Monday, January 16, 2006
Back Care Yoga for Beginners take 1
Who: Radagast, Radagast's SO, and Radagast's SO's mom
Exercise type: Back Care Yoga for Beginners with Rodney Yee
Portions of tape: entire tape
Duration: ~20 minutes
Notes: A good mild workout focusing on the back; it requires both a chair and a yoga strap. The cueing is excellent (as is typical with Rodney Yee videos). The chair is used to modify typical yoga poses (e.g., triangle, downward dog) to make them easier to do; Radagast's SO's mom had little trouble doing any of them. Most of the poses did not require a lot of exertion, and those that did were not held for long. This seems like a good quick workout for beginners (though since we haven't done it long-term we're not sure how effective it is at strengthening the back). This is also one of few yoga videos we've done that wouldn't be substantially helped by doing Yoga for Beginners beforehand.
Soreness report: Both Radagast and SO's shoulders and sides are sore from yesterday's Gentle Yoga tape.
Radagast's totals: 4/150, $17.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 4/150, $17.50
Exercise type: Back Care Yoga for Beginners with Rodney Yee
Portions of tape: entire tape
Duration: ~20 minutes
Notes: A good mild workout focusing on the back; it requires both a chair and a yoga strap. The cueing is excellent (as is typical with Rodney Yee videos). The chair is used to modify typical yoga poses (e.g., triangle, downward dog) to make them easier to do; Radagast's SO's mom had little trouble doing any of them. Most of the poses did not require a lot of exertion, and those that did were not held for long. This seems like a good quick workout for beginners (though since we haven't done it long-term we're not sure how effective it is at strengthening the back). This is also one of few yoga videos we've done that wouldn't be substantially helped by doing Yoga for Beginners beforehand.
Soreness report: Both Radagast and SO's shoulders and sides are sore from yesterday's Gentle Yoga tape.
Radagast's totals: 4/150, $17.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 4/150, $17.50
