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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: December 16, 2010, 09:30:16 am »
aye aye aye... i guess there are few of us in the back stiffness club. hot bath definitely helps. i need to hit up a hot spring (tons in Taiwan actually, and since it's like 8c out right now it'd feel extra good). as i mentioned briefly before i super miss the bikram hot yoga (40c or 105f) 90 minute bullet sweating hot sessions. if you guys have the time i highly recommend trying it out. it's a superb cardio and flexibility work out. so i went to see a famous weirdo TCM (traditional chinese medicine) doctor for my back stiffness. he says it's an accumulation of cold/dampness and also from not warming up enough before i ball. i hate to believe that i don't warm up enough because i usually try to but some days i do not like when i just arrive and game starts... the TCM's view is always, pay now or pay later. this starts as young as a 3 years old. which is why truly flexible people starts way young. there are few rare exceptions (some ppl are naturally more flexible, and remains so even with out ever stretching) but generally stays true. meaning, even if you're 18 and you feel like you don't need to warm up, you will pay for in the future.