HARDER, STRONGER, FASTER
You run a marathon and all of a sudden you think you're in shape. Individual 'Sports' like yoga and team 'Sports' like frisbee are for people who just didn't make the cut for gymnastics, track, or soccer. And certainly not for marathon runners. It's for those non-athletes that still want the pretentious uniform of, be it, tight lululemons or an old faded team jersey.
So, with all the free time I have this semester, I figured why not add in some frisbee and yoga. If nothing else, it'll be social. Well geeez, was I surprised. After still feeling the muscle pain from Monday's hot yoga I arrived at my latenight frisbee game both exhausted from a long day at the hospital and the previous day's yoga induced heat exhaustion pain, I hit the field. We also didn't have any subs and an hour later I was sweaty, limping, and ready to pass out. I already knew frisbee was a workout from playing co-ed last term, but I wasn't expecting the all women's league to be even faster paced. I really didn't expect yoga to be so physically hard. I used muscles I didn't know existed, and if you can be beaten in yoga, the skinny girls in their tight short shorts, totally whipped my ass at yoga.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cva_sGN_0VA
(courtesy of someone's facebook wall posted by someone else. Props to them and my stalking capabilities)


5 Comments:
I'm going to run circles around you in flag football, croquet, and lawn bowling until you get your act together and get 'in shape' !
Thu Jan 24, 07:11:00 AM
ohh i've played lawn bowling before. It's on!
Thu Jan 24, 07:16:00 AM
That's what you get for bad-mouthing frisbee, yo.
/it's called "ultimate"
Thu Jan 24, 05:16:00 PM
good point. And i'm sure many would argue that "ultimate" is much more hardcore than running, or...shudder...jogging...as some would call it.
maybe i'll write another post about how wonderful and diverse the world of sport is, from my limited narrow minded perspective :) stay tuned...
Thu Jan 24, 08:30:00 PM
That's always the way with sports. Each one targets certain muscle groups. For instance, despite being in the best shape of my life this past summer, softball of all things would leave me exhausted. Forget tennis and soccer, running those bases was just so demanding for some reason. Swimming and volleyball are two of the strangest to transition to. I think that the expression "being in shape" is dependent on the sport you're playing.
/wasn't much of a chall-enge
Sat Feb 02, 08:54:00 PM
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