Aikikitty
Master Black Belt
I used to exercise a LOT and felt great and it helped me in my training. Then I got a job where I'm sitting on my butt a lot, metabolism started slowing down, gained some weight, felt too tired to work out so I didn't. It was depressing when some things that didn't used to be hard in class started getting hard and I was hurting myself doing normal things. In this last year, I've been working hard to eat better and get back in shape. One big thing that I've noticed for me was that when I don't do yoga throughout the week, I hurt more and I felt a lot more stiff in class. When I do yoga, it's sooo much better. It's amazing what a difference there is between regularly exercising and not and how that can effect all aspects of life and not just with martial art training.