Vee
Cathlete
Getting us started for the week, and with the check-in.....
Apart from checking-in to report a workout I thought we could post about our discovery of yoga and how we train.
How I train:
My "usual" routine was:
- Weight Training 3X a week (usually split routine) at the gym
- Cardio 3X a week (usually treadill or elliptical, sometimes kickboxing with a video)
- Yoga 4-6X a week.
- Rest day 1X a week
Each session was one hour, so on Yoga days I would end up exercising for 2 hours. If life got busy, I would cut back on cardio, but manage for the most part to keep up with everything else.
I got really busy at work and travel and could not keep up sice mid August.
I am getting back on track. I'd like to go back to my old routine but for the next few months thta seems unlikely. I am consulting to an overseas company in Malaysia and am spending a few weeks there and then a few weeks back at home (in India).
So my new plan is:
- Weight training - 3 X per week (full body for now)
- Yoga - 3 X per week
- Off day - 1X per week
- Cardio - if and when I can fit it in, as an add on to my workout.
Each session should be at least half an hour, but preferably one hour.
I am going to see how this goes and then tweak it as I go along.
How I came to do yoga:
Although I live in India, yoga never interested me. I enjoyed aerobics/cardio which I did from my teens, and weight training after I discovered Cathe in my early thirties.
My sis took up yoga classes (she is a fitness buff who tried Cathe before I did, from reading the reviews at videofitness). She tried for a long time to convince me to give yoga a try. After a couple of years hearing from her (and on fitness forums) about how wonderful yoga is, I did my first yoga session at her home with her. She had built up quite a library of Yoga DVDs by then and we did a Yoga Zone DVD. I found myself fumbling and wishing I could be as fluid and graceful as the people in the DVD and my sis. I decided to try live Yoga class. After a long quest for the right teacher, I was lucky enough to find Venkat, my yoga teacher. I joined his live classes and LOVED every class from the very first session. I took to Yoga at the age of 38 (I am 41 now) although it has its roots in my own country. I learnt in Venkat's live class for over a year, three times per week.
I have built my own collection of Yoga DVDs now and mainly practise solo. Venkat has become a good friend. He comes home on weekends to do yoga sometimes. Sometimes he guides our practise or sometimes we pop in a DVD.
I enjoy yoga more than any other form of fitness now. Some people like yoga as a stress buster. All forms of exercise work as stress busters for me. I like how yoga works synergistically on strength, endurance, flexibility and balance. My proprioception and range of motion have developed so much with yoga. I love the grace and serenity of yoga and feel it spills over to my attitide to life when I am practising regularly.
I dont meditate unless Venkat guides me. I still havent found my groove with meditation. I do a lot of asana practise and some breathing work.
My workout Plan for today:
Today is supposed to be a weight training day. I will be back later to read everyone's posts and to post about what I did.
Thank you everyone, for responding to my postin the OD and joining the check-in.
Sorry for rambling.
- Vee (or Vrinda) -
Apart from checking-in to report a workout I thought we could post about our discovery of yoga and how we train.
How I train:
My "usual" routine was:
- Weight Training 3X a week (usually split routine) at the gym
- Cardio 3X a week (usually treadill or elliptical, sometimes kickboxing with a video)
- Yoga 4-6X a week.
- Rest day 1X a week
Each session was one hour, so on Yoga days I would end up exercising for 2 hours. If life got busy, I would cut back on cardio, but manage for the most part to keep up with everything else.
I got really busy at work and travel and could not keep up sice mid August.
I am getting back on track. I'd like to go back to my old routine but for the next few months thta seems unlikely. I am consulting to an overseas company in Malaysia and am spending a few weeks there and then a few weeks back at home (in India).
So my new plan is:
- Weight training - 3 X per week (full body for now)
- Yoga - 3 X per week
- Off day - 1X per week
- Cardio - if and when I can fit it in, as an add on to my workout.
Each session should be at least half an hour, but preferably one hour.
I am going to see how this goes and then tweak it as I go along.
How I came to do yoga:
Although I live in India, yoga never interested me. I enjoyed aerobics/cardio which I did from my teens, and weight training after I discovered Cathe in my early thirties.
My sis took up yoga classes (she is a fitness buff who tried Cathe before I did, from reading the reviews at videofitness). She tried for a long time to convince me to give yoga a try. After a couple of years hearing from her (and on fitness forums) about how wonderful yoga is, I did my first yoga session at her home with her. She had built up quite a library of Yoga DVDs by then and we did a Yoga Zone DVD. I found myself fumbling and wishing I could be as fluid and graceful as the people in the DVD and my sis. I decided to try live Yoga class. After a long quest for the right teacher, I was lucky enough to find Venkat, my yoga teacher. I joined his live classes and LOVED every class from the very first session. I took to Yoga at the age of 38 (I am 41 now) although it has its roots in my own country. I learnt in Venkat's live class for over a year, three times per week.
I have built my own collection of Yoga DVDs now and mainly practise solo. Venkat has become a good friend. He comes home on weekends to do yoga sometimes. Sometimes he guides our practise or sometimes we pop in a DVD.
I enjoy yoga more than any other form of fitness now. Some people like yoga as a stress buster. All forms of exercise work as stress busters for me. I like how yoga works synergistically on strength, endurance, flexibility and balance. My proprioception and range of motion have developed so much with yoga. I love the grace and serenity of yoga and feel it spills over to my attitide to life when I am practising regularly.
I dont meditate unless Venkat guides me. I still havent found my groove with meditation. I do a lot of asana practise and some breathing work.
My workout Plan for today:
Today is supposed to be a weight training day. I will be back later to read everyone's posts and to post about what I did.
Thank you everyone, for responding to my postin the OD and joining the check-in.
Sorry for rambling.
- Vee (or Vrinda) -