I attended an aerobics/mild yoga class today. I exercise better with music and with people. I also exercise better with something more than just the exercise in mind. A ball game, a dance class...that's more like my cup of tea than jogging or 'gyming'.
The aerobics part of the class was fine. With 10 years of dance experience, I follow steps easily and don't run out of breath or stamina. But the yoga....OWWW! Now I know what Sisi and Jos were talking about in their blogposts about yoga classes.
I was with a bunch of aunties who go to classes almost daily. They are generally fit and flexible. I was the youngest and the stiffest! But then, looking back at my whole life, I've always been stiff. Even when I went for dance lessons twice or thrice a week for years, I couldn't manage full splits, found stretching a real pain because of my very tight hamstrings and stiff back. I concluded and still conclude that God did not create me to be a flexible, professional dancer. Haha.
I struggled to hold my balance and lift my legs. I couldn't contort myself into the rather awkward positions. I even almost blacked out after getting up from a head down position for along time. The instructor told me my blood circulation is slow, therefore the oxygen couldn't get to my head on time. "You need more exercise".
Woe to the tight hamstrings and tight bones structures! Sigh. I'm aching everywhere now. But I feel very relaxed and exercised out. I might go again this Saturday.
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