This is the 4th night I've taken yoga at my new gym ( Read more... )

So, after a long break, I decided to try to be a little more active and a little less fat ( Read more... )

This morning, I got up and, instead of going online, I plugged "Northern Exposure" into the DVD player and did my exercises for my lower back (I got these from a therapist years ago). They only take about a half hour, so I had time to eat breakfast before the episode was over ( Read more... )

Yesterday I got my but out of bed and swam! My shoulder felt a little tense so I grabbed a kick board and worked on my legs a bit - only to have my ankle start to feel the strain. So, I only did a half mile ( Read more... )

I took a really long hot shower yesterday and the knot in my arm finally released. So, for the first time in over a week, I hit the gym.

I don't think I managed to hurt myself this time.

Thursday, I realized I had to mow the lawn, and I could easily mow, then go to yoga ( Read more... )

Well last night I saw one advantage the Y has over a video. My yoga instructor said she missed me in class ( Read more... )

I realized I couldn't go to the Y's yoga class and meet simoniff on time, so I got up and streamed The Trainer's Edge: Long & Lean Yoga with Baron Baptiste from Netflix. It was their highest rated yoga video, but I wasn't that impressed. If you have alternative stretching/yoga videos to try, feel free to suggest them ( Read more... )

It took me a long time to get up yesterday, and it wasn't until evening that I made it to the gym to lift. After a month of blowing it off I had to step everything down a notch. It made me pretty angry with myself that after doing a lot of work to get closer to a real chin-up, I had to raise the assisted weight ( Read more... )

When the alarm went off this morning, I ignored it for far to long. Eventually, I got up and stretched on my own.

Based on convenient timing, I will try to lift weights tomorrow morning.