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It's an interesting thing. Someone once came in the gym and it turned out they were some hot shot yoga instructor. They talked about how, for a lot of people, yoga was the only time they ever touch the ground with their hands. So people aren't jumping, touching the ground, running, and doing nothing. I don't know what it means but it feels like it means something
I guess that's true? But like, that's as much about the fact that urban living you don't want to touch the ground. The same people may be willing to touch the earth if they were, say, picnicking in a park or camping or gardening. But they wouldn't be out slapping palm to pavement for the fun of it.
But I was thinking about mobility and aging more generally when I asked this question cos I'm curious, jumping is a fundamental movement that I'm losing confidence in after repeated injuries, so I'm always preoccupied on occasions that I do have to, in case I land badly and worsen it.
I've been plagued by nagging injuries this year. I had a nice throw lined up and, upon stamping my foot to the ground my ankle buckled and I fell over. I got right back up luckily, but I was annoyed. It's like there's all this literature and tools you can use to strengthen tendons and muscles but then I'm like "why do I have to go through all of this when I used to be able to just move and have my body work?" But that's show biz, baby.
Is it anything like that? Cause if so, I empathize.