Thursday, November 19, 2009

Week off is going ok

... except that a nasty muscle spasm returned in my back Monday night.  I went to the massage therapist Tuesday.  Wednesday, things seemed to be better.  Then, this morning I thought I felt it again.  Hopefully it's just healing and that is what I feel.  I think I'll use the hot pack again today.

Sunday evening, I went to a yoga class at church and then on Tuesday morning, when I got up with the pain, I did another yoga video from YogaToday.com.  I did this week's free one, which is "Cultivating Friendliness with Twisting Postures."  I really like their videos, but I wouldn't purchase a membership because our internet connection clogs so much in the evening that streaming is out of the question.  Mornings seem to be ok.  So, I purchased a couple to have around.  I did "Happy Hips and Hamstrings" last night.  I think one of my issues with squats is tight hamstrings, so I thought it would be good.  I also purchased "Prevent Sciatica with Yoga" which should also have some hamstring work in it.

This morning I did Rachel Cosgrove's metabolic workout.  Some of the exercises were awkward, some were very challenging.  I think I'll get more out of it as I become more familiar with the exercises.  I did one set of each.  I think I'll have to work up to 2 sets.  For now, it's too much!.  It was nice to have the interval timer on my Garmin to time the exercises.

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