Power Yoga 23:00 [1]
Rodney Yee's Yoga for Flexibility with 'Bent. I liked this one. After all the skiing yesterday, it was nice to have a full-body stretch. No attempted handstands this time - phew. It was filmed in a beautiful desert location with indigo skies and red sand, but we were a little worried that he might back into a cactus during a Downward Dog. (We often run into actual downward dogs while attempting to do our Downward Dogs.)
Snowshoeing 40:00 [2]
Cross-country trek with 'Bent and ThunderDog in Palgrave West. There's a thin crust on top of soft, heavy snow - a bit of a slog at times, but the forest was beautiful, and T-Dog was thrilled to be out exploring. It's sad leaving the youthful BulletDog behind when we go out, but we can't risk damaging her knee any further. Only 10 days till her surgery, then we face the huge challenge of keeping our little faster-than-a-speeding-BulletDog from sabotaging her own recovery.
Strength & Mobility (Pilates) 33:00 [1]
The final new DVD from my shopping trip - an intermediate Pilates workout with a body band. I've never done Pilates, so I have nothing to compare it to, but it seemed to have a similar effect to a Power Yoga workout. There was more variety in arm strength exercises, e.g. working specifically on the biceps using the band. I liked it - it's going to be nice to have a few home workout DVDs to choose from, especially shorter ones that can fit into busy days. I'd heard that Pilates provides a tough core workout, and there were a few challenging core exercises in this session - but it was a cakewalk compared to the Hard Core Conditioning DVD.
Strength & Mobility (Legs) 5:00 [1]
A head start on what's going to be a New Year's resolution. Time to get back to the leg strength exercises that helped me recover from my knee injury two years ago. I'm sure it's good for continued injury prevention, but more importantly, I'm noticing that my legs are less strong. I remember how good I felt in spring 2006 after I'd been doing the exercises religiously for 6 months. I want to feel like that again.
- 100 calf lifts - 1 and 2-legged, regular, pigeon-toed, V-toed
- straight leg lifts - regular, foot pointed out
- left lifts from plank