Day 4: Yoga X (Getting my Zen on!)

My mindset was not good for Yoga. I planned an hour and then realized that Yoga X was 90 minutes. Whoops. I made it work, but I think Yoga is one of those things that you will only get the full benefit when you have completely surrendered to the process and blocked out everything else.

Trying to remember where you left your keys is counterproductive.

The balance poses were killer. I love the stretches, and some of the more complicated ones are challenging in a fun sort of way, but it can get frustrating. I was sweating so much that even my Manduka mat caused me to slip and slide. My name was probably "Clumsy Lumox" as opposed to "Graceful Swan."

I would give myself about a C+ as far as completion goes. I had to sit out several of the exercises. I've always been flexible, so this was pretty frustrating. I was a goalie for heck's sake!

My one major criticism of this vid was that it was hard to hold the poses and watch the screen. I didn't watch this one first, so I don't know if this was the problem. My workout space is horizontal, and it seemed that Tony wanted me to face forward. Come on, Tony, I don't want to have to move my glass coffee table as well! I'm glad that I had a yoga block (I've never seen anyone use TWO blocks, but I always see people it as a plural when it's listed as an accessory. Is this like Pair of pants? Don't forget your Yoga Blocks?)

The workout really helped me feel better. I have to say that the pace of the program is excellent. I am totally sold ont he muscle confusion. As much as I want to repeat a workout to do it better, I like the fact that it's a week before I do it again. I get bored way too easily and this program leaves me wanting more before I can get bored. What a concept.

I didn't do the recovery drink for this exercise (I did do my Muscle Milk Shake- 1 cup has been my standard, not two. I'll talk about this when I can get a handle on whether it is doing me any good or not.) as I think the exercise itself helped with my recovery from the previous workouts.

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