So it’s been a couple days since I’ve worked out again, and I’m having trouble finding a good time to work out with my new schedule. I think things will be a lot easier when my daughter is finished with volleyball, because I won’t have to do so much running. I’ve also found that it’s definitely hardest to work out on Wednesdays and Thursdays, because I want to spend as much time as I can with my kiddos those days, so they may have to just be days I don’t do a video and maybe do other things for some exercise, like go for a walk with the kids or go play tennis or something. There are lots of active things we can do together, so I think that will work best AND it’s good quality time with the kids!
So anyway, the kids aren’t home this weekend, and I’m back to my yoga. Today, I’ll be doing the Flow video, and I’m looking forward to it because… yet again… my back is hurting. lol. It seems to do that every time I don’t work out for a few days, and this time is no different.
Before 3-Week Yoga Retreat Day 4, Flow: It’s 8:24 p.m. It’s a Saturday, so I got a full night’s sleep last night, and I’ve spent most of my day studying/reading, so I’m really ready to do something active. My back is hurting a bit from sitting so much, and my body is also feeling sort of cramped, not in a muscle cramp way but like it’s compacted. I’m really, really looking forward to stretching and lengthening and deep breathing.
WORKOUT TOOLS:
1. Yoga mat. Yoga is really, really difficult to do without a mat because it’s much harder to stabilize yourself and hold the poses without one. If you don’t have one, I really recommend getting one.
2. Optional yoga block. This is handy to have if you aren’t flexible or have poor balance and could use the extra support. I don’t have one and it’s definitely not required.
After 3-Week Yoga Retreat Day 4, Flow: Whew, I worked up a little bit of a sweat with that one. This one really did flow through the movements more than the other two Flow videos we’ve done, and I was even able to do upward dog without hurting my back this time, because we didn’t hold the position very long. We did half moon? I think the pose was called? And I couldn’t hold that one without falling. haha. So I have room for improvement there.
I definitely feel better now than I did beforehand. Yoga really helps with feeling more lengthened, and we did a twist stretch at the end that produced a loud crack in my back, so that’s feeling better now, too! And now that I’ve simultaneously been active while relaxing and my mind has had a break from my studies, I can go back to studying with a clear head!
Tomorrow’s video is Flow-on-the-Go, so check back if you’d like to read my thoughts on that one. Thank you for reading, and if you would like to give yoga or any of Beachbody’s other workouts a try, let me know! I’d love to help you get started with them!
April Kolesar
Beachbody Independent Consultant