Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Specific strength

During my evening off from jiujitsu yesterday I decided to do some yoga.  It's probably been a year since I did any, and two years since I did it regularly.  I was surprised by how much of a difference I felt.  I've obviously lost some areas of strength and flexibility that yoga emphasizes, like shoulder and front-hip flexibility.  But I've also grown stronger at other movements that are common in jiujitsu. 

At the end of my workout, my posture felt temporarily better and I had stretched some muscles that really needed it.  I don't have the extra time or money to start attending a yoga class right now, but I will be checking Netflix for yoga videos tonight. 

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