Small Business Boomers

Yoga Workout

by jim on April 8th, 2008

At my last physical my doctor said “Yoga is great for flexibility, but what are you doing for cartio?”  I said, “Doc, you don’t know much about yoga.”

In a few minutes I begin a hour workout with yoga exercises.  This is one of my 3 extended workouts I try and get in weekly.  I do some sort of yoga exercise everyday and have for the past 11 years.

I started yoga to alleviate the severe pain I suffered.  At 52 I was in such debilitating pain that I was lucky to get 3 hours sleep in a row.  I downed as many as 16 Ibuprofen a day.  A sales career requiring heavy travel and 30 years of running had severely misaligned my body.  It wasn’t anything that had happened all at once.  Just little abuses over a long time.

Yoga is no magic bullet.  My body had deteriorated over a long period of time and the rehabilitation would take a long time.   

Yoga has reduced my pain, improved my body mass index and developed highly improved catrio capacity.  I started out slow and easy, but that first session got me pain free for 8 hours.  Obviously, I recommend the benefits of yoga exercise.

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