Creative Meanderings

It has been a slow exercise week. I am struggling a bit in getting myself into a proper workout routine outside of the yoga sessions. Perhaps I will be able to find some focus after we get away this weekend. 

I did try a new sequence used by the Ashtanga primary series via YouTube, which I enjoyed and felt the benefits of. So, I imagine I shall incorporate that more into my exercise regime, but I still need to get myself to the gym as well…. Always goals to be met! 😉

May 7th (Sunday)

• 60′ Ladies’ Wellness Yoga

May 8th (Monday)

• 60′ Private yoga session

May 9th (Tuesday)

• 65′ Ashtanga primary series via YouTube
• 60′ Private yoga session

May 10th (Wednesday)

• 60′ Men’s Wellness Yoga

May 11th – 13th (Thursday – Saturday)

• Away on vacation in Fujairah….may do some practice but any exercise will likely consist of dips in the pool or raising the glass to my lips and back to the table or flipping from my backside to my front side. 😛

Well this week has been much better. I managed to take the first steps to get myself back to the gym. Although I did not quite get back to my regular routine, I did get a start, which is half the battle! 😀 It helped to have a couple of random people mention to me in passing that they had noticed I had been absent from the gym. Even though I do not generally interact with others at the gym, it is nice to be seen.

So, here it is:

April 23rd (Sunday)

• 60′ Ladies’ Evening Yoga

April 24th (Monday) – 20′

• 15 burpees
• 35 35kg total abdominal x2
• 30 20kg low row
• 40 5kg ab crunch x2
• 20 15kg chest press
• 30 4kg tricep back curls
• 20 4kg back crunch
• 15 4kg side crunch each side
• 100 jumping jacks
• 15 15kg shoulder press
• 60′ Ladies’ Morning Yoga

April 25th (Tuesday) – 45′

• 31′ 3.5km on treadmill
• 20 7.5kg high pull machine
• 10 5kg overhead press machine
• 60′ Private 2:1 Yoga

April 26th (Wednesday)

• 60′ Men’s Wellness Yoga

April 27th – 29th (Thursday to Saturday)

• Yoga Teacher Training weekend

Oh this week….I have become lackadaisical in my workout regime lately. Granted I generally take a wee break after a yoga training weekend. However, I have lost my groove a bit with the gym or other workout. So, will have to think on this a bit.

Anyway, here’s what I did manage to get up to this week:

April 9th (Sunday) & 10th (Monday)

• Recovery days

April 11th (Tuesday)

• 90′ of slow yoga and walking meditation at St Regis Saadiyat for AWN AD’s Stretch for a Cause
• 70′ Last of sessions for my Tuesday evening Wellness Yoga

April 12th (Wednesday)

• Planned session that got cancelled so I relaxed instead. 😉

April 13th (Thursday)

• Planned session got cancelled due to a change in my schedule…oops…

April 14th (Friday)

• 60′ Friday Wellness Yoga

April 15th (Saturday)

• 60′ private yoga session
• 60′ private yoga session

So, maybe I did enough yoga this week to make up for the lack of gym time. Think I need to consider how to get my gym time by either getting up early again and hitting it or working it in to my daily schedule somehow….We shall see. 😀

~T 😀

My gym days are a little by the wayside. However, my goal to tone my stomach is still coming along – through the yoga. 😉 So, with a lot more yoga happening and a weekend of training before I head to Japan, I am taking a wee break still from the gym. I plan to do a bit more running/walking while on holiday, but the weights will have to wait until I get back, I think…. 😀

Mar 12 (Sunday)

• Wellness yoga – last of 6week program

Mar 13 (Monday)

• Yoga at home focusing on arm balances

Mar 14 (Tuesday)

• Sick with a cold… 😷🤧🤒😢

Mar 15 (Wednesday)

• Couch bound – sick with sore body… 🤒🤧😪

Mar 16 (Thursday)

• One more day of recovery…feeling somewhat better…😬

Mar 17 – 18 (Friday to Saturday)

• Training weekend