Effects of exercise

[avram]

Y’know how old, unhealthy people are always grunting and groaning as they move, stand up, sit down? That’s one of the fates I’m working out to avoid. Today, sitting on a toilet, I noticed myself making groaning noises as my various leg aches kicked in. Must be some of that irony stuff I hear’s been going ’round.

I guess the big advantage to getting your aches and pains through a workout is that you know exactly where they come from. Today I’ve been getting aches in both forearms when I stretch my hands back, and I flash back to the curls I did yesterday, and remember pushing those very muscles, then stretching them out after each set.

The exercise thing does have its upside. Yesterday, while sitting cross-legged on the floor on line for the anime expo masquerade, I found I was able to so sit for a much longer time that I’d been able to for most of my life. My legs are trimmer, more muscular, and bending them doesn’t cut off my circulation as badly as it used to. It may soon be time for yoga classes (which I think I can get free at my gym).