Pandemic Pain
By Courtney Mason Cowen PT, DPT The pandemic and all its effects on supply chains, delivery infrastructure, and access to traditional fitness facilities drove people to find creative ways to move their bodies. The zeal for at-home workouts launched a demand that almost wiped out the inventory of dumbbells, kettlebells, and elastic bands. Creative substitutions followed, as they tend to do. I am, indeed, among the crafty-bordering-on-crazy, and attempted a DIY sandbag for my home workouts. This is how I found myself on the tailgate of a pickup truck in the blazing Charleston heat carefully pouring sand from the barriers I once used to prevent floodwaters from lapping into my home into industrial grade trash bags, wrestling them into shape…
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