Hi Ladies,
I started posting the other day but then had to stop before I finished because something came up and I had to get to work quickly.
Tuesday in my class we did yin yoga. I really enjoyed it, although the instructor was supposed to teach for 1 hour and 10 mins and she only did 50. It seemed like she ended abruptly, and I felt a bit disappointed since it had been such a nice practice. I made it to over 8,200 steps by night time but fell asleep before I could get in more cardio for the day.
Wednesday was the last day of yoga in class. This instructor, who had incredible energy, started out with flow and then ended with some restorative yoga. It was a really good class also and the students seemed to enjoy it. I made it to over 7,000 steps by night time but fell asleep before I could get in more cardio.
Thursday we started the *hike* portion of the class.
We did a 3-mile walk/hike on a local trail that took exactly 1 hour (pace was about 19 mins per mile, which I think is really good for a class of 25 with 2 instructors). I had never walked there before but I liked it a lot and will definitely return.
I ended up with over 16,000 steps for the day.
Yesterday we took a field trip to a national park in NC to hike. When we got there the main trail, the one we had planned to hike, was closed, so my co-prof, who had been there before, basically decided to cut everything short (she had ulterior motives because after we found out the main trail was closed she mentioned something about wanting to get back early), so we all did a short 35 min hike, and then we had the students do another 35 min trail and we met them with the vans to pick them up. It was a beautiful location, but upon thinking about it last night, I was disappointed that I, personally, and the students, didn't get to do more hiking while we were there and if I could do it over, I would have insisted that we walk more of the smaller trails. It was only an hour away, but it was a long way to go to do so little there (especially for me and her. I essentially drove an hour to walk for a little over 30 mins
).
I only made it to over 9,200 steps for the day.
Not sure what I will do today for exercise, but I know I have a lot of cleaning to do around the house.
SB- Great job with the Paula B workout! Sending positive vibes that you keep seeing improvement!
Penguin - Glad to hear that you got back to working out!
In hindsight, yes, I think that the (well, it was really about 1 hour and 40 mins) yoga class was too long.
Nora - Great job with your workouts! I was would like to incorporate more stretching and/or restorative type yoga into the end of my day.