise/

Another Day, Another Injury

This morning I did another Tuttle Standing Pilates workout, carefully and slowly. Knee is improved but stairs and putting on shoes still a challenge. Then I did some of Monica's original Chiball for posture and flexibility that is done sitting on a chair, again carefully and slowly yet I pulled a muscle in my left upper back!! So I ball rolled it with a Miracle ball and applied Arnica gel and took an Aleve. While down and dirty, I also tennis balled my right hip and lower back. Everything seems fine now but am really getting tired of injuries. Working around the injuries throws off other body parts I guess.

Caribbean Chiballs filemail

I am offering a filemail of the 4 different Caribbean Workout Chiball workouts in wmv format because the show is no longer being broadcasted on Fit TV and these Chiball workouts are too good not to share. Some are still available but hard to find on various older dvds because the workouts aren't listed clearly on each of these dvds. Thanks to the VFers who deciphered which dvds had them and enabled me to have access to all of these treasures, I am paying it forward and making them available to others. If you cannot use wmv files, you can email me with the file format of your choice and I will convert them for you in another filemail. WMV files will work on all Windows operated pcs and with Windows video software. The filemail link for the wmv videos files is
https://www.filemail.com/dl.aspx?id=JCOKTTABWTIHMNN

Chiball Beachball

While checking for new workout videos on youtube I came across a chiball routine which uses what looks like a beachball and looked very joint friendly. It had no sound so I added my own music :)

More Treats found online

This morning I warmed up on the bungee to GForce2 then did half of Body Gospel's Gospel Glory while holding Fitstix which I really enjoyed. Then I did the second leg sequence from Sole Synthesis and then a bunch of online stuff I had downloaded and burned:
Bodyball which uses a weighted ball in really nice feeling circular patterns,
an energetic feel good chiball and stretch,
a chair Waki Waki routine that I added gliding disks to
Also did alittle of a Zumba Proud Mary routine which I will revisit as a spark.
Most routines had great music and unique moves.

Stuff is constantly being added to youtube so there is probably plenty more clips I will eventually stumble onto. Love loud pumping music and new ways to muve.

ETA:
The stretch done after the energetic chiball by the same group was already shown on my blog on
http://neverendingplateau.blogspot.com/2012/02/sparks.html