"YOGA FLAME!"
I recently started taking up Bikram Yoga to try to regain some much needed balance (life in the editing dungeon can take its toll). Bikram, also known as "hot yoga", takes place in a room that's heated to a nice and toasty 105 degrees. Each session lasts 90 minutes. There are three rules to Bikram Yoga:
Rule No. 1 - You have to stay in the room for the entire 90 minutes (you can't leave and there are no bathroom breaks).
Rule No. 2 - You must give 110% in each class regardless of your skill level.
Rule No. 3 - You do not talk about Bikram Yoga (kidding).
So how did I fare in my first week?
Class 01: The stench and heat are pretty overwhelming (but I hear this is the norm in most classes). Generally not a heavy sweater, but I have beads of sweat forming on my shin in the first 10 minutes! I start taking seated breaks after 30 minutes. One hour into the class and I want someone to put me out of my misery. I'm dizzy, light-headed, and exhausted and only two-thirds of the way there. Eventually I make it to the end. I have a fever that lasts through the night, but feel pretty energized.
Class 02: Same misery. Except it gets progressively worse. Hands and feet start to get numb. Feels a lot like mile 18 when I hit the wall during the London Marathon in 2005. Everything is a blur. Minutes later...lights out. Note to self -- eat before class. But oddly, I feel energized afterwards, despite getting KO'd by the heat.
Class 03: Undeterred, I show up for my third class (well-fueled this time). Miraculously I make it through the full 90 minutes without a single sit-down break. And yes, energized afterwards. Spend the next two days walking around like Frankenstein (hamstrings very tight).
DLM
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Rule No. 1 - You have to stay in the room for the entire 90 minutes (you can't leave and there are no bathroom breaks).
Rule No. 2 - You must give 110% in each class regardless of your skill level.
Rule No. 3 - You do not talk about Bikram Yoga (kidding).
So how did I fare in my first week?
Class 01: The stench and heat are pretty overwhelming (but I hear this is the norm in most classes). Generally not a heavy sweater, but I have beads of sweat forming on my shin in the first 10 minutes! I start taking seated breaks after 30 minutes. One hour into the class and I want someone to put me out of my misery. I'm dizzy, light-headed, and exhausted and only two-thirds of the way there. Eventually I make it to the end. I have a fever that lasts through the night, but feel pretty energized.
Class 02: Same misery. Except it gets progressively worse. Hands and feet start to get numb. Feels a lot like mile 18 when I hit the wall during the London Marathon in 2005. Everything is a blur. Minutes later...lights out. Note to self -- eat before class. But oddly, I feel energized afterwards, despite getting KO'd by the heat.
Class 03: Undeterred, I show up for my third class (well-fueled this time). Miraculously I make it through the full 90 minutes without a single sit-down break. And yes, energized afterwards. Spend the next two days walking around like Frankenstein (hamstrings very tight).
DLM
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