Setting Intentions
March 2023 Slice of Life challenge
Is today the last day of this slice challenge or is it tomorrow? Either way it doesn’t matter because we all know I have the time. It’s a good thing I have something pressing on my mind to write about. Ok, so really it’s nothing too pressing.
My current not so deep thought: I’ve been testing out several options for at home workouts. I had to turn my 5 days a week at the gym and 2 days a week at the yoga studio into something I could do at home. I have some equipment at home like dumbbells of various (heavier) weights, yoga mat and props, ankle weights and resistance bands left over from physical therapy. I wish I still had my lighter weights but I can’t seem to locate them. I have a vague memory of maybe dropping them off at Goodwill thinking I wouldn’t need them. And damn how I wish I still had them now. I was also able to order a pad for ab exercises before the Amazon “essentials only” rule became a thing. But I digress. After unsuccessfully trying to do my usual gym/yoga routine which required too many modifications I realized quickly that was unrealistic and I needed to try something new. So I download several apps to try out. Peloton, Beachbody, Daily Burn and Yoga Collective were a few. I figured with all the free trial offers it would fill some time to try them all. So my gripe is with the Peloton app. I’ve been using the strength training workouts for core and both upper and lower body . During the workouts, which were streamed live originally, the instructor is calling out screen names of those participating and also congratulating participants on their milestones. For example, “Yay 100 class milestone for stronggirl301!” or “Way to burn it out Toughguy1989!” I could tolerate these shoutouts during my strength workouts but when I tried the Peleton yoga class I couldn’t believe they were doing these same type of shoutouts when we were holding poses. If you know yoga at all you know it’s supposed to be quiet, contemplative and very internal. Let me just say, huge fail Peloton, huge fail. Enough with the shoutouts already I'm trying to do some yoga. I guess I will be moving on to the Yoga Collective app in hopes for a more zen experience with my at home yoga.
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ADRIENNE GILLESPIE
3/30/2020 02:23:24 pm
It does seem weird to have shout outs during a yoga class.The good thing is, there are plenty of quieter options out there.
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3/30/2020 02:53:28 pm
Ooh - I'm a big NO to shoutouts during yoga. What's that all about? I hope you find a yoga app that does better than that. And until then, good on you for keeping up with your workouts!
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