OT what kind of exercise do you like?

rooster wrote:I just picked up a basic book and two DVDs at the local library. The book has a twenty-minute beginners' workout and a more advanced twenty-minute workout. The short time is important to me because I don't want to give up my free-weight lifting and hill climbing walks.

I wonder if a twenty-minute yoga session would be a good warmup for a weight lifting session?

I've heard two thoughts on this one. The first is that if you do the stretching exercises before weights, your muscles will be too stretched out to give you the stability you need for the weights and you have a greater chance of damage. The second is that you do need to warm up your muscles before you lift weights, but stretching and warmups are two different things. Stretching stretches the fibers and makes them loose, warmups bring blood to the area and warmups also help prevent damage. Warmups just get your muscles moving.

If you do the stretching after the weights, it will help you be less sore the next day. I think it disperses lactic acid.

Having had a torn meniscus (knee) and rotator cuff (shoulder) I pay attention to these kinds of things. Both take forever to heal. Both are pretty painful.

I run but only when a cheetah is chasing me.I jump to conclusions sometimes and get an extreme aerobic workout for my fingers when typing on my computer.I often participate in Nap Marathons,topping 60 miles an hour(sleeping when sitting in the car and someone else is driving).I also do Elbow Bends while eating three times a day,seven times a week.
-Rapunzel111