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liking my exercise log so far this month
Feb. 5th, 2020 09:44 pmA year or so ago I tried downloading the DownDog yoga app on my phone, and that phone couldn't take it, so I uninstalled it, but had managed to get on their mailing list, and ignored and deleted their not very frequent messages as they arrived now and then, and just continued with my normal daily yoga routine. However, for some reason I happened to glance at one of their emails in early January announcing that they had a new app for High Intensity Interval Training. I had been feeling bad about how much time I spent in the autumn and early winter curled up on the couch with a good book and some food, and thinking I should start working out again, and, being curious, downloaded their new app.
And loved it. The new phone has no issues at all with downloading the videos, the workouts are totally customise-able, and interesting enough to keep me doing them. This prompted me to try downloading their original yoga app, and I love it even more. I am downloading their "advanced" yoga workouts, and they mean it. In every session I can do most of the poses without problem, but there is always one or two in the middle which are still a bit beyond my current abilities. In other words, it is actually forcing me to challenge myself, after (stops to count) 16 years of daily yoga that was more along the lines of maintaining than challenging. I am loving it.
Since I tend to do yoga just before bedtime, and am often kinda tired by then, I started with short sessions (20 min), but they felt like they were too fast, so I upped it by five, and then again, and again. The last couple of days I have done the 45 minute sessions, and they are still feeling like they are over so soon after starting, so I might just do a longer one tomorrow.
Add to that my 3 to 5 days a week meeting Johan for acroyoga, plus Swedish folk dance on Sundays and Herrskaps dance on Wednesdays, plus I actually made time to walk to work one day last week and biked in yesterday, and my log says that so far I am managing 2.6 hours a day of exercise this month. It will be interesting to see if I can keep this up and what the average looks like at the end of the month.
In other news, I have finally received my official notice--my job will end on 2 December. I have known this was coming since April, and thus I have been applying for work here and there when I see something interesting. I will keep doing that till either I find something, or the job is getting closer to ending, and if I haven't landed something my then I will expand the search to things that aren't as appealing.
And loved it. The new phone has no issues at all with downloading the videos, the workouts are totally customise-able, and interesting enough to keep me doing them. This prompted me to try downloading their original yoga app, and I love it even more. I am downloading their "advanced" yoga workouts, and they mean it. In every session I can do most of the poses without problem, but there is always one or two in the middle which are still a bit beyond my current abilities. In other words, it is actually forcing me to challenge myself, after (stops to count) 16 years of daily yoga that was more along the lines of maintaining than challenging. I am loving it.
Since I tend to do yoga just before bedtime, and am often kinda tired by then, I started with short sessions (20 min), but they felt like they were too fast, so I upped it by five, and then again, and again. The last couple of days I have done the 45 minute sessions, and they are still feeling like they are over so soon after starting, so I might just do a longer one tomorrow.
Add to that my 3 to 5 days a week meeting Johan for acroyoga, plus Swedish folk dance on Sundays and Herrskaps dance on Wednesdays, plus I actually made time to walk to work one day last week and biked in yesterday, and my log says that so far I am managing 2.6 hours a day of exercise this month. It will be interesting to see if I can keep this up and what the average looks like at the end of the month.
In other news, I have finally received my official notice--my job will end on 2 December. I have known this was coming since April, and thus I have been applying for work here and there when I see something interesting. I will keep doing that till either I find something, or the job is getting closer to ending, and if I haven't landed something my then I will expand the search to things that aren't as appealing.