I’m Gonna Start Tai Chi

Life in my 50s is very interesting, especially when it comes to the Internet. The Interweb knows I’m 52, that I have a high-stress sales job, I’m married, have a dog, love coffee, and that I must feel tired all the time and like bourbon. Hmmmmm … could all the bourbon be making me tired? 

The World Wide Web is pretty much right, tho. So the latest thing it’s telling me is, “hey, you don’t need to exercise and lift heavy weights …just do Tai Chi.”

So, I’m gonna.

I’ll add Tai Chi to my early morning Rucking (1/2-hour) and/or Burpee Walk (this is my own invention) when I get home. My routine in 2025, which I’m proud of, is . . .

• 5:30 … wake up
• 5:45 … out the door for 1/2 Hour Ruck or Burbpee Walk (if it’s raining, I do Kettle Bell stuff in the basement)
• 6:15 … home and in the basement for stretching, or Yoga … but now I’m replacing this with Tai Chi.

Here’s what all the Tai Chi snobs tell me is gonna happen within a month . . . 

• I’ll lose weight
• I’ll sleep better
• My son won’t recognize me
• I’ll have less pain
• I’ll feel more awake at work

Harvard health says I’ll see “muscle strength, flexibility, balance, and, to a lesser degree, aerobic conditioning.”

I’m skeptical. To me, Tai Chi just looks like moving in slow motion. But, we’ll see. 

I’ll add this to the other awesome stuff I started this year which, as I said, was making and sticking to a morning routine. Journaling (almost) daily. Cold showers EVERY MORNING! (I still can’t believe I’m doing this one but we’ll see how it goes when it becomes winter and the water in the pipes in my house gets significantly colder). I don’t eat in the evenings (Sunday-Wednesday). I started having Dad Fuel for breakfast. And that’s it. Period. I do lots of “Knees Over Toes” stuff every day – pretty much during the 2-minutes I’m brushing my teeth twice a day.

Tai Chi and me … Tai Chi fever. Catch it! Something needs to keep me calm while watching my Tigers collapse and knowing my Spartans are about to collapse.

I’ll keep ya updated but if you see me, hopefully you’ll say … hey … are you doing Tai Chi. Why yes. Yes I am.