[pianotech] working out

[Brian Wilson]

It all depends on where you live and then you have to factor in travel time into an exercise schedule. For example my closest yoga class is an hour away. I have 3 olympic size pools within 15 minutes of my house.

What is wrong with walking? That is what the heart specialists recommend for keeping healthy. To become fit is really sports specific. I trained 5 days a week for 5 years specialising for the 200 metre breatstroke, and I couldn't run a kilometre without stopping. I've done 15 years of taekwon-do, competitive swimming, half marathons, surf lifesaving surfboat rowing (bet you don't know what that is) a few triathlons , and now I am trying australian rules football. All this was done as an adult, as I was never active as a child or teenager. 

Back to walking. That is what the health experts recommend to maintain a healthy lifestyle. And you don't need to find more hours in the day to try to fit in with work, family commitments etc etc. We all have problems with not having enough hours in the day.

Australians and Americans have the most overweight people. The reason is our lifestyle, and that we are so reliant on motor cars.

Be like the Europeans, walk or cruise on a bike. And they are less overweight than what we are.

Regards

Brian Wilson

Land of Oz
 
> From: surfdog at metrocast.net
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:23:41 -0500
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] working out
> 
> I'm not a Yoga expert and certainly not a teacher, but I do want to say that
> I do the Iyengar style of Yoga myself, and certainly have found it of great
> benefit.
> 
> Will Truitt
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
> Of David Love
> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 3:26 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] working out
> 
> Duane:
> 
> My wife who is a Yoga instructor recommends that you find a good Iyengar
> (there are different styles) teacher to work with. There are lots of
> restorative components to Iyengar Yoga and it's fairly non-aerobic. A good
> teacher will customize the practice to your own particular needs. There are
> specific sequences designed for asthmatics to open the chest area and
> improve breathing. There are several different types of Yoga and probably
> some that you should avoid. Current "flow" styles are designed to be more
> aerobic and more recent styles like Bikram (where they heat up the studio to
> some ungodly temperature) would probably aggravate your situation. The
> Iyengar style of Yoga, fwiw, was first brought to the west by none other
> than Yehudi Menuhin who studied with B.K.S Iyengar in India to overcome the
> many physical problems he had and helped introduce him to Europe and the
> West. 
> 
> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
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