Penni,
Well, like any exercise routine, the first few weeks are a bit of a grind. The advantage is you don't come out of it tired, which makes it a good morning thing. It does a lot for posture, though, and it is really good for the back. Best way to start is to find a class with a qualified instructor, but make sure it's mot one of the ones who treats it as religion, with all the meditating and chanting and stuff. Unless you like that stuff, which some people do. Once you work out a routine that works you can dump the class.
I've gotten to the point where if I don't do it for a few days I can practically hear my body demanding to be stretched. Of course I have some strange fetishes like paddling little boats in big water, where flexibility is absolutely required, especially in the lower back.
Turned 40 yesterday, decided as an act of defiance to spend it running a previously untouched river we discovered a little ways from here. Pretty heavy stuff, about two straight miles of nonstop grade 4-4+ rapids. Actually a little over my class, but I survived, and learned some things. Mostly that I'm getting too old for this stuff. Which, I suppose, is why I keep on doing it.
Steve |
