The weekend at Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island Alabama was great. I’m still drained physically from the event. . Friday started with yoga with my friend Maragrete. We just call her Greet. She’s a yogini and dancer as well as a new SCA fighter. Yoga was fun and relaxed. Warmed up with a few Sun Salutations and then moved into the play portion. While not trying to one up each other it was an opportunity to show off what we had been working on. I demonstrated my one legged squats (with only one leg) and Spider Monkey Flow. Greet showed off her Crow Pose and variations. She made it look to easy. Then I demonstrated Flow Fit with her which she loved. Saturday was fighting in and around the fort. Great fun until my elbow, which I’m convinced is tendonitis, flared up. I stopped and medicated so I could some pick up fights that afternoon. I wound up fining a massage therapist who helped it a lot. It’s weird. It only aggravates itself when I’m using a two handed weapon. Single sword doesn’t hurt it at all.
Monday at yoga class, we also worked on Crow and I got some excellent pointers on it. I think it will defiantly help. After Class I asked my teacher about compensation for tennis elbow. I’ve had a case of it before and it really didn’t feel the way it does now. After looking at my Cobra Pose, she said I was turning my elbow pits to far forward and I was hyper-flexible in the joint and that may be a contributing factor. Today, still feeling a little run down so it was some Intu-Flow and light yoga and walking.
Kind of irritated at the slow recovery rate, I shouldn’t feel this tired still after the weekend. I’m pretty sure there are many factors involved: Intense and somewhat violent Activity. Movements that while familiar and second nature, I haven’t done in a while. Lack of rest, Dehydration, and being off of my regular feed didn’t help much as well. I defiantly see a ballistic HIIT cycle in my near future. Oh and PT test this weekend. YAY!!!!!
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