Making slow but steady progress on the squat. It’s just the latest of many projects to prepare for some big changes coming up soon. There are lots of challenges to overcome — bad ankles, broken knees, tight hips, and a wrecked spine. Sounds fun!

Started out with just a few quick seconds halfway down because you have to start somewhere, eh? I also started this ancient position by sitting in water to reduce the weight stretching all those weak joints. The water is nice because you can get down into a deep squat for a few minutes at a time without experiencing too much pressure. Did that for a few weeks to set a baseline.

Now I’m slowly transitioning to more shallow water depths. Will do that for a few weeks. Then dry land. The dry land bit is way harder than sitting in water so I may have to give that more time. No matter. I’m determined. To prep for the dry land squat, I’m starting out with the horse stance as a nice primer. The horse stance burns the hell out of the entire posterior chain and the legs. It plays with your brain too! You just want to quit mere seconds into a 90% knee bend carrying full body weight. Wow. It’s been years since I’ve done that. Actually, even when I was young and covered with muscle the horse stance was difficult (perhaps because I was also 20 kg heavier). Who knows. But you can’t quit. It must be done. Time is ticking.