Richard Gibney's 365 Days of Fitness: Day 296

Day 296 Without fail, Canadians celebrating Halloween corresponded with snow falling on the ground. Nicole and I were lucky last night, as we just missed getting stuck in a big dump of snow while we walked home from the bar in our costumes. When we woke up this morning our cars were covered in snow and all plans of having a super productive Sunday seemed less attractive.

I made my way around town briefly to pick up groceries and odds and ends but promptly came home and spent the rest of the day at home. The weather really wasn't that bad. I guess I'm just a bit soft right now. In a few months today will seem like a balmy spring day but for today I used the weather as excuse to be lazy bum.

Not wanting to leave the house, I had to come up with a way to get my workout done at home. I thought about the standard push-ups and squats workout but I did that to death in the summer when I was traveling, so I came up with something else. I went on itunes and looked for a Yoga video to download. I found Rodney Yee's Yoga Conditioning for Athletes.

Today's Workout:

45 minutes of Yoga (Rodney Yee's Yoga Conditioning For Athletes)

I had never done Yoga on my own before. I've been to enough classes to know a few poses but I haven't felt I had enough understanding to put together my own yoga session. This Yoga Conditioning video actually worked quite well. I did miss the personal touch of actually having an instructor with me but overall I felt like I got an authentic yoga experience. I had been sitting on the couch all day, so getting things moving and loosened up felt really good. I have the video on my computer now, to refer to whenever I want, so I might actually start making yoga a more regular experience.