#P90X Day 39: Yoga! Yoga! Yoga!
Let's twist again...like we did last Summer.
If you read today’s title as “YogaYogaYoga,” you’re clearly not a fan of National Lampoon’s Animal House. That was totally written as “Yo-Ga! Yo-Ga! Yo-Ga!” which bears a striking similarity to “To-Ga! To-Ga! To-Ga!” Anyhow, yesterday I did Yoga X, and it. was. murder.
No clue why it was so hard, but man did it take a lot of effort for my body to get in the game. My hamstrings were tight. My shoulders were tight. My core was super tight. Felt like I had been wadded up in a ball all night.
That being said, once I got into it and started sweating and holding poses, my body started doing what it was told. The past few Yoga days I’ve focused on really getting low in the poses. I mean reeeaaaalllly getting low. All the while keeping my my knee tracking out over my ankle. The result: Some fantastic stretches and some tough holds that really have been pushing my flexibility. For the good! I’ve also been trying to not focus so much on letting my hands hold as much weight as they have been when I’m in Runner’s Pose, et al.
Again, with good success I was able to easily get into right angle pose w/ grab and work towards opening up my chest. This move, now that I can do it, feels great. My legs are on fire because of how low I am in the lunge, but man, when I get to really focusing on my breathing, I just start to mentally drift somewhere else. It’s really quite amazing.
My hips are getting stronger, I can tell. Half Moon continues to get easier, little by little. As well, my static poses are pretty solid still. Crane was tough today, but that’s because I was all sweaty and couldn’t keep my knees on my arms the entire minute. Fell out briefly twice.
Yoga Belly 7 (always a fav) was good. With the success I’m having with getting my legs to stay straight while in the air is allowing me the freedom to work on getting me chest up and my back straight for all the Boat holds. I realized this time that I’ve not been paying much attention to the angle of my legs in relation to my chest when I lean my legs to the sides for the torso twists, and yesterday I tried very hard to keep the 90 degrees. It was tough.
All in all, a good workout. Definitely loosened me up and set my day off on the right foot!
YOGA X CALORIE BURN: 800 (approx.)
