Get Up and Move!
Dashama has started up a second 30 day yoga challenge, and I’m in! It’s not too late to join in with me, if you’d like. All you have to do is go to youtube and search for her channel, and subscribe. You check in to see the daily workout. They’re not terribly long or time consuming, but they can be quite challenging. The first day was a fast paced variation on the sun salutation that she encourages everyone to do every day of the 30 days.
Day 2 was on nutrition, and today is on meditation. So, there’s not that much you’ve missed as far as actual moves, if you want to hop on in for the month of June. I’ve been a slacker over the month of May, so this is a great kickstart for me to get back to my goals of being flexible and strong.
I’m also working on my 100 pushups, but I’ve allowed myself to get sidetracked there, too. Next week will be the third first week. I’m trying to get my family involved, too, but if that doesn’t work, then I’ll have to admit it and move on for myself. I’m planning to pair this with the 200 squats and 200 situps programs that are on the page, too. That will take care of my strength and endurance building for the next 6 weeks. Thirdly, Sarah has pointed me towards Run University. I’m really inspired by the couch to 10k program, so I’m going to try it. Again, schedule and family threatens to interfere, so I haven’t quite worked out how I’m going to work this in just yet. I’m working on it. Just writing this up should keep me a bit more honest with myself.
I’d love to hear what you’re currently doing, or your plans, or even thoughts about my plan. For me, all of these goals are pretty ambitious. Am I balancing goals that will motivate me well with a plan that won’t overtax me? I’m hoping so. I’m excited, because I’ll tackle strength, flexibility, and cardiovascular health. This is the first time I’ve really come up with a plan that addresses all of those with goals for each. Also, each of the programs starts small, so I’ll be working my way up instead of crashing and burning the first week. I’m hoping that the yoga augments the others well, by providing my muscles with some protection and counter stretching to all of it, so that’s what I’m using as my catalyst to take care of myself.
I am very glad you linked this. I have wanted, for several months now, to find a yoga class comparable to the one they used to have at the downtown Y, which was awesome. And then they insisted it be “hot” yoga specifically, and I had to quit. I will check these videos out and hopefully get in on them with you. I need to get a new matt, though, because the cat yarked on my old one and it’s got sorta baked in there and ew.
I am excited that you’re going to try Couch to 10k! The one that starts in August? Chez and I have been talking about signing up to do that again, in a Running 102 capacity, because the group runs really are so much fun. I would love to see you there and have fun running with you!
Working it into the schedule does seem daunting at first. But if you let it, it will always get pushed back. There are always better things to do. And that’s true of everything, all day, every day. So you just make it a really high priority and do it, regardless. And then you feel good and strong and tired-in-an-accomplished-positive way and that seems to make getting everything else done easier.
Wow, that new Sun Salutation is super tough. It will take a lot of work to get good at it, but I’ll work to do it. I’m really glad that you started doing this!
Yeah, I’m thinking about the one that starts in August, though I’m also trying to prepare myself. I don’t want to entirely be on the “couch” end of the spectrum. I’m well aware that physically, my learning curve starts a bit steeper sometimes.
Honestly, I may go back to doing Dashama’s previous 30 day challenge, while doing this sun salutation. Or maybe try to do this sun salutation 3-4 times a day, while waiting on the next installment of videos. Right now, I’m not getting as much physical involvement as I expected, and when she does put out a video that’s actually moving, it seems so advanced for me, even though her discussion videos are targeted to newbs. It’s really just reinforcing that I need a tutor.
Have you checked the rec center out, Sarah? “A” is looking for workout buddies and suggested I join her there for yoga, but of course their yoga classes are before the daycare center is up and running. I’m sure she’d appreciate the company, and I may still try and work something out…
I went to the rec center’s yoga class four times and every time there were about 5 whole moves in an hour. Dude spent so long telling everybody what they were doing, and how they were doing it, and what it meant in Hindi and how it had evolved that there was really no workout to it. And I also dropped my membership when I started running. If you all go, and tell me it’s good, I would totally join again to go with you.
I actually called around and was going to try to start a six week intro course at Heartwood Yoga today, but then decided I couldn’t justify $75 for 6 classes.