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yoga/gym on Sunday 11/26
Nov. 26th, 2006 01:10 pmMade it to the 10AM yoga class this morning. I like that class a lot, and again, I really enjoyed Becky's teaching style and the structure of her class. I'm going to try to get back next week if I can. After yoga, I did the elliptical machine for 30 minutes (incline of 7, resistance of 3), went three times around the track, did only some minor stretching since I had done a full yoga routine before, and then headed home. I think I got a lot out of my two hours at the gym this morning.
I realized, though, that doing the elliptical machine is not an adequate substitute for yoga at least twice a week--I don't think I've done a full yoga routine in two weeks, and I'm losing a lot of strength. The elliptical is a good workout, but it really doesn't build the strength and flexibility that I get with yoga. I've been doing my seated postures after using the elliptical, but it's the standing work that really gets the blood flowing and builds strength, and skipping that for two weeks wasn't good for me. I also haven't been doing my squats, pushups, or other repetitive yoga moves like tabletop or backbend, and those do so much for my strength. It's not that I'm not doing them because I don't want to--I haven't been doing them because either there's not enough space to do them at my gym, or else I'm embarrassed about doing some weird thing where people can see me. Both of those reasons are pretty dumb, because usually I could go in the locker room and unless it's really busy find a spot where I could do those things. But I hadn't really thought of that before.
I wish I could just sit around and do yoga every day like I did this summer. I'm also really missing the daily walk to and from work that I had when I lived in Somerville. That was at least 20 minutes, more often 40 minutes, every day that I was up and moving. It's so much harder to maintain my current shape now that I don't have that regular activity, and losing weight would be even harder. If I could just buy pants that fit me I wouldn't care so much about losing weight. I'm honestly not that unhappy with my body when I have clothes that fit it, but not having any jeans that fit right and then shopping to find jeans and never finding any is just really depressing. Something's got to give here--either I've got to start getting more serious about losing weight, or else I've got to find some jeans that fit the body I have right now. I'd take either one, honestly.
I realized, though, that doing the elliptical machine is not an adequate substitute for yoga at least twice a week--I don't think I've done a full yoga routine in two weeks, and I'm losing a lot of strength. The elliptical is a good workout, but it really doesn't build the strength and flexibility that I get with yoga. I've been doing my seated postures after using the elliptical, but it's the standing work that really gets the blood flowing and builds strength, and skipping that for two weeks wasn't good for me. I also haven't been doing my squats, pushups, or other repetitive yoga moves like tabletop or backbend, and those do so much for my strength. It's not that I'm not doing them because I don't want to--I haven't been doing them because either there's not enough space to do them at my gym, or else I'm embarrassed about doing some weird thing where people can see me. Both of those reasons are pretty dumb, because usually I could go in the locker room and unless it's really busy find a spot where I could do those things. But I hadn't really thought of that before.
I wish I could just sit around and do yoga every day like I did this summer. I'm also really missing the daily walk to and from work that I had when I lived in Somerville. That was at least 20 minutes, more often 40 minutes, every day that I was up and moving. It's so much harder to maintain my current shape now that I don't have that regular activity, and losing weight would be even harder. If I could just buy pants that fit me I wouldn't care so much about losing weight. I'm honestly not that unhappy with my body when I have clothes that fit it, but not having any jeans that fit right and then shopping to find jeans and never finding any is just really depressing. Something's got to give here--either I've got to start getting more serious about losing weight, or else I've got to find some jeans that fit the body I have right now. I'd take either one, honestly.
