Back In The Saddle

"Are you feeling okay?" asked Check.
"I think so. Why?" I replied.
"You're completely pale and sweating." she responded.
I looked past Teacher's shoulder into the floor to ceiling mirror directly behind him and noticed with concern that invisible mime people did a ghostly makeover on me while I was doing punching drills. The sweat I could discount until I realized that no one else was having a problem with the light effort. Nice.

I realized later that there are two types of out of shape; one that comes from general inactivity and one that comes from prolonged illness and the inactivity that it breeds. The later had me in it's grips last night. I was doing everything I could to keep breathing regularly, but at end of a sequence I'd be huffing and puffing like I just did sprints. Can a person have negative cardiac fitness? Apparently.

I was dreading going back because I wasn't sure that I'd have the wherewithal to do a whole class, but I made it through, drank two beers and when to sleep. It was great to see the class again. We now have a new member, a young man (12 or 13) who comes from a formal Karate background. At Yellow belt he knows 12 Katas very well compared to our 8. Ah youth.
Apparently his attendance has helped everyone be a little bit more professional so we are back to a formal bow in and out. Very nice.

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Miss Chris said…
No matter how "in shape" I was, my cardio always sucked. Literally. I would suck wind no matter how many years I'd been working out and it never got any easier. When I was in tip top shape my resting heart rate was still in the 80's. Now that I'm not exercising it's in the 70's. Figure that one out! lol
3:31 PM
frotoe said…
damn invisible mime people...I hate when they do that!!
it doesn't take long lose that cardio health and feels like forever getting it back.
1:31 PM
[Mat] said…
man, I'm currently on training break for summer.

I expect to be very sweaty in the first class....

Just stretching, I could feel the pain already....

:D
8:52 AM
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