sengtsan wrote:Hello John the Monkey mind,
Would you mind giving a little more detailed account of how 'bad' your health was before the training and how 'robust' it became after?
Thanks!
I had post viral exhaustion after getting run down and having two doses of flue in a row. I also have problems with digestion so it was a cumulative effect.
Every time I tried to get fit I would burn out and get a heavy cold or infection and have to take time of work. I switched to a very healthy diet but still it did not solve my problem. Even Wing Chung training exhausted me sufficiently to get sick.
I was doing some soft Qi Gong but again although I felt better I could not take part in hard exercise without getting sick.
I short I was unable to exercise properly and although soft methods and health living had improved my situation and I could go to work and train to a bit I was very yin. There was a wall I could not move through capping my potential.
It was a like having exposed rocks under water. When the water level drops they would break through the surface. I felt I had an underlying and continual sickness I had felt for around a year and my energy like the water would hide the rocks of my sickness. Diet and Qi Gong maintained the energy but when I used a lot of energy but when I used a lot of energy at one time the rocks would be exposed and I would be sick the next day without fail.
After about three months of the white crane hard Qi Gong I was sufficiently strong to train properly and to do hard physical work. I had to slowly build up how much I did at once but was in the end doing all the Hard Qi Gong on the DVD. Sadly due to time constants and the weather I had to stop (I needed to take a shower after practice as I would get very sweaty and it was -30 outside so I had to wait for my hair to dry and me to warm up naturally before leaving the house).
I now almost never get sufficiently sick to miss work and I can do hard training. YMAA summer camps being my favourite with the 6 hours + a day of practice
Sorry if this was a bit rambling but it was hard to define what was wrong with me.