Last attempt at keeping eyes closed while walking (front, back, sideways) in pool was good.
We (trainer & I) tried eyes closed at gym during our next session and understand the “divided attention” drawback in finer detail. Removing distraction applies to all exercise! Form improves therefore fatigue diminishes somewhat.
I have improved my walking when alone (undistracted) and force awareness of my movements, I can improve my gait / step placement and posture (maybe even pace). It’s still better in pool with eyes closed, but the lessons learned translate to dry land.
The hardest thing, maybe the impossible thing, is to maintain command of your requirements (awareness of movement) as soon as the environment changes (noise, crowd, conversation etc). I’m not at that stage but have decided that a good course of action is to cease all movement, direct attention to the diversion, then reset and begin the movement anew. Not easy.
Certainly not the old me, but small steps are still steps, right? The amazing thing is that this is all obvious! The "old me" still thinks that I can respond in the "old normal way"... MS LESSON ONE: (with a bullet)... Get over yourself... it's a new world!
We (trainer & I) tried eyes closed at gym during our next session and understand the “divided attention” drawback in finer detail. Removing distraction applies to all exercise! Form improves therefore fatigue diminishes somewhat.
I have improved my walking when alone (undistracted) and force awareness of my movements, I can improve my gait / step placement and posture (maybe even pace). It’s still better in pool with eyes closed, but the lessons learned translate to dry land.
The hardest thing, maybe the impossible thing, is to maintain command of your requirements (awareness of movement) as soon as the environment changes (noise, crowd, conversation etc). I’m not at that stage but have decided that a good course of action is to cease all movement, direct attention to the diversion, then reset and begin the movement anew. Not easy.
Certainly not the old me, but small steps are still steps, right? The amazing thing is that this is all obvious! The "old me" still thinks that I can respond in the "old normal way"... MS LESSON ONE: (with a bullet)... Get over yourself... it's a new world!
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