Yoga

I tried yoga (vinyasa) for the first time today. Having done various martial arts before, I thought this would be no sweat. I mean, how hard could it be? It's just some stationary poses, done very slowly.

But man. It's hard. I almost didn't last the whole 75 minutes and I certainly didn't do everything properly. And the other day, I did this class called "ultimate conditioning". It's pretty grueling. But the thing is, there are these people, about 10-15, who do a 45 minute spinning class by the same instructor just prior! I could barely survive the one class, I don't know how people survive both.

Watching Olympic track also is amazing. Tonight they showed the men's 800 meters. They ran each lap in 52 seconds or less. I remember running the 400 meters in middle school, and I felt like I was running at an all out sprint the whole way, and barely made it. My time? 66 seconds. I just can't imagine running as fast as these guys and not being completely winded at the end.

Anyway, back to my diet and exercise.