I exercise because its a great stress relief. I always laugh too. Playing soccer. Playing racquetball. I enjoy the company I play with, I feel good, and I was staying fit. I was even graceful. Graceful in the sense that I wasn't getting hurt while making leaps and grabs.
My fitness lifestyle has changed a lot, but one thing hasn't. I need to exercise with other people.
When I run, I'm not laughing. When I do something at home, I'm bored and watch TV at the same time.
Finally starting Pilates has been a fresh change. I can push myself more in a group, and I still laugh. At myself, at all of us straining. At our weakness and lack of determination.
There is a Pilates move where a person hangs onto his or her ankles and rolls backwards, stalls and rolls forward slowly. The aim is to control the roll with your stomach muscles. It turns out, I don't have those stomach muscles or muscle coordination. I roll back and forth like a barrel. And sometimes, I tip over.
I read recently about a new style of Yoga: Anti-gravity yoga. There are hammocks one hangs from the ceiling and you start off by laying in the hammock that also serves as a tent, to meditate. The participants than proceed to perform acrobatic strengthening and stretching maneuvers.
It just looks like a lot of fun, my kind of entertainment . . . I mean exercise.
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