Yoga X was awesomeeeee. It was an hour and a half - the longest one by far - but I barely noticed how long it was while I was doing it. Well, mostly anyway. There were a few poses in there that got pretty repetitive after awhile. I even started sweating, and not just because it's stuffy in my room. I was not expecting to sweat during a yoga routine! The ab/core part was especially killer, you can reeeally feel it in there trying to hold yourself off the ground. But I think the best part was how relaxing it ended up being. The first 95% of the video is hardcore, lots of moving and twisting and balancing and all that jazz, but the last couple minutes were nice, just to sit and breathe and feel how much looser all my muscles felt - pretty big accomplishment too, especially since I had a riding lesson earlier today as well. Which went okay - was having some issues getting the canter without help from Monte, but I eventually got it worked out, like the very last time I tried to pick it up around the ring. Otherwise I had a pretty good lesson though! My stirrups ended up pretty short so I got a really good leg workout too. And I think I did a great job keeping my butt in the tack (as Malinda would say) at the sitting trot considering how short they were. My canter position isn't as great, I really need to work on keeping my back straight instead of rounding it out while I try to push my butt down to keep myself in the saddle. Hopefully all this core work will pay off and help me improve that. I may not win the show on Sunday, but I'll do my best and then know what I need to work on right? That's where the blue ribbon winning really starts :)
I think I should probably get an actual yoga mat before I have to do this video again though. My carpet is not very kind to my knees. And I really have to vacuum it, haha. Tomorrow is Legs & Back and AB RIPPER X again! But I think our homecoming game vs Illinois is taking priority...I'll get it all done though. :) Woo!
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