This is in response to the article on Weightlifting and Tai Chi.
Joe from Long Island writes:
For the past three months, I have not pursued any weight lifting. Instead, several times per week, I do some calesthetics such as pushups. I don’t get the next day muscle soreness that I got from weight training, nor the lactic acid buildup and pump.
I have found that if I do the Tai Chi every day, my muscles are full, and vascularity has actually increased. In the past, a three month layoff would cause my muscles to decrease dramatically. Though I’m sure there has been some muscle loss, it is not dramatic.
However, I have found that if circumstances prevent me from performing my tai chi regimen, within hours, my muscles are smaller, softer and flat. However, after returning to my schedule, a fullness returns.
I have absolutely no idea what any of this means, but thought you’d find it interesting.
Joe, it goes against some of what I have been taught too, but experience is the best teacher in this matter. Sooo, keep on practicing, and apparently the muscles will take care of themselves.
In Tai Chi,
Bill
