I got to Barwis and Nick told me that we would be on the shuttle and I was REALLY happy because I hadn’t been on the shuttle in SO LONG! He also told me that he would force my knees to bend by loading three bands onto the machine. The pressure would cause my legs to bend because there was NO WAY I could fight it and I knew that; I was cool with it. Austin helped Nick get me onto the shuttle and Nick loaded the pressure bands on. My knees bent with ease. My knees had no choice but to bend because the pressure was too great.
Nick told me that we (or rather I ) would just hang out there for a bit. It did feel kind of good to have them bent so much with no choice but to bend much further than 90 degrees. Nick told me to try to push. I knew I wasn’t going to move but he wanted me to activate my muscles anyway. I pushed two or three times; I held it and kept pushing until Nick told me to stop. I didn’t move upward but I felt my muscles activate and my quads and hamstrings felt warm. He took a band off and I repeated my muscle activation, this time with slight movement upward. We did this a few times and he removed another Banda. We repeated this process until there were no bands left.
Just as I began pushing upward, Elle came by and sat next to me and we started talking about the upcoming MuckFest. She was doing it with her family as well. We talked for a while and I continuously repeated the motion upwards and down while we talked. When she left, I looked at Nick and noticed that my quads were burning. He kind of laughed and told me that he just let me keep going as I talked. I did a few more before I stopped and Nick and Austin helped me back into my chair. I LOVE leaving Barwis with my legs feeling loose but I ESPECIALLY LOVE feeling the warmth and tiredness in my legs from muscle activation!