Did Ab ripper last night and Yoga today. I'm really improving on both. Honestly, it is mostly mental. The more I know about an exercise, the more I can mentally prepare for it and the less I have to watch the DVD. All that adds up to performing better because I am more focused. I did not use the cheat sheet I created, but I know making it a few days ago helped me remember stuff to do today. So it was worth it.
I've also let go of a lot of things...stuff like "I can't pause the DVD" or "I have to quit when it gets hard" or "I MUST be able to do what they are doing on the screen." Once I let go of those things, everything got better. It is also pretty amazing how it seems impossible to continue to do something after 15-20 seconds, but you see you only have 10 seconds left and somehow you are able to continue to push through.
As I suggested, I couldn't do some of the Yoga stuff...specifically some of the later Asanas. But they admit that those are advanced. So I don't beat myself up about it. I mean, it is only the second time I even tried. I don't give up and just watch the screen...I keep trying as they are going through it. I will eventually get it.
No one should poo poo Yoga. I think it is easy to blow it off...you aren't running or lifting anything heavy. But this stuff is awesome. It really trains your fine motor control. And it is HARD. Just wait until you are 15-20 minutes into it.
Today I was actually able to concentrate on breathing through the poses. I didn't have my breathing coordinated as much as they wanted, but I did enough that it made a difference on being able to focus and balance. I still blew off the last 5 minutes (corpse pose...fetal pose). I'm just not into the spiritual stuff.
One thing I learned is that I 'm going to have to get a mat. The first week I did it on our carpet along with the other P90X routines. I learned really quick that I was going to ruin the carpet with my bodily secretions so I got a short pile throw rug. However, when that gets wet I simply can't keep traction. I'll pick up a mat before next time and see how it goes.
Once again, I really have to thank my awesome wife for watching the kids all this morning while I was upstairs. I couldn't do it without her support. I love you (Melanie...not the readers of this blog)!
