yoga and strength training etc
I've been doing yoga, on my own and in classes, for about 30 years. I *was* doing weight training up until about 25 years ago when I stopped on medical recommendations. I'm taking it up again. The yoga's gone on...
One of my classes I've dropped because there's a guy in it who happens to be in a friend's NA meeting, and I don't care to intersect with him (aside from the whole anonymity violation), but there's another class that carries on my long years of Iyengar study. It's a pleasure, there's an echo from a previous teacher, and I'm pleased to carry it on. This could even have implications for my swimming, and certainly benefits from my strength training. I no longer walk with a walker or cane, my upper body muscles are way better, I'll be walking into the yoga class with no help but my own legs, and I don't expect to be the one in the back on the chair doing special exercises to prevent injury.
Give me 6 months and check out my lats. :-)
One of my classes I've dropped because there's a guy in it who happens to be in a friend's NA meeting, and I don't care to intersect with him (aside from the whole anonymity violation), but there's another class that carries on my long years of Iyengar study. It's a pleasure, there's an echo from a previous teacher, and I'm pleased to carry it on. This could even have implications for my swimming, and certainly benefits from my strength training. I no longer walk with a walker or cane, my upper body muscles are way better, I'll be walking into the yoga class with no help but my own legs, and I don't expect to be the one in the back on the chair doing special exercises to prevent injury.
Give me 6 months and check out my lats. :-)