While training Dara was struggling to be upbeat while our friend and Daras coach Michael Lohberg was sick in the hospital. Coach Lohberg was diagnosed recently with aplastic anemia, a disorder that causes bone marrow to shut down. It's a potentially fatal disorder and as of right now Michael is stable. Our prayers are with him and his family.

 Every other day Anne and I would walk to Daras hotel to work on her. It would take about 25 minutes. We didn’t mind considering the weather was sunny and warm everyday!

Although Dara was undr intense stress, I could see that all the rest was doing wonders for her. What people fail to realize is that while in Florida Dara would bust her butt training, then head home to run errands and be a mom. I think she was always running on low energy reserves, so getting lots of sleep and resting was doing wonders for her body. I could see her muscles were getting fuller and the constant practicing of her starts and turns were adding some nice tone to her body. 

Below pic: quad stretch 

 Below pic: Calf stretch while Annes body provides resistance

Below: rotational stretch for the core, lats, and quadratus 

 Below: medial Hamstring stretch

  Check out some of the rotations that we are applying on Daras upper and lower body!

 the top photo is of Anne and I Ki-Hara Resistance Stretching Dara in internal rotations and underneath we are applying external rotation to take stress out of her shoulders and lats.