Audience Participation

[ellyssian]

So late, late last night (or early this morning, depending on your point of view), I posted source information on the Exercise Framework that I'm working on.

Anyway, I was curious... for those of you who actually do so, what kind of workouts - gym, yoga, martial arts, what have you - does everyone out there do? Even if you know I already know about it, post anyway to share with others, and take a look back later to chat with others who might share an interest in similar activities! =)

Comments

[tawandaspirit.livejournal.com]

Yes, Bikram is done in a hot and humid room. The basis behind it is the warmer the muscles, the deeper the stretch. Every bikram class has the same 26 postures. There is no deviation. The poses were put together in such a way that beginners and advanced students could take the same class. Just the more advanced you are, the deeper into the posture you get. It is very beginner friendly. And you get used to the heat and humidity really quickly.

I don't have any experience with any other yoga, so I can only speak about my bikram experience and it has just changed me. And spoiled me, I should add. I don't have shin splints anymore, my once fallen arches on my poor aching feet are properly arched and my heel bones don't hurt. My knees don't crack and I no longer get pain when walking down stairs, my dislocating hips stay in place, I've lost a majority of the baby weight, and I feel very energetic and very centered.

The only thing it has not managed to cure, and I feel that I should add this for balance, is my dislocating left shoulder. But I think that is because it was so far gone by the time I got to yoga that the only thing that really is going to help it is surgery.

I'm surprised that going to the chiropractor didn't help your flexibility since a big part of yoga is alignment. Did you do them concurrently? Did you go to yoga after the chiropractor and found that you were limited in your postures?

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

The chiropractor told me to stop the workout I had been doing, which included yoga (and martial arts and lots of other things). He didn't want it interfering in what he did. As I worked out under his physical therapist's direction, I noticed my range of motion was decreasing and not increasing.

When we stopped going to the chiropractor, I tried to get back into my workout and found I was no longer able to do some of what I had done. The noticeable loss of range of motion was only one of the reasons why we stopped - we discovered the chiropractor was also doing questionable billing with the insurance company.

He may have been an exception, more criminal than chiropractor, but he's definitely convinced me to stay away.