Today's routine focused on breathing and working the muscles without the all the cardio. Does this sound like a familiar exercise? Maybe a very trendy, well known exercise? I personally have not experienced it myself but from my reading and again being honest my favorite TV shows it seems strangely similar to Yoga.
I have read a few articles about Yoga because being a person that lives in the fast paced world of Corporate America I often wondered if I could break into the spiritual side of this trendy exercise. For me doing yoga would be a way to become more flexible because I spend long hours sitting a desk and more importantly if there was a way to learn how to quiet the anxious world that lives within me. In my mind I could never really bridge the gap between spiritual meditation, breathing, stretching and a physical workout that toned your body into a beautiful shape.
INSANITY has built that bridge for me.
Today as we concentrated on slow squats, lunges and then into various stretching poses (warrior pose, downward dog) I began to see sweat beads rolling down my nose and hitting the floor. I noticed that my body was shaking as every muscle in my core, thighs and arms tried to find a way to hold their own weight and remain balanced. At the end of this workout I was physically tired, sweaty but not amped up from the cardio.
After spending two days lacking enthusiasm and energy I find myself once again inspired by the possibilities of what lies ahead when I finish this INSANE challenge.
I might just take the walk across the bridge that was built for me by this INSANITY program and take on the YOGA challenge.
HAPPY TGITH!!
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