Day 1 - Crab and ape

Hello all,

I just completed the crab and ape fundamentals and I have the following issues 

1) Crab -> Pain in wrists, pain near hip joints, having a hard time to have my hips in line with the body, was able to be kind of mobile

2) Ape -> Having a hard time to keep my heels on the ground and put the knuckles in front of me, As I was unable to keep my heels on the ground, it was like I almost had 0 mobility on this one. My body just wanted to lean forward and as you can see from the picture below, I also could not keep my back straight.

What are the issues I am facing and Do the above things better by practice? or do I need to work on my form?

Nikhil,

I am new to this course as well, and your pictures and challenges echo mine perfectly.  In my opinion, This forum is absolutely crucial to our success.  I hope you have read some of the other posts... because my doing so took a lot of the pressure off.  I am going to start by getting into APE and CRAB positions only, as many times a day as I can, and try to gain some flexibility and mobility by doing only that.  Like you... I felt that movement in either of those positions was a 1,000 mile away...

Thanks for your post... then I didn't have to!

Cheers,

Bri

Your form is certainly better than mine in the Crab. I'm sure mine will progress in time.

Totally agree with you Brian, this forum re-enforces the belief that we all run into issues while beginning. Haha yea movement in those positions is challenging but I think as you said, I will do the same by repeatedly getting into those position so that the body sees it as normal. 

Definitely Ronald, in time it will get better!