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muck_a_luck) wrote2009-03-11 09:14 am
muck_a_luck) wrote2009-03-11 09:14 am
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
Monday and Tuesday - about five minutes of yoga each - shoulder openers and Down Dog at work to wake up and make my back feel better.
Wednesday:
30 Day Shred: Level 1
Brian Kest, Power Yoga: Level 2: Tone (Intermediate) (approx 45 minutes)
Yoga Shakti: Twists and Forward Bends (approx 15 minutes)
I like Brian Kest's teaching style a lot. He spends a lot of time encouraging you to be calm and maintain a smooth flow of breath. He reminds you to how important it is to only do what you can do, and yet also to challenge yourself. He walks that line much more explicitly and much better, I believe, than any instructor that I have listened to so far.
That said, the second routine is killer. He starts by making you hold Side Plank *forever* and it just gets worse from there. He's going for sweat, and of course the way to get that is to push the big muscles, and man, he does. I swear I was in a lunge for, like, A YEAR, then we switched legs and started all over again! The backbending was all Locust and Upward Bow. Argh! Another year!
Not enough forward bending in this routine for me, but I will definitely do it again because it hurt and it was challenging and I know I can develop by trying again.
And coming out from behind the cut to just say, because I haven't in a while, I. Hate. Revolved. Triangle.
Yes. It had to be said.
Also, since I'm here. I have lost ten pounds since Feb. 16 or whatever day that was, and this morning I squished into my skinniest pair of skinny work pants and they zipped! Not yet ready to wear them to work, but I was very excited to be in them again, even for a few minutes. Also, rummaged through the closet and found my little black jacket, which looks great, despite what The Barbarian said. *glares at offspring*
Wednesday:
30 Day Shred: Level 1
Brian Kest, Power Yoga: Level 2: Tone (Intermediate) (approx 45 minutes)
Yoga Shakti: Twists and Forward Bends (approx 15 minutes)
I like Brian Kest's teaching style a lot. He spends a lot of time encouraging you to be calm and maintain a smooth flow of breath. He reminds you to how important it is to only do what you can do, and yet also to challenge yourself. He walks that line much more explicitly and much better, I believe, than any instructor that I have listened to so far.
That said, the second routine is killer. He starts by making you hold Side Plank *forever* and it just gets worse from there. He's going for sweat, and of course the way to get that is to push the big muscles, and man, he does. I swear I was in a lunge for, like, A YEAR, then we switched legs and started all over again! The backbending was all Locust and Upward Bow. Argh! Another year!
Not enough forward bending in this routine for me, but I will definitely do it again because it hurt and it was challenging and I know I can develop by trying again.
And coming out from behind the cut to just say, because I haven't in a while, I. Hate. Revolved. Triangle.
Yes. It had to be said.
Also, since I'm here. I have lost ten pounds since Feb. 16 or whatever day that was, and this morning I squished into my skinniest pair of skinny work pants and they zipped! Not yet ready to wear them to work, but I was very excited to be in them again, even for a few minutes. Also, rummaged through the closet and found my little black jacket, which looks great, despite what The Barbarian said. *glares at offspring*