Tag: Fat Guys

Yoga Views

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Just finished my third yoga session, just me and a yoga mat, watching a YouTube video in the living room. Super slow, super simple starter stuff. My first impressions are that:

1) Based on soreness later, I’m using my muscles much more than it feels like I am during the sessions. Which is awesome.

2) It’s very calming, just going through the motions. Which is really nice.

3) It’s all pretty easy to do right off the bat, but I can tell it would take a lifetime to perfect.

And 4) You’re working against your own weight, so let’s just say downward dog is pretty difficult when you weigh 400 lb.

Here’s the video I’ve been following:

Pole Magic

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Danger Monkey, age 9: “If we had roads, and a whole year, could we ride our bikes all the way to the North Pole?”

Me: “Goodness no. The poles are way too cold for human life.”

Little Miss Thing, age 6: “Then how does Santa live there?!?”

Me: “It really doesn’t make much sense, does it?”

(long pause)

Me: “How do you think it works?”

LMT: “I think he wears 200 coats and that’s why he looks so fat.”

Me: “Yep. I think you figured it out.”