tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348164763700531696.post4543825336757390271..comments2023-03-25T04:06:33.634-04:00Comments on my beautiful machine: Things I Have Learned (Recently) By Watching TVKokorozashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10226186864904149792noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348164763700531696.post-67339625331788062132011-09-14T17:02:59.832-04:002011-09-14T17:02:59.832-04:00Thanks for your input and concern, and apologies f...Thanks for your input and concern, and apologies for my delayed reply.<br /><br />I did actually study gymnastics, ballet, and modern dance for years (from age 3 through 9th grade for gymnastics; modern dance through the end of high school, intermittent involvement with dance and martial arts since then), so I'm actually both significantly more flexible than the average guy and pretty well-versed in the proper execution of flexibility exercises and calisthenics ... which isn't to say that I'm not capable of overcooking myself in an athletic sense, just that I do it by overdoing the endurance training end of things, rather than the flexibility end of things :)<br /><br />Weight-lifting, on the other hand, is less familiar to me, and as such I wouldn't attempt most exercises with free weights without a trainer at hand.<br /><br />Basically, where flexibility is concerned, I've had my own limits drilled into my head since I was literally three years old, so I'm not inclined to attempt anything I don't have down pat. Likewise, I've learned to listen to my body pretty carefully when I'm not going 25 MPH or faster on a bike :) (25 MPH is the speed at which all sense of personal limitation blows out through the back of my helmet, resulting in delusions of immortality and occasional altercations with lampposts).<br /><br />Likewise, my partner is a physical therapist, and fully qualified to tell me when I'm being a dork :) When I have any concerns about my fitness regime, I run them by him first. I figure, better safe than sorry.<br /><br />FWIW, trainers around here are pretty hit-or-miss. We don't have any real certification standards in Kentucky (though industry leaders are working on improving things), so you kind of have to find a good one via word-of-mouth and stick with him or her. I'm still in a position (that is, being a student) that requires me to spend what disposable income I have rather judiciously, so right now it all goes into bike stuff, though actually I'm planning to get back into Muay Thai and ballet and possibly into gymnastics or something similar, eventually. I know good trainers for all three of those fields, and plan to employ them as such.Kokorozashihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10226186864904149792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348164763700531696.post-31156194004620565962011-09-01T09:07:29.460-04:002011-09-01T09:07:29.460-04:00Doing a flexibility training without a trainer by ...Doing a <a href="http://www.personaltrainertoronto.com/" rel="nofollow">flexibility training</a> without a trainer by your side is not exactly a wise thing, unless you know how to do things. Although it's good that you are interested in staying in shape. But it's not like you're a professional gymnast, so pushing yourself beyond the limits is not that a good choice.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16613390280919570884noreply@blogger.com