Surya Namaskar - Day 7
>> Monday, December 22, 2008 –
Experiments,
Surya Namaskar
One Week is Over
I successfully finished the first week. Unfortunately today I did only 7 rounds as I had to rush to office. I am hoping to compensate it tomorrow. But one thing is sure that I have made substantial progress as far as my stamina goes, although I cannot attribute this to last week only. I have practiced Surya Namaskar for last two and half months but generally doing only 7 - 8 rounds only. But that foundation gave me a head start. Although I am at present only doing 14 rounds but I feel I can easily complete more rounds.
Progress Made
Today I decide to take a stock of the progress. I have come down to 15 minutes for 14 rounds from the 21 minutes I was needing earlier. Currently the abdomen at its widest is 96 cm which is 38.4 inches. Of course the waist is much lesser. My weight in now 72 Kg which is in range for my height of 173 cms. My body mass index is in a quite healthy range, but my major problem is body fat percentage. I think abdomen diameter is quite a good indicator of body fat percentage. I aim to reduce it, but without being conscious about it. I want to see if increasing the regimen of surya namaskar rounds is able to do the trick.
My blood pressure was 142, but good thing is pulse rate came down to 78 from the 90s. That is a sign that my heart is beginning to become much more efficient.
Sore Throat
The sore throat that I contacted 2 days back is a viral infection, but the good thing is there is not throat pain. I wonder I am getting infected although I am into Yoga. May be it is result of some Karma. I think documenting these aspects are also important as they will give me reference points in case I fall sick in future.
How many rounds can I progress to?
I recently read someone's comment about practicing 108 rounds in 54 minutes during equinox. That looked quite tough to me until I ran into another writeup which mentioned that author finished 108 rounds in 25 minutes. Which means more than 4 rounds a minute.
I personally think it is quite impossible to be aware of the breathing and body movements if we are practicing too fast, and in that case this practice ceases to remain as Yoga. But 108 rounds in 54 minutes still seems good proposition. It is a distant dream but may be I will also attempt it in 2009. It is a good landmark to achieve.
I think that it may be quite realistic goal, tough bit difficult. But it will really be fun to share my experiences and also compare the results. Wow I am already looking forward to 108/54.
Related Posts:
Surya Namaskar - Day 5
Surya Namaskar - Day 4
Surya Namaskar Experiment
I successfully finished the first week. Unfortunately today I did only 7 rounds as I had to rush to office. I am hoping to compensate it tomorrow. But one thing is sure that I have made substantial progress as far as my stamina goes, although I cannot attribute this to last week only. I have practiced Surya Namaskar for last two and half months but generally doing only 7 - 8 rounds only. But that foundation gave me a head start. Although I am at present only doing 14 rounds but I feel I can easily complete more rounds.
Progress Made
Today I decide to take a stock of the progress. I have come down to 15 minutes for 14 rounds from the 21 minutes I was needing earlier. Currently the abdomen at its widest is 96 cm which is 38.4 inches. Of course the waist is much lesser. My weight in now 72 Kg which is in range for my height of 173 cms. My body mass index is in a quite healthy range, but my major problem is body fat percentage. I think abdomen diameter is quite a good indicator of body fat percentage. I aim to reduce it, but without being conscious about it. I want to see if increasing the regimen of surya namaskar rounds is able to do the trick.
My blood pressure was 142, but good thing is pulse rate came down to 78 from the 90s. That is a sign that my heart is beginning to become much more efficient.
Sore Throat
The sore throat that I contacted 2 days back is a viral infection, but the good thing is there is not throat pain. I wonder I am getting infected although I am into Yoga. May be it is result of some Karma. I think documenting these aspects are also important as they will give me reference points in case I fall sick in future.
How many rounds can I progress to?
I recently read someone's comment about practicing 108 rounds in 54 minutes during equinox. That looked quite tough to me until I ran into another writeup which mentioned that author finished 108 rounds in 25 minutes. Which means more than 4 rounds a minute.
I personally think it is quite impossible to be aware of the breathing and body movements if we are practicing too fast, and in that case this practice ceases to remain as Yoga. But 108 rounds in 54 minutes still seems good proposition. It is a distant dream but may be I will also attempt it in 2009. It is a good landmark to achieve.
I think that it may be quite realistic goal, tough bit difficult. But it will really be fun to share my experiences and also compare the results. Wow I am already looking forward to 108/54.
Related Posts:
Surya Namaskar - Day 5
Surya Namaskar - Day 4
Surya Namaskar Experiment
