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Don,
Two thoughts about the mirror idea:
- Any
“panoramic” mirror that’s not flat, one that is convex,
makes objects appear smaller than they are. Any overtaking aircraft
that’s likely to run you over would be a possibly invisible dot
until just before impact. If you do try this, please let us know how
your experiments go.
- My “neck
swivel” pretty much stopped working about 10 years ago.
But, in a fit of
enthusiasm to get my medical back about six years ago, I tried Tae Bo video tapes.
I started with the instructional tape, then followed the Basic tape for a few
months before moving to the Advanced tape. By learning how to properly
make the movements, I’ve never had ANY injury from these exercises and
have greatly improved my strength, flexibility and aerobic capability (I just
didn’t lose any weight or get my medical back - yet). Note that
this is NOT a get fit in 10 easy minutes a day program – it’s a work
very hard, sweat a lot, breath very hard program and, as such, it actually
works. (It also has babes and hunks to look at while you’re
sweating to distract you.)
In the process, I found
that one of the warm up stretches that he teaches cured my head swivel
problem. I slowly improved the flexibility of my neck to the point my
driving safety was greatly improved – back to my young days normal, in
fact.
The first neck exercise
is to just turn your head fully to the left, then to the right and do about 16-32
repetitions a day. Turn your head till you are making a moderate strain
but never enough to hurt yourself.
The second neck exercise
is to lower your chin to your chest then tilt it as far as you can to the left
then to the right, always keeping your chin low. Again, about 16-32
repetitions a day.
I’d note that
people of any age or starting health condition can do Tae Bo. You just do
what you can – you don’t have to keep up with the jocks. The
instructor often demonstrates lower level versions of the movements.
After a while of doing
these consistently for quite a while, I began to have a hard time keeping my
heart rate up in the training range while staying with the “class.”
The exercises were too easy. I had to do things more energetically
than demonstrated to get to the training heart rates. That’s a
problem that an old couch potato can (I hope) live with.
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