Standing on my head

A year or so ago I took up yoga. I reckoned it might do me some good, because I tend to live life at a crazy pace -don't we all!

Now if you think I can wrap my foot round my opposite ear - or stand on my head all afternoon - I'm sorry to disappoint. I can make a reasonable go at standing on one leg - probably a throw back to my Rab C Nesbitt days (propped up against a bar)

Through my yoga I've come in contact with some really nice people. Now I'm not sure if they were nice before they took up Yoga - or it's some mystical end product. Who knows.

But also - sensationally - I reckon my movement on the tennis court has improved (although it might only be apparent to myself!).

Now my theory is that this is all due to core stability - because if you watch a drunk guy coming down the street - I bet you think its his legs that are wobbly - but in fact it's the bit round the middle that's fallen apart. Hence the weaving gait from pavement to gutter and possibly back again.

Ok I diverse, but did you tennis players out there know that 55% of racket force comes from your trunk. Take my word for it - I read it somewhere.

So it pays to look after your midriff - and not the way Rab C did it on a Saturday night!