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Since I ran for the first time in five weeks yesterday, and since I don't want to go too hard too fact, I decided today should be a bit of a "recovery" day. I considered doing "Group Power" (weight lifting in a group to music). The last time I did that I was sore for days, so it didn't seem like much of a recovery. When I saw "Body Flow" on the schedule of my fitness club I thought, "Yoga, some stretches, some relaxation...that would be a fairly easy class."
WRONG!!!
Yoga ain't for sissies, lemme tell ya!
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In addition to that little known fact (by anyone who has never taken a yoga class), I learned that I'm much more flexible than I thought I would be. There were only a few moves I had to do the "option" (meaning, "If you can't contort your body into a double pretzel, the 'option' is a single twisted curly-que."). That was mostly a product of the other thing I learned....
I have virtually NO strength in my lower back. When I did the "Extreme Abs" class I found out I have no glutes at all, so I think my lack of muscle goes from my mid back all the way down to the top of my leg!! It's very hard to work a muscle you just can't find!!
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I'm having a hard time trying to figure out a good workout schedule. "IF" I'm able to get back up to 6 miles, I'll be doing the 1/2 marathon training. My weekly mileage will start ramping up, but I know I still need strength and cross training. I'm just not sure when to schedule everything in. Can I strength train on the days as the "shorter" runs? Is yoga considered "cross training"? I think these are the kinds of questions that "should" be covered in the training I'm signed up for. CAN'T WAIT!!
Thanks for stopping in, come again soon!
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Glad you are getting back into it! Have you tried the yoga for runners class at FF?! :)
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