At-home training, Hébert style

I usually train in the gym in the evenings, or outside on the weekends, but lately I've been forced to cut back on my training time. I only manage to hit up the gym once or twice a week and I'm really feeling the change. I feel slow and stiff and I haven't been sleeping as well. Some of you out there may be experiencing similar issues, now that the summer training season is over, and you're going back to school, or back to work, or having your training time cut short by darkness.

Luckily, several members of the APK community, including Pilou of DCmPK and Gregg of HIPK and others have been working on translating some of Georges Hébert's Méthode Naturelle training, and many of Hébert's stretching and moving exercises are great for working out at home. I particularly like the QM variations as a way of stretching and conditioning my hips and back after a day spent sitting at the computer, and I can do the shoulder and arm exercises while sitting at my desk. These exercises can't replace a good workout, but they do help strengthen my joints, keep my muscles toned, and make my body happy on days when I can't train. They're also a great way of recovering after a hard training session. APK put an article with a link to Pilou's PDF here and you can also read Gregg's translation here. The pictures are invaluable for understanding the movements (and some of them are pretty amusing, too), so check out the original Google doc of Hébert's book here.