Ouch.
That is the word to describe this week. This week was a huge slap in the face about how out of shape I am, and how long I really do have to go.
Steven Prubit gave me a lot of insight at a point, great guy, and I still try and let this ring in my head “I wouldn’t push the dorsiflexion too much, be patient and work on it.” He gave me some incredible information on my injury. As well Julie Keen and Jonathan Fass. All fantastic on helping me through my injury issues. It might have seemed like minor help, and a few emails, but it was enough to assure me I was going in right/wrong directions. It gave me a better place to look. A big thanks to them.
Compliance
I forgot to mention my method of compliance measure. It is the same method I laid out in the “Ask Leigh” manual. In short each day and item in that day gets a “Yes or No.” I swear I make it sound more sexy in the manual.
Here is a refresh of the program.
Daily-Foam Roll-20/30 mins Full Body
Daily-Stretch Session-1×20/30 secs of each movement x3
5x a week-Dance Workout- Selected Movements
4x a week-Lifting- Split
For my compliance almost everything gets a yes. Maybe next week I will make a pretty chart.
I missed one foam roll session, and I am having to take out the “Jumps/Leaps” from the floor work for right now. I simply can’t do it yet and feel steady. The past week I have had three times where my leg just gave out. No warning just “thwap” it gave out on me. I don’t have the landing stability and at this point, as much as I want to, it would just be pushing it.
I am going to substitute the “Jumps/Kicks” with Balance/Extensions.
Goal
Someone wrote to me “What is the goal!? You have to have a goal!?” I think they expressed it with double the punctuation. I thought I stated my goal pretty clearly before, but I am bad with being precise. Mostly it is because my goals are very fluid. They are also somewhat abstract. How can you really write..
-My goal is the 1:30am exhaustion and sweat from a long night of dancing, partying, and hanging out with hot and awesome people who want to live life and hard.
-My goal is being able to act on an impulse of movement through music, when I want to act on it, doing the movement that I see in my head doing.
-My goal is to amaze myself, not others, with the things that I do.
-My goal is to believe in my subconscious invincibility again, something that I lost when I finally got hurt really bad for the first time.
-My goal is to be a better version of myself physically, something that I am far from being right now.
I love being someone who can express multiple levels of creativity. Writing, dancing, music, and singing. Right now I can’t sing, I have little time to make music, and I can’t dance. I think it is why I dove in so much to my writing. I think that it is fate to some degree that I got side swiped because look at where this static movement and transferred creativity has lead. I find that interesting. Still, I am getting stir crazy for the other forms of my expression.
My goal is expression. Expression in all forms of who I am, as much as possible.
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This is a big change from what I normally post, but something about today left me wanting to hear this song. It makes me think of ponds and wishing wells of which its visitors wear shirts that say things like “Pale is the new tan.” It is not for everyone. Joanna Newsom either lulls you or makes you think you are listening to cartoon cat singing. To this day though her concert was one of the most enchanting things I have ever witnessed.
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Hi Leigh! I love your personal goals. I can’t wait ’til your ankle is better so you can dance the night away!
Oh and that song was …. interesting ;P
Leigh,
I don’t know much, but I do know this: wherever it is you wish to be, you will get there. You are strong. That is why you are comfortable with sharing your vulnerabilities. Thank you for doing that. Perhaps you think you do, but really you have no idea how much you are helping others.
PS: “Stifling an urge to dance is bad for your health – it rusts your spirit and your hips.” ~Adabella Radici
PSS: I really loved the song!
So why can’t you sing? Is that part of the whole not enough time to devote to music? Just wondering…
Anyway, I think that devoting the time to writing has made a big difference. I’ve read through Desperate to Lose once already and I’m halfway through a closer 2nd reading, and your voice comes through so clearly. It’s a great book, and I think that it will really resonate with a wide group of people.
Oh–forgot to say that I’m feelin’ ya on the no singing part, too. I’ve always been involved in singing in some way, either through church choirs or through various bands/projects. After kiddo #2 came along I stepped back from that and didn’t even sing in the church choir, and I was just getting ready to get involved again when I found out that Miss Molly was coming along. Now my only audience is in the car with the kiddos, and half the time they don’t even want me to sing along. Katie told me yesterday, “No sing, Mommy, no sing!” Ah…the joys of parenting.
Amber-Ha thanks Amber. You still keeping that lonestar sexy?
Gayla-Thanks a lot for that Gayla. It means more than you know. Awesome quote as well.
Sinead-The braces. I can kind of sing with them, but not really. Just makes it tough and it cuts my tounge up.
Ha and no they didn’t tell you not to sing along?! I say you get in that choir again and belt it out. If anything just use this for your next inspiration. In fact, I expect to see turner children and you like this very soon.
Leigh I love your new blog so much.
It is way better than the old one. Not that the old was bad but this one has so much more of you in it.
I heard you mention once that you toured/played music. Were you in a band? What do you play? I would love to hear more about that if possible. Are there any recordings that you have done? Oh and can we please get some more pictures, please!?
Sinead-
My kids used to say that to me too…MOMMY PLEASE dont sing, LOL
The funny thing is Im not so bad….lol
I also used to sing in church and do duets and such, havent done it in soooo long.
Kids are funny though they just say it, no holding back!!!
Leigh- You are a girl of many talents, i think it is awesome!
That is one week down Leigh. Hope for you updating still.
Awesome goals. I too want fun nights again. Thanks for reminding me. I would love for you to elborate more on goals in the way that you see them.
oh and I vote for more Leigh info ;D
Jessie-Heh lot of questions there Jessie.
Were you in a band?-I never did well with band settings. I was pretty much solo.
What do you play?-I am best at guitar. I also can do synth/sample work and small amounts of piano.
Are there any recordings that you have done? Yeah tons but most are very rough demos. There are a couple of live recordings and higher quality demos. I did studio work but didn’t like how it came out, and never got the recordings. It was a very sour deal and was basically the final straw in me putting it aside. I just never liked the business side of music, I wasn’t good at it.
Oh and can we please get some more pictures, please!? Maybe
My thing with pictures is I never feel they are the proper showing of who I am. This isn’t just me either, ask Katie, she can 100% testify to the fact that I may be the least photogenic person in the world. The pictures either look nothing like me, or bad. Filming is usually just as bad. So in general I am just not a big picture person. I will see what I can drag up though.
Ah, the braces. I forgot about those. And oh yeah, they said it. It just makes me sing louder, though.
They do it to my dad, too, and he can sing as well, but they love it when my mom sings, and she’s just got a regular voice. Mom says that it’s because she’s not loud like Dad and I are. 
I love the scruffy guy on “You’re so vain”! He’s got the most hilarious eyes! And OMG when the sunglasses guy comes down from the roof!! I laughed my ass off!!
Can’t you just imagine how much fun they had doing that. How stinkin’ funny!! I wonder how many takes they did to get the timing right. lol
Allright, so you’re doing calf raises, probably have a DARD, and man I hate how they’re overpriced, some lateral stretching with a Jumpstretch-type band, but are you using resistance for the sides of your ankle?
Think about getting a Mattes Ankle Exerciser, available at stretchingusa.com. I work with a lot of roller derby girls, and them chicks is always bustin’ ankles, yo. I CANNOT STAND endless Theraband work, and this thing allows you to progressively increase resistance like you do for any other lift.
But keep this our secret, I can’t have everyone getting one of these.
Tracy Anderson sucks. Ahhh, I feel much better.