Bikram Yoga

I went to Bikram Yoga today ! It was my 6th class. I feel more comfortable doing the poses but I have a very long way to go. But that's what self improvement is all about. I went with my daughter Jenny again. I really enjoy going with her, who would ever have thought we would be yoga partners. It seems to be catching on as Jenny has invited Erin and Nicole to also join her. I'm so glad she enjoys it and she is going to meet her goals way before me, her stiff old man. I'm very happy to be a postive example and role model for my children. Just remember it's never to late to start something new.

Today I joined the "Million Inch Challenge" group formed by my strength coach Brad of Kinetic Edge Performance. He will be posting weekly challenges and I will be posting as I complete them.

On my nail bending endeavor I had my engineer calculate the forces required to bend 3/16", 1/4" by 6" long steel rounds in both cold rolled steel and hot rolled steel. The numbers are interesting from a scientific perspective and I think it will help me on my quest to work up to bending the Yellow Nail by my May goal. One thing my engineer told me is when bending the steel rod the instant you let up tension the steel rod will work harden and become even more difficult to bend. So your best effort has to be on your first try. I had the guys in the shop cut me a bunch of 1/4" x 6" Hot Rolled steel rounds as this is theoretically about half way between the 3/16" and 1/4" x 6" Cold Rolled Steel in difficulty. But I will see when I try to bend it.

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