On the recommendation of one of my friends and readers, I tried some YouTube Yoga this morning as an alternative while my ankle heals. As I'm in these really wrist intensive poses, it all comes back to me as to why I haven't done yoga in years. I think I'll continue with yoga though because I'll never recover full strength and range of motion in my wrists if I don't keep pushing myself. It's funny, you may feel while doing yoga that you're not getting an intense workout just because you're not dripping of sweat like in aerobics type workout but I can definitely feel my muscles are sore from the "smooth" and "graceful" movements. I will say, one of the perks of working-out at home is when you need a potty break, it's right there and since it's yours, no need to add squats to your routine. :-) The downside, if you've got a zoo like me, you can have some rude interruptions. I ended up sharing my yoga mat at one time or another with both my cats, both my dogs and the dog I'm babysitting. While I was in shavasana aka corpse pose at the end, the little dachshund I'm sitting was so concerned for me he started crying and crawled on top of me and laid across my chest...my cat however decided I had enough relaxation time and knew just how to damage my calm as she attempted to sit on my face.
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