The vessel of my body —Baseball Caps Wholesale this fragile sack of blood, "essence" (see below), and melancholy humors — had to get up to competition-grade performance. Throughout the ages, much has been written about the interrelatedness of the mind and the body. Suburban moms who lift Volkswagens off pinned toddlers, for example. I'd be a fool to ignore the holistic reality. In Vegas, I'd be lifting metaphorical Kias and Hyundais left and right.
Like writing, poker involved
Sunglasses Hut a lot of sitting on your ass, but that didn't mean you weren't burning fuel. "Lex and I lost five pounds!" Helen informed me, referring to their last trip. The Main Event at the World Series of Poker ran seven days, each one a 12-hour series of jungle skirmishes with predators who wanted to rip your bones out of your skin. You had to be vigilant. You grab a bite when you can, the caloric intake going to power your game, your all-important table image, the mask of your poker identity: alternately representing strength and weakness, riding herd over tells, manufacturing ersatz tells, placing bait for traps, stealing and thieving blinds. Picking up chips. Putting down chips. It adds up.
I was put in contact with Kim Albano, a licensed physical trainer and patient soul. In the business for more than a decade, she specialized in Ray ban Sunglasses posture and core strengthening, Vinyasa yoga with a little Iyengar thrown in, Alexander Technique. I had been given yoga mats over the years as gifts, but the phrase "loose-fitting clothing" had always confounded me, conjuring visions of tunics or otherwise Jawa-type vestments, neither of which I owned. Opting for cargo shorts — whose multiple pockets I increasingly relied on to spare me the indignity of carrying a fanny-pack or man-bag — I met Kim at a space she sometimes used on Fourth Ave in Prada Sunglass Brooklyn. I described my assignment before we met, and she was amenable."I have to become a Living Poker Weapon in six weeks," I said.
"You mentioned 'Rocky-style' in your e-mail," she said.
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