Yoga Streak Day 4

 

Today, I did the second program in the Yoga for Runners series. It was simple enough. The good news is that the assisted and side planks were not too painful. Maybe my arm needs these moves to heal. Who knows? All I know is that after a few months, it is finally starting to hurt less each day. 

Yoga Streak Day 3

 Today, I tried the yoga program that Chad has been doing and recommended to me. Since it is focused on the lower body, I can give my arm a rest. 

I liked the flow I did today. The only problem I had with this video was that Scott Jurek chimed it way too much which took away from the relaxation element of yoga that I love so much. 

I will probably follow this series until the end knowing that he will continue to annoy me just to let myself heal. I will also look for her name on more workouts. 

Yoga Streak Day 2

 

I completed day 2 of my streak. I purposely looked for a workout that was supposed to be for the lower body to try to avoid downward facing dog to give my sore arm a break. Well, this one had a lot of downward facing dog and some supported planks. I enjoyed the flow and will look for more from Jonelle, but my arm is killing me. I am hoping that I am not doing more damage to my arm by doing this streak.

Yoga Streak Day 1

 

Chad and I have decided to try a yoga streak until the end of the year. I have been looking for ways to get back into a regular exercise routine in which I will not hurt my ancle or arm, and he likes exercise streaks. 

Today was the first day. I did an energetic flow with Molly on Apple Fitness+. (I will most likely use this app every day.) I liked this one. I did poses I had not even heard of before and am still not sure I did them correctly. Since I have dealing with a bit of tendonitis in my elbow for a bit, I tried to choose one that worked mostly the lower body. I was successful for the most part. I did have to do downward facing dog a few times which did not feel good on that one arm. Other than that, I liked the slightly faster pace of this flow and learning new things. Hopefully, I can continue to find enjoyable routines. 

Overcome with Emotion

This morning, I did a 10 minute yoga flow from Apple Fitness+. When I started, I set the intention to feel strong and continued on with one of the more difficult flows I have done through this app without knowing ahead of time that it would be hard. About 8.6 minutes in, we flowed into a mountain pose as the climax of the workout. It felt so good to get to this point. I felt strong and accomplished as tears ran down my face, and I was overcome with emotion. This has never happened before, but I hope it happens again. I want to feel empowered every time I exercise. 

Gym Again

Being sidelined has been difficult. I want to go running, but it hurts and makes things worse. I should probably go to the doctor because I keep exacerbating the injury by doing things like walking around in flip flops or walking barefoot on the beach. I do know that when I wear shoes that are more supportive, it seems to help. I am trying to come up with a plan that will help me get back into exercise and get me out of the house that won't make my heel/ ankle hurt.

For now, my plan is to go to the gym. I signed back up for Planet Fitness a few days ago and plan to go today when I get off work. I don't know how long it will last this time. All I know is that I need this right now. 

Temporary Setback

I am a bit injured and have to rest my ankle/foot for a bit. A few years ago, I strained my achelies  tendon while running. It still acts up every now and then. I saw a doctor for it when I originally injured it, and she said there wasn't much they could do. I don't see the point in seeing them again. 

What am I doing to try to rehab it? I have skipped this last week of running. This is the main thing I can do to make it feel better. I am also doing yoga to help stretch it because I know that part of my problem is that I don't stretch enough. I have also been wearing shoes that are more supportive when I leave the house. I don't know how much it helps since I don't wear shoes most of the time since I work and go to school from home. It is already feeling better after only one week. I am hoping I can run this coming week. I miss it!