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Official 2015 Fitness Challenge
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Bought myself and the dogs a treadmill last night. A little over-zealous I jumped on this morning despite my aching legs from yesterday's work out.
20 minute 5k by June 6th, here I come.
Just looked up the baby bakasana pose....that is impressive! Yoga is something I'd love to take up once I'm done school
20 minute 5k by June 6th, here I come.
Just looked up the baby bakasana pose....that is impressive! Yoga is something I'd love to take up once I'm done school
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Not to sound even more like a hippie whackjob than I usually do....but yoga changed my life. I don't do it every single day, when I do, I do it for like twenty minutes, the only time I've taken a real class is mommy and me when Lillian was born.
But....my whole entire life if I sat in a car or a train for more than about 40 minutes, I have awful back pain. Tension headaches for years. I did yoga three times and took the train to my parents and I was hooked.
The mindfulness and focusing that comes into yoga is something that's translated to my every day life, all the time. It'd reduced my anxiety immensely. My PMS isn't as bad...or much more bearable. I heard a quote the other day:
"Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what can not be cured"
But....my whole entire life if I sat in a car or a train for more than about 40 minutes, I have awful back pain. Tension headaches for years. I did yoga three times and took the train to my parents and I was hooked.
The mindfulness and focusing that comes into yoga is something that's translated to my every day life, all the time. It'd reduced my anxiety immensely. My PMS isn't as bad...or much more bearable. I heard a quote the other day:
"Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what can not be cured"
A friend of mine that lives in the city I'll be moving to says that there's "pay what you can" yoga classes. I'd like to try them out just for a little while to make sure my form is okay. I'm really paranoid about doing things wrong lol.
I've done a bit of yoga with the xbox Kinect workout games, but I just don't feel like I'm getting the full benefit. I can definitely believe the results though, any form of exercise is good for the mind & body, but with yoga's super calming mantra and focus on breathing it can do wonders.
Last year my "official" time was 30.05 I think. But over the summer I clocked myself at roughly 25 minutes as best. I don't know much, but I did read somewhere that for women a time that's considered "good" is 15-19 minutes.
Up until a few years ago (when I found the 5k that I can run with a dog) I was more into weights than running, it's an odd shift for me lol.
That's awesome that crossfit has been working so well for you! That's something else I'd love to get into.
I've done a bit of yoga with the xbox Kinect workout games, but I just don't feel like I'm getting the full benefit. I can definitely believe the results though, any form of exercise is good for the mind & body, but with yoga's super calming mantra and focus on breathing it can do wonders.
Last year my "official" time was 30.05 I think. But over the summer I clocked myself at roughly 25 minutes as best. I don't know much, but I did read somewhere that for women a time that's considered "good" is 15-19 minutes.
Up until a few years ago (when I found the 5k that I can run with a dog) I was more into weights than running, it's an odd shift for me lol.
That's awesome that crossfit has been working so well for you! That's something else I'd love to get into.
I'm going to my second class tonight. I didn't care for the first one (a restorative class) but I'm going to go a couple more times and see what I think before making a decision. I'm 20.5 weeks pregnant so there's a limited number of classes I can get into since I wasn't working out for about 4 months just before getting pregnant.
I miss CrossFit in the very worst way. It's been a year since I quit and I still think about it weekly, sometimes more than that.
I miss CrossFit in the very worst way. It's been a year since I quit and I still think about it weekly, sometimes more than that.
Yeah.. Beanie beat me to it!
That's a crazy time. I don't kno where you read that but it was a little off in terms of time unless it was good for like Olympic athletes ahaha
And yes. Crossfit is literally the best! I deadlifted 155lbx2 this afternoon. I know it isn't super impressive but I only weigh 125!
That's a crazy time. I don't kno where you read that but it was a little off in terms of time unless it was good for like Olympic athletes ahaha
And yes. Crossfit is literally the best! I deadlifted 155lbx2 this afternoon. I know it isn't super impressive but I only weigh 125!
That's awesome!! Are you still endurance running? How does that work out with the Crossfit?
My friends are doing it and they all really want me to join with them. It's SO bloody expensive, I'm not sure I can swing it. And I'm really worried about how it will sync up with my endurance training...
Next week I "officially" start my half-marathon training again.
My friends are doing it and they all really want me to join with them. It's SO bloody expensive, I'm not sure I can swing it. And I'm really worried about how it will sync up with my endurance training...
Next week I "officially" start my half-marathon training again.
I am! I have a half at the end of this month. Which I haven't been training for at alllllll.
I doubted crossfit having any running benefits so I did an experiment. I stopped running for the whole month of October (unless it was in the WOD). Went to crossfit 5 times a week. Last weekend in October, I ran a 5k. I got 5k PR. It was nuts. So now I fully believe that it is a huge help because I always cross trained /I swam on a competitive team (I'm also a faster swimmer now)& I've never been this fit in my life.
Edit- I will never stop crossfit. It has become a priority for me. I absolutely love it.
I doubted crossfit having any running benefits so I did an experiment. I stopped running for the whole month of October (unless it was in the WOD). Went to crossfit 5 times a week. Last weekend in October, I ran a 5k. I got 5k PR. It was nuts. So now I fully believe that it is a huge help because I always cross trained /I swam on a competitive team (I'm also a faster swimmer now)& I've never been this fit in my life.
Edit- I will never stop crossfit. It has become a priority for me. I absolutely love it.
Yeah, after last year, I'm definitely at to the point where I'm like "I have limited time. Do I run, or lift?" Lift. Always lift. Barring physical injury, the run will pretty much then take care of itself - it becomes soooo much more about the mental aspect at that point.
I'm mostly worried about attitudes. I know a lot of Crossfitters (and powerlifters too, in fairness) who think endurance running is a waste. But I don't do it because I think it's going to make me lose a bunch of weight or anything, I do it because I enjoy it. I feel like I shouldn't have to explain or defend that to anybody, and sometimes people really REALLY want to lecture me on why endurance running sucks.
Supposedly everybody at the box here is really nice... and you get a free intro session, so I could just go and gauge reactions when I'm like "PS I RUN HALF MARATHONS HI." I DO like that they also offer Oly lifting classes, so... I think I could find people to get along with.
but UGHUGHUGHUGHUGH SOOO EXPENSIVE UGH
I'm mostly worried about attitudes. I know a lot of Crossfitters (and powerlifters too, in fairness) who think endurance running is a waste. But I don't do it because I think it's going to make me lose a bunch of weight or anything, I do it because I enjoy it. I feel like I shouldn't have to explain or defend that to anybody, and sometimes people really REALLY want to lecture me on why endurance running sucks.
Supposedly everybody at the box here is really nice... and you get a free intro session, so I could just go and gauge reactions when I'm like "PS I RUN HALF MARATHONS HI." I DO like that they also offer Oly lifting classes, so... I think I could find people to get along with.
but UGHUGHUGHUGHUGH SOOO EXPENSIVE UGH
Day One of "get in shape before your husband comes home" has begun.
Holy crap. Almost 8 months of inactivity is no fun to work through. My arms and shoulders are going to hate me tomorrow and my heart wants to know why in heavens name I just made it oxygenate me for 2 miles of cardio. Sorry, heart. It's for your own good.
But, I feel good, and I WILL be sticking with this.
Holy crap. Almost 8 months of inactivity is no fun to work through. My arms and shoulders are going to hate me tomorrow and my heart wants to know why in heavens name I just made it oxygenate me for 2 miles of cardio. Sorry, heart. It's for your own good.
But, I feel good, and I WILL be sticking with this.
