[Sportsandrec] hello everyone new to this list

[Carly Mihalakis]

Hi, Ann,

         Welcome, my sister in blindness!

I myself had bilateral blastoma, being bienucleated at age 18 months.
Ever since, I was extremely athletically inclined, being taught by my 
mother to test perceived boundaries of my reality and  that sometimes 
it is necessary to expand what seem to be limits on one's physical 
plane by nudging them aside.

As a kid I ran the gauntlet of athletic exercise from swimming to 
gymnastics to horseback riding.
As an adult of 26 my heroin has been spinning. If you don't know 
spinning refers to an indoor stationary bike, in that it is a 
complete workout choreographed to lay neatly atop the music. One does 
a series of tricks on the bike, like out of the saddle (standing up) 
sprinting/accelerating and differences in speed.

Before I discovered spin I was not much of an athlete, having gotten 
away from sports as a teenager in exchange for various smokeable substances.
I didn't believe myself athletically inclined, that is until I got 
turned onto spin.

Nowadays, spin is an elixir that makes anything on my mind seem 
clearer, not so doom and gloom.
Not to mention I can eat whatever I want.
I'm not sure what kind of athletics turn you on.
Hope this experience was helpful!
Car
  31 PM 1/11/2010, you wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>
>My name is Ann Petrous,and I'm from Farmington Hills Michigan. I thought to
>join this list because I would like to get into some form of marshal arts,
>and  learn more about how to keep in shape as a blind person. I'm not a huge
>fan of sports or using a tredmill, however I would love to find ways of
>staying active. Here is a bit about myself.
>
>
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>I graduated from Oakland University in Michigan with a  degree in
>journalism. I attended my first NFB convention in 2008, and hoping to attend
>this year. Growing up as a blind person, I was never encouraged to do
>anything because no one knew how to teach me or wanted to take the time to
>try. Since learning about the NFB, I know that I can do anything, if I just
>put my mind to it.
>
>
>
>As I said before, I'm not a huge fan of sports, however I love watching WWE.
>Lol   It helps to release any pent up energy.
>
>
>
>I'm looking forward to meeting new people, and learning as much as I can
>
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