Hi, I'm completely new here - and am loving this forum and website - and am here to ask for advice.
Years ago, I saw Coach Sommer's essay at DragonDoor [ http://www.dragondoor.com/articler/mode3/229/ ] and was floored. At the time, I was very athletic and busy and didn't even think to try out any sort of similar work out program.
Soon after that, I became seriously ill with Crohn's disease and ended up unable to leave bed for about 4 months. I went from being super vital and strong to completely atrophied. That was around 2006. I hadn't been the same since. I worked hard to get myself back into walking/functioning condition. I did tons of yoga and eventually jogging, but fell extremely ill this past fall and lost almost all of my muscle mass and strength all over again, dropping 30 lbs [ from 125 to 95 ]. I feel like I'm an out-of-shape 45 year old.
Coach Sommer's essay randomly popped in my head a few weeks ago, so I scoured the Internet to find it and somehow did.
Is it completely impractical of me to hope to work up to this sort of stuff one day? Even if it takes years?
I guess what I'm asking is - do you guys have any suggestions for someone in my shoes? Maybe doing ungodly amounts of yoga and calisthenics to build up towards trying out things like planches [ no access to a gym here ]?
Sorry if this completely ridiculous.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this!
Sara
P.S. If this matters at all - I am 21 years old, 5'5", and about 115 lbs. and dropping - with a few years of gymnastics under my belt from childhood.