Friday, Jan 15, 2010 Workout

Hahahahahaha...yoga.....even better, yoga+Annie..... 

Ok, so today is Friday which means I don't have boot camp it the morning and I don't have to work. The past two weeks I've just been using the treadmill on Fridays (thank you Gordons for lending me your treadmill!).  Today I started with 20minutes on the treadmill but then decided to do something totally different for the second half of my workout.

Yesterday, I was at a staff holiday luncheon and my table was talking about different workouts. A couple people at the table convinced me to try yoga. My roommate has been doing yoga at Cascade Yoga so she and I decided that on Fridays, we'd do a class together at 10:30am. But, today, she wasn't able to go so we need to start next week. Anyhow, I remembered that On Demand through Comcast has an Exercise TV category with lots of free workout videos so I went there in search of a yoga session. (there were lots to choose from- I recommend it!)

I started with one Yoga workout that I literally couldn't even do for 5 minutes. The instructor moved from pose to pose way too quickly for a beginner like myself to follow along so, after sliding all over my hardwood floors and letting loose a few words I'm not proud of, I decided to find a different Yoga workout to follow.

I completed my first ever 30minute Yoga workout and, let me just say, props to all of you who do Yoga regularly!!! It always LOOKS easy, but my heart rate did accelerate and my thighs were shaking at one point. This was a good workout and I enjoyed that it was different from what I'm used to. I definitely need practice though and I'm glad that I tried this prior to joining Kristen at Cascade Yoga next week.

The reason I started this post with me laughing is because Kristen came home 1/2 way through my Yoga session and it made me start to giggle. I'm pretty sure you shouldn't be giggling during Yoga, but I did! Then, at one point, when I was changing poses, I kicked a table in our living room and that made me laugh too. Soooo, it might not have been the peaceful "Namaste" yoga that people are used to but once I get past the newness, I'm sure I can be more serious....maybe :).

So, that's my workout for today. If you haven't tried Yoga before, give it a try! I'll post my food at the end of the day.....