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This morning I warmed up for the gym with a little yoga. Now, this was a first for me and I’m not sure what to make of it. Oh wait, yes I do. Yoga is a workout all by itself.

Sure, I wasn’t pushing any weights around but pushing my own weight around was quite enough. I have to say too that it is also very relaxing in stretch-it-out kind of way. I started off in a seated, perfect posture position and discovered that my normal posture is, well, terrible. I really need to watch it or I’m going to develop a hump or something. Poor posture aside, consciously sitting, breathing, and moving with deliberate focus is also quite relaxing. More on that later- I believe I’ll continue with what I started this morning at least in the short term. Will I see any direct benefit? I’ll just have to see.

Moving on…

My family had dinner over at a friends’ house last night. It was pizza, which is OK. I don’t like to eat the stuff too often and was able to limit myself to a modest slice. I loaded up on salad instead and felt quite full without the self-loathing of days gone by. These friends are really into things like quinoa, chia, and agave nectar. Seemed like we had quite a bit of it last night even though the menu was pizza and salad.

They like to use the chia as a filler and substitute component; our salad dressing was about half chia gel and the cupcakes we had for dessert were made with chia in place of eggs. We also had chia lemonade- which looks kind of like pond water but tastes pretty good. All in all it was pretty good stuff- and the company was pretty decent as well.

Here’s the nutritional breakdown for an ounce of dried chia seeds:

Rock on.

 

So, I’m doing a little research in regard to yoga and I must say that I find it rather compelling.

I don’t know how many of those of you out there who may be sporting similar physiques and history as I and are into this, but if you are, you absolutely rock. This activity does not look easy in the slightest. Difficult doesn’t put me off in the slightest, and if I can make myself into some kind of silly-straw after a few weeks/millenia of practice, I’ll be absolutely stoked.

I plan on doing a short routine in the morning before I hit the weights tomorrow- just to see if it will help limber me up. I’m thinking mostly stretching-type stuff, no radical contortions just yet.

Rock on.

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Many a kind soul who’s come to this weebsite has suggested I include yoga in my exercise regimen. Color me intrigued.

This week I’m going to research this yoga thing a little and see how I can fit it in with my daily grunt-n’-push in the weight room. I don’t want to embarrass myself- though being pert-near completely stripped of pride kind of prevents that. I’d also have the company of this older dude who is usually doing some sort of “stink bug” pose when I first walk in. He doesn’t stick around too long, though, so either his yoga-like stuff is highly effective- or he’s getting embarrassed himself. Either way, he’s going to have a partner.

Rock on.