Hi everyone! I had a great vacation with my dh and now it's time to get back on the fitness train. Please bare with me, this is a long post:
I've decided to change my fitness venture - at least for the next 6 months if not longer.
I'm tired of being in pain - period.
I'm tired of having sore muscles, knots all over and tight everything.
I'm tired of having no range of motion.
I'm tired of not being able to turn my head from side to side.
I'm starting to feel my weight training is doing more damage than it is good. I feel there is a major change I need to make to start feeling better.
I've been reading a lot about the Yoga Practice and lifestyle. I've been reading a yoga forum now for the past week and am really intrigued with all I've read. My only concern is getting some kind of rotation in place where I can get a little cardio in as well. I feel cardio is a needed staple in any fitness endeavor.
So starting today I will do some type of yoga workout every day (Mon-Fri) and cardio twice a week. I go back to work next week so I need to figure out when I will be doing my Yoga practice. Cardio will have to be in the morning before work because once I get food in my system I can't jog without a stabbing pain in my side. Yoga, however, might be ok to do in the evening, but again I worry about my dinner and how long I should wait to do my practice.
There are so many stipulations with true Yoga that it's sort of mind boggling for me. Most Yogians are vegan or vegitarian. The only meat I eat is chicken and I really don't eat that much anymore. However, I love my dairy, especially eggs, but there are Yogians that eat dairy so I think I'm ok there. Most of what I eat is what Yogians eat, though, so I'm pleased about that. I already try to eat clean, whole foods so that won't be such a change for me. I bought some Quinoa this week and have 2 recipes to try. I hope I like it.
This morning I did
Yoga Max by Cathe. I thought it was a pretty good workout (she hasn't made many yoga workouts) and I was sweating pretty good with it. I wish she would have added a few more balance poses, she only did one. I can't hold the poses as long as she can yet, and with some poses, such as Plow, I can't even do other than the very basic move. My goal is to take my time and just get my body to a point where it's flexible and feels good to move around again. My ultimate goal is to be able to do Brian Kest's 3rd yoga workout on his 3 workout DVD that I have. I have never even attempted that workout. I'm hoping in 6 months I'll be able to do most of the poses on there that I feel are safe to do.
So that is my plan for the extended future.
No weight training at all. This is huge for me, but I want to see how my body responds to this and hopefully I won't have the knots and tightness anymore.
I've been riding my motorcycle for a while now and the pain in my shoulder/neck area hasn't been a problem. When I was doing weights AND riding is when it was really bad. So I'm starting to think my bike really had nothing to do with this other than possibly irritating it and pushing it over the edge.
So wish me well. I hope I can do this without getting bored but once I start he practice I feel so good and focused. I love the way I feel afterwards as well. I feel so energized right now.
Thanks for reading - I know this was long.
