May 25th

Laurie and I went back and used the pool today, and I got to experience a few more pieces of equipment.  The first were cuffs that you put around your ankles.  The cuffs would seem like they would sink, but they actually do the opposite and want to float.  This makes it all the more difficult to keep your body aligned.  I also got to use the Burdenko belt with tubing for the arms and legs.  I had seen this done a few times from watching Igor, but have never used it for myself.  It was really difficult, and also hard on your coordination because your arms and legs want to do different things.  It was good that I got to get in the pool with her so many times, because I am now familiar enough with the exercises to go and do it sometimes on my own.

Thankfully the weather was great for tonight's class at Laurie's house.  The kids were able to go back out to the street and do a lot more movement.  They did some similar exercises as the first week I observed, but they progressed further and did them in different ways.  In Burdenko, most of the exercises have some similar theme or are connected, but there are endless ways you can do them.  Tonight was a perfect way to end the classes, but because of the cold not heating up there pool fast enough, I was unfortunately never  able to see the group work in the water.  I still, however, feel like I got to observe a good amount in the water by going to Igor and watching her kids a few times.