By Jeff Cross
Special to the Post-Record
Why would I ever do Yoga? Because it gave me back 10-plus years, that’s why. Pending grandfather or not.
As a 45- plus-or-minus 50-year-old guy who works sitting all day and spends way too much time driving and flying for work, my doctor says “your lifestyle and success is going to kill you.” What a wake-up call. Yes, I know I need to workout more, eat less, drink less, cut fat and sugar — blah blah. But wait, I was young before and I could ignore all that right? Well, no.
My story is likely very similar to many who may read this in that in high school I was a football and basketball player, sprinter, and participated in other sports through college. I lifted weights, but running was not for me. As the years went by I would have spurts of exercise and weight loss blended with low-carb diets and “no-white” diets with great success, temporarily.
The problem was that none of this was sustainable and none of it was necessarily healthy long-term. In addition, I was having lower back issues complicated by pain in the outside of my right thigh, plantar fasciitis, pulled hamstrings and way too many other injuries to mention.
The bottom line was that I was falling apart from lack of use and the rationale of “preserving my body through not overusing it” was failing.