Day 67: Yoga X2

Random thoughts today during Yoga:

I can hold crane longer. It’s a weird pose because when you’re actually doing it you almost feel locked in place, but to get there you feel like you’re going to fall on your face. I don’t want to fall on my face.

Tony mentions that the one girl plans his meals, yet he can never get her name right. Weird. Also, apparently she does 90% yoga and has been doing it for 14 years… but she can’t do crane? Maybe she’s just the example modifier for crane.

The other girl has the same name as someone in P90X but I’m pretty sure she’s a different person, or she’s had a lot of work done. Regardless, her boobs are totally fake; their shape when she lies down bugs me. My husband believes she is Beachbody’s ploy to get men to do the Yoga DVD. He may be right.

I really want to be able to do the splits again. I like the modifier move of using a yoga block to get lower; hopefully this will eventually lead to be doing the splits. Otherwise, I generally like that yoga makes me feel flexible. I’m not where I used to be, but I can generally follow the most flexible person on the DVD.

Strength moves are my weakness. The guru guy doesn’t seem to believe in gravity. And for good reason; he must be made of helium. Today I was able to copy the basic crow pose though I couldn’t lift my supporting foot/leg; this was only possible with my right leg forward.

I really like that the P90X2 has you stand on your tip toes in downward dog before jumping your feet forward. I feel like I have a lot more control this way. I’m not in slow motion but I’m not rushed.

My new yoga mat has a great pattern for helping with hand placement. Helps me stay symmetrical and encourages me to spread out my hands for balance moves. Today I also used a pattern to help me focus and hold my head steady during crane.

Yesterday I was pondering if my increased balance would make trickier yoga moves better. Today I’m not sure.

Yoga seems to have three factors: strength, balance, and flexibility. Strength is improving but I need to keep at it. Balance is better, but primarily for lower body balance; upper body balance seems to get back to the strength factor. Flexibility is the easiest of the three for me but there’s always room for growth.

I’m glad Yoga is included in Phase 3. It’ll be nice to have one workout per week that I’m already familiar with. Since I was so bad at keeping up with Yoga when I first started P90X2 I feel like I’m still playing catch up with where I could have been.