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Ariel,

If you've a bathtub istead of a shower at your place
get some Epsom salts, they are pretty cheap i sparred
alot when i was younger and i swear by epsom salt to
relieve soreness.
--- Ariel King <biffitybiff@...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Deb - thanks for the advice. My body is
> definitely giving me some 
> clear messages today. The muscle soreness has just
> gotten worse 
> throughout the day (as muscle soreness often does).
> I have to keep 
> my arms slightly bent all the time b/c it hurts too
> much to 
> straighten them out. And my back is pretty bad too
> (don't worry - it 
> doesn't feel like an injury, just muscles). I may
> not be able to do 
> 2 days in a row to begin with. I wish I knew how it
> was for Reinhard 
> at the beginning - R, if you see this, could you
> maybe give me an 
> overview of how you started?
> 
> thanks,
> Ariel
> 
> --- In , "Debbie Feder" 
> <deborahfederlmt@h...> wrote:
> > 
> > Ariel, you should just respect the cues your body
> is giving you... 
> > if you can't do 5 days a week right away then do
> as much as you 
> feel 
> > you can... it will eventually build up and you
> won't even notice 
> it 
> > as it becomes part of your lifestyle.... As I said
> before, there 
> > were plenty of weeks last year when I would only
> do say, 3 or even 
> 2 
> > times a week... I really started to get regular by
> around 
> December, 
> > and then I made my New Years pact of Blood
> resolution which has 
> been 
> > unbroken since! Also, remember that I have been
> "kneading" bodies 
> > for three years now, if you include the time I was
> in school too, 
> > and that got my hands and wrist flexors and
> extensors pretty toned 
> > to begin with... You don't want to have the glove
> go flying 
> through 
> > a window or into your temporal lobes, so listen
> carefully to your 
> > body and workout when you are not tired, to reduce
> the chance of 
> > hurting yourself or spazzing out (even Reinhard
> has had his day 
> > in "ouchland" when he hit himself in the face with
> the handle, but 
> > no one was at work that day so he couldn't show
> off his shiner to 
> > anyone! Except his wife who laughed at him! LOL)
> > Well enjoy your day of rest.. I'm starting again
> tomorrow (sorry 
> if 
> > that's sacrilegious :)
> > Love,
> > Deb
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 




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