Another day of practicing what I preach. Taking a yoga class, going into child's pose for a full repeat of the mini flow because my left hamstring is NOT up to it. Imagining doing the movements, following along with breath, but giving my body a break.
Now to find a spot to get that echography done & try to find out what the fck is wrong with the hamstring so I can start PT and slowly get back to painless normal (for me) ROM.
After today odyssey of 2h drive to get to Brussels, the nice barbwire fences, then needing to take a detour on the walk back from my meeting (following part of the protest parcours and crossing the area where tear gas and flares had been shot), and some extra frustrations with projects and contractors, my body said no to gym so I did yoga.
First day getting some movement in, I kept it easy & safe with a 50 min yoga session at home, so I could stop at any time & grab a bolster & take a nap if needed 😅
Managed to get through the whole thing, hard to breathe when upside down though. But I tried to slow down and focus on slowing down the transitions too.
#Yoga #YogaTeacher #YogaStudent #VinyasaYoga #HathaYoga #YogaClass
I just did a 70 minute yoga nidra with "droning music" (it sounded like tibetan monks praying to me). I can say that kind of music puts me to sleep, I do not remember much of the nidra (doesn't help I could barely understand the words being spoken by the guide/teacher).
Today's #workout
Pull up program part 2 - week 3 - day 2
- Warm up: 3 rounds
- 1 min thoracic foam rolling
- 20 banded pull aparts
- 10 dead bug let down
- Part 1 bubye arms: 4 rounds
- 10 triceps roll back
- 8 chest supported dumbbell row
- 30" hollow hold
- Part 2 hold on: 4 rounds
- max effort top of pull up hold (toe assisted, managed 20" each time!)
- 60" ish seconds rest
- More Core Day 2
- 30 bicycle crunches
- 30" s side plank e/s
And finally a 45 min yoga session.
Lame gym owner cancelled the 17:00 #wod at 9:30 because only 2 people were registered, so "hope a different slot fits your schedule". So yeah, I did stuff at home.
#PullUpProgram #FitnessGoals #Fitness #GymLife #Fitodon #MoreCore #YogaStudent #YogaClass #VinyasaYoga #HathaYoga
So today's #Workout is
Pull up program part 2 - week 3 - day 1
Warm up: 3 rounds
- 1 min thoracic foam rolling
- 20 banded pull aparts
- 10 dead bug let down
Part 1: banded pull ups - 5 rounds
- 2-5 pull ups
- rest as needed
Part 2: holy core - 3 rounds
- 45" side plank each side
- 20" L-sit(ish) hang
Followed by more core!
- 30 crunches
- 60" elbow plank
Followed by a 60' yoga session.
#PullUpProgram #FitnessGoals #Fitness #GymLife #Core #HolyCore #CoreWork #Fitodon #YogaStudent #YogaClass #VinyasaYoga #Yoga #HathaYoga
Pull up program part 2 - week 2 - day 3
Warm up: 3 rounds
- 1 min thoracic foam rolling
- 20 banded pull apart
- 10 dead bug let down
Part 1: grip it, hold it - 5 rounds
- 100 ft (did 35m or 20 yoga mat lengths) heavy farmers' carry (2 7,5 kg sandbags hanging from yoga belt to make it harder - since I don't have anything heavier at home)
- 20" arch hold
- 20" hang
Part 2: hold & pull - 4 rounds
- max effort chin over bar hold
- 8 toe assisted pull ups
- 60" rest
And afterwards a 35 min yoga class called "cool it down" which was somewhat warming at points but left me feeling relaxed and was a nice cool down after the pull up practice.
#PullUpProgram #FitnessGoals #Fitness #GymLife #Fitodon #YogaStudent #YogaClass #VinyasaYoga
That was one of the **most** frustrating yoga classes I have done in a long-long time.
Class title: Get clear, with a focus on relieving stress, and part of a series called "Nourish & reset".
The teacher kept babbling nonsense of her (mis)understandings regarding the nervous system and some other stuff, while failing to count breaths because of her chattering (anywhere from only doing half to double and of course not the same for both sides).
On top of that, her physical cues were so underwhelming that in more of one occasion I had to look at the video and check WTF did she want me to do (up is not the same as half up). And sequencing fails with poses that do not flow together at all.
Oh and add the poetical language of "Rainbow your ribs over the right leg", "shine your heart" and other BS.
I can ignore some of these things, but when it all shows up together in a 55 min class, it pretty much ruins the experience. Now I know not to take another class with them.
#Yoga #YogaTeacher #YogaTeacherMusings #YogaStudent #YogaStudentMusings #YogaClass
Pull up program part 2 - week 2 - day 3
Warm up: 3 rounds
- 1 min thoracic foam rolling
- 20 banded pull aparts
- 10 dead bug let down
Part 1: Grip it! Hold it! Hang it! 5 rounds
- 30 m farmer carry
- 20s arch hold
- 20s bar hang
Part 2: Modified pull ups & holds: 4 rounds
- Max effort chin over bar hold
- 8 toe assisted pulls ups
- 60s rest
Then I did a 45 min yoga class, since the class I normally teach was cancelled (getting very annoying that 2 out of 3 get cancelled for lack of students, when there was "so much demand" from the other clients of the fitness I teach at on Thursdays).
#PullUpProgram #FitnessGoals #Fitness #GymLife #Yoga #YogaLife #YogaTeacher #YogaStudent
My bank is being overzealous with fraud protection, which means I am having trouble loading my business card to pay the next course I want to follow... Annoying, but thank you bank (also, thank you bank worker that answered my chat question on a Sunday afternoon, you don't get paid enough).
For those curious: I'll be taking a yoga nidra teacher training in the next months, to improve the restful qualities of savasana.
#PullUpProgram Week 4 Day 3
Warm up: 3 rounds
- 1' thoracic foam rolling
- 20 banded pull apart
- 10 dead bug overhead let down
"Pump is real": 4 rounds
- 45" bat wing hold
- 10 inverted row (got the suspension system out for these)
- 10 weighed Russian twists
Modified pull-ups: 6 rounds
- 5 pull ups
- 45-60" rest
And finished with a 50 min vinyasa class, in case my shoulders weren't feeling it yet 😅
#PullUp #Fitness #FitnessGoals #GymLife #Strength #StrengthTraining #Yoga #YogaClass #Vinyasa #VinyasaYoga #YogaStudent
#PullUpProgram week 3 day 3
Warm-up: 3 rounds
- 1' thoracic foam rolling
- 20 banded pull apart
- 10 dead-bug overhead let down
Triceps - core - pulling: 4 rounds
- 8 triceps roll back (kneeling)
- 8 inverted rows
- 30" side plank, each side
And then finished with a 40 min vinyasa yoga class, sometimes the #YogaTeacher needs to be a #YogaStudent
#PullUp #Fitness #FitnessGoals #GymLife #StrengthTraining #Strength #Yoga #YogaClass #Vinyasa
Took a half day worth of overtime today, because I was feeling drained.
OF course a manager demanded I went in to the office for a meeting (that yes, could have perfectly been a teams, since half the people were on teams anyway). Which meant wasting 1h driving there and back.
So my half day off started a bit later and even more tired, so I did some #YogaNidra deep guided relaxation, which often helps.
Then I watched some more of the yoga for athletes course I am taking (super interesting session on #YogaForCrossfit #CrossFit), and afterwards I went for a walk.
And I'm sure people at work judged me because I took time off in the middle of a delivery period, but it's either that or ending sick / exhausted, so I've been setting boundaries and doing what I need to do to keep myself healthy.
#WorkToot #Yoga #Boundaries #YogaTeacher #YogaStudent #YogaForAthletes #FillingMyOwnCup
Are you ready for 2023?
This is where I wish I were right now! I love the beach.
Alas, I am on the east coast of the USA during a record-breaking cold snap.
As 2022 draws to a close, I'm putting together my teaching schedule for 2023. Please take 5 minutes to complete the short interests & availability survey - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0IpQnffSwjkQ6wWTRWeDmUyj7BDQDWlkoHFyDnruj8dJ0cA/viewform?usp=sf_link - to make sure a class is available at a time you want.
#yoga #YogaClass #YogaTeacher #YogaStudent #OnlineYoga #MindBodySoul #mindfulness #fitness
As a yoga teacher I am always a student, so I've been slowly going through my training "Yoga for Athletes" from https://yogamedicine.com/
Being that their trainings are research based, they offer a list of interesting articles that the cite during the lessons. So I went and downloaded those that are free to download, and then contacted a few researches to ask if I could ge a copy of their paper.
I love that researchers will send you a free copy, and I know they're busy. But it's amusing that they don't even send a "Thank you for your interest, here's a copy", they just reply by attaching the pdf.
Do they know they can create templates? Have standard replies?
#YogaTeacher #YogaStudent #InquiringMinds #Research #MovementScience
Rainy day. Body wanted some rest. So one hour of restorative yoga and 10 mins laying on my new spiky mat
#yoga #restorativeYoga #yogaStudent #acupressureMat #prettyPattern
