I'm not doing my normal H&F activities and tracking for a few days. However, I am doing extra that I normally don't do. I was pleased to discover that I am physically able to
** pick up and carry 40lb DGD3 up the stairs.
** while holding 40lb DGD3 I can squat down and then get back up
** Moving box after box of stuff.....pack/carry to vehicle/load/unload/carry into BH. I'm trying to do one vehicle load a day. I said I wasn't going to move this week, but this gives me a break while being productive. DH watches the kids while I do this, so it has turned into a weird sort of "break" for me. It takes me right at an hour to do one load/unload/put away
Those are not things that I "train" for but I know the daily core stretches and exercises that I have been doing are what made it possible. I am doing things out of my normal and am not having any back pain or sore muscles. When a car wreck did multiple fractures in my back a few years ago I thought my "old years" would be limited. I am pleased beyond words to prove to myself that the exercises are working.