Day 39: Yoga X

I skipped out on yoga today. I was gone all day long, and I want to go bed. I may sub in yoga for X Stretch on Saturday. Maybe. I'll probably be painting Easter eggs instead.

Day 32: Yoga X

Yoga hurt today, but it was a good hurt. My sore muscles needed to be stretched.

It's getting slightly easier. In fact, I'm able to reach the tips of my fingers with the Extended Right-Angle Pose & Grab. I still can't do Crane, but I think a lot that has to do with how hesitant and scared I am about falling on my head.

I see that I'm doing Legs & Back tomorrow. No change up in the legs workout??

Day 27: Yoga X

Yoga is going better for me. I'm able to do hold positions longer and get lower in my stance. One of the biggest changes I've seen (and don't laugh!) is that I'm able to swing my leg all the way through for runner's pose on the first shot. Before my leg would stop half-way through and I'd have to move it to get in the right stance. I don't know if that's because my technique is better or what. Either way, this makes me happy. =) Also, I'm able to get my knees off the floor for Upward Dog. This whole time I was doing Cobra (I think that's the one like Upward Dog but with knees on the floor).

I still need to buy some yoga blocks (I know, I say that all the time, but always forget to pick them up). Maybe I'll do that this week...

Day 22: Yoga X

Major fail for me. I skipped yoga. I feel so bad. I kept pushing it off and pushing it off. When I was about to do it, my parents ganked the TV, and by the time they were done watching their program, I was asleep. So, I think I may do yoga an extra time this week. Although, I really just want to skip it altogether. Yes, I love it that much. Hopefully tomorrow will go better.

Day 18: Yoga X

I hate yoga. Hate it. I had to take every ounce of energy to make myself do it. I wanted to skip it sooo badly! But I did it. And to make it up to myself, I ate a Baconator and a Frosty. Yum.

Recovery week is quickly approaching, which means I have the pleasure of doing Yoga X twice. Joy.

This yoga stuff better pay off in the end!!

Day 11: Yoga X

Today was another semi-bad day for me. I woke up at 4am, and when it came time to leave to hit the gym, I decided to go to bed instead. I wasn't waking up and felt kinda crappy. Figured I'd take a 2 hour nap, before getting back up at 7am to get ready for class. I decided that I'm not going to go to the gym tomorrow or Friday either, since I need more time to study for my final on Friday. I'll be back in the gym on Saturday.

On to P90X...I'm still not liking yoga! I think it's too long, so it's harder to keep my attention. Some moves are getting easier. Although, I'm not seeing any progress with Crane in particular. I remember doing those as a kid with no problems! I'm getting old! I'm noticing more flexibility, which is great!

At the end of the workout, I find Tony's breathing into his mic and his ohms very distracting. I'm torn between feeling awkward and laughing. It might be good to mute that part!

Day 4: Yoga X

I was really looking forward to doing yoga today, despite my lack of flexibility. I'm still a little sore all over, so I figured yoga would be a more low-intensity workout than the others, and I wanted to stretch out my tight muscles! However, I was a bit disappointed in it in some aspects. The first 30-45 minutes or so were a little boring to me, probably because a lot of it was repeating the same positions over and over (or so it seemed to me). Because of this, it felt like forever for this video to end. I had some difficulty with maintaining balance with some of the positions, and I don't have great form yet, because I'm so inflexible (I can't straighten my legs, can't touch my toes, etc.). Due to this, I think I may pick up some yoga blocks for the standing positions where you have to touch the floor...I can't remember which position it was, but I saw one of the guys using the yoga block for it. I just have to keep pushing through with it, and keep telling myself that I'll become more flexible and yoga will be less frustrating for me.

On the other hand, I loved how it all made my muscles feel! The stretching hurt because of how sore I am, but it was a good hurt. After completing it, I don't feel as sore anymore. Awesome! I really think yoga will be my "I hate it, but I love it" workout.

Another side note: I really like how Tony constantly reassures his viewers that it's okay to take more/longer breaks than what's allotted in the videos. That, and how he'll even stop in the middle of a set and take a mini-break before finishing. It's nice to see that even these insanely ripped people aren't perfect either. Additionally, I like all the modified moves...it seems as though they generally provide 3 modifications per exercise to make it easier, moderate, or harder. Good work P90X!