Born in 1963

Tag: yoga

  • I prefer Quality of life to Quantity of life.

    A few days ago, there was a gathering of five high school classmates and the mortality rate became a hot conversation topic. All of us was born in 1963.

    According to ㆍKOSIS(KOrean Statistical Information System) data, about 25% of men born in 1963 were already dead. That was a thought-provoking issue to us, who are among 75% of survivors.

    Our conversation continued for a while with the story of dead classmates, recent health conditions, illness, and exercises.

    Life Expectancy vs Healthy Life Expectancy

    There are Life Expectancy(LE) and Healthy Life Expectancy(HALE) or Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy(HALE).

    As anyone can easily infer from the two terms themselves; LE measures the total length of life, regardless of health status. And HALE adjusts LE by subtracting years lived with disease, or poor health like injury, or disability.

    In short, LE is a indicator of the QUANTITY of life, HALE is about the QUALITY of life.

    sunset near my living place

    Based on the same source, KOSIS, my LE is about 21.4 years, whereas my HALE is about 3 to 5 years. There is a remarkable gap between the two estimates. The truth is that the gap is surprisingly wide to me.

    Compared to my peers, I tend to exercise regularly. Weight traing and yoga: 1 hour, two times per week respectively; Cardio exercise: 1 time of 2 to 4 hour every week.

    It’s main purpose is to increasse not my LE but my HALE.

    I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. The quality of life must come before the quantity of life for me. This is because I think it is a matter of human self-esteem or human dignity as an individual.

    Every sunrise has every sunset.

  • Sweating in Yoga: Can I Overcome Excessive Sweating?

    As I posted, I’m doing yoga as the only male in the yoga class. I’m sweating profusely. So, a towel is a must to wipe my sweat. But women in the class are barely glistening.

    I do weight training two days a week, one hour each. And yoga is the same. one hour, two times every week. But, much more sweat in yoga than in weight exercises.

    Why?

    I guessed my muscle can be a cause of sweating. And I do some research, and my guess was right.

    Let’s begin with my recent InBody test report;

    Height: 173 cm(5.67 ft) Weight: 69.7 kg(153.6 lbs) Skeletal Muscle Mass: 32.6 kg(71.8 lbs) Percent Body Fat: 17.2 %

    A man doing yoga on the beach sidee.

    My body composition — having high SMM(32.6 kg) and low PBF(17.2%) — actually turns me into a highly efficient “heat-generator“ during yoga practice.

    I as in the range of “fit person” with low body fat percentages actually sweat sooner and more profusely than less-fit individuals. It’s the so-called “sweating paradox.”

    Sweating. It’s a science.

    In short, higher muscle mass, more sweat. And higher body fat, less sweat.

    And comparison of yoga and weight training with factors of time and muscle tension.

    In yoga, my muscles are in continuous isometric contraction. And almost no rest periods. It leads heat builds continuously. And, mostly holding still positions or moving slowly causes less air circulation around me. It does not allow my skin to cool me down.

    On the other hand, in weight training, there is rest time(30 seconds ~ 1 minutes) between the set/reps. My heat can dissipate during rest. And my skin can evaporate sweat efficiently with natural air circulation.

    Conclusion for me, kind of fit person:

    Sweet is natural and can not avoided.

    Just do yoga with drops of sweat.