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Captain's Log: August 27, 2015

 

warm-up

 

1 x Sun Salutation

 

cow-cat-child's pose

balancing the cat

threading the needle

 

pigeon

king pigeon

easy pose with twist

double pigeon

cow face

 

5min Savasana

 

Total time: 37 minutes

Soundtrack: Blackmill

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Captain's Log: August 28, 2015

 

warm-up

 

1 x Sun Salutation

 

Warrior Flow

 

Added 'warrior I' between 'revolved crescent lunge' and 'warrior III' and while I wobbled a bit, I was able to move from warrior I to warrior III to dancer without dropping my back foot or falling over! Warrior Flow is now: wide-legged forward bend, side lunges, pyramid, triangle, warrior I, warrior II, reverse warrior, extended side angle, reversed warrior, revolved crescent lunge, warrior I, warrior III, dancer

 

puppy dog

 

Total time: 23 minutes

Soundtrack: French Cuisine

 

 

 

5 minute dance party

 

PIlates 100

15 x single-leg stretch

15 x single straight-leg stretch

5 x double leg lift

10 x corkscrew

5 x roll-up

 

Total time: 12 minutes

Soundtrack: Everybody Dance Now / Bust a Move

 

Am I the only '90s child who finds Everybody Dance Now (Make you Sweat) strangely inspirational thanks to Man of the House? (A SKILL-LEARNIN' MONTAGE.)

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Captain's Log: September 4, 2015

 

warm-up

 

Warrior Flow on right side

 

...

 

 

 

I think it's safe to say the workout portion of my challenge isn't getting done this week.

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Captain's Log: September 5, 2015

 

warm-up: Headspace walking meditation (there! I finally found a reason to start listing the contents of my warm up again! It's wasn't the same as always.)

 

bound angle

double pigeon

cow face

 

camel

 

cat-cow

balancing the cat

threading the needle

 

pigeon

king pigeon

 

Warrior Flow

 

I haven't been doing as much bound angle because I felt like it "wasn't doing anything" but I've had to be very, very careful in my wide-legged forward bends and some of the rest of the Warrior Flow because I feel like I'm nearly tearing the muscles in my groin. Back to bound angle, apparently.

 

Total time: ???

Soundtrack: Peaceful Choral Music/Disney

Meditation: Headspace Foundation Day 18

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Captain's Log: September 15, 2015

 

My. Knee. Hurts.

 

seated head to knee

bound angle

double pigeon

reclining pigeon

shoulder stand

cow face

 

cat-cow pose

balancing the cat

 

Total time: 20 minutes

Soundtrack: Sublime Strings Cello

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Captain's Log: September 17, 2015

 

warm-up: mountain pose, tree pose, side-stretches, forward bends

 

Sun Salutation x 2

 

bound angle

double pigeon

reclining pigeon

cow face

easy pose with spinal twist

 

cow-cat-child's pose flow

balancing the cat

threading the needle

 

pigeon

king pigeon

 

Warrior Flow

 

Total Time: 52 minutes

Soundtrack: 88 Keys

 

Meditation: Headspace Foundation Day 29

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Captain's Log: Last Week or Whatever

 

I didn't log anything from last week, but I met my goal of 2.5 hours, and everything was pretty much the same as always, other than the night I did 15 minutes of floor stretches while watching Frasier. 

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Captain's Log: September 22, 2015

 

mountain pose, tree pose, side stretches, forward folds

 

3 x Sun Salutation

 

Total Time: 15 minutes

 

 

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Pilates 100

15 x single leg stretches

15 x single straight leg stretches

5 x double leg lift

5 x roll up

 

Total time: 8 minutes

 

Soundtrack: Bollywood Workout

 

Now that I'm counting yoga separate from core workouts (unless the core workout is all or mostly yoga? I don't know...) I'm going to have to play with the format of my log.

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Captain's Log: September 24, 2015

 

warm-up: mountain pose, tree pose, side-stretches, forward fold

 

3 x Sun Salutations

 

bound angle

double pigeon

cow face

shoulder stand

 

cow-cat pose

balancing the cat

 

pigeon

king pigeon

 

Warrior flow

 

Total time: 50 minutes

Soundtrack: Bollywood Workout

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Captain's Log: January 4, 2016

 

Pilates 100

10 x single-leg stretch

10 x straight single-leg stretch

5 x double leg lifts

5 x roll-ups

earthquake

5 x single leg teasers (each side)

5 x single leg circles (each side)

30 sec low plank

30 sec high plank

30 sec low side plank (each side)

30 sec high side plank (each side)

3 x mermaid twist (each side)

10 x up-downs (each side)

10 x criss-cross (bicycle crunches)
splits preparation... lunge... thing

 

Total time: 28 minutes

Soundtrack: Spice Girls

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Working out to Spice Girls sounds surprisingly refreshing! Here's to an amazing first week:D

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Captain's Log: January 7, 2016

 

Pilates 100

20 x single-leg stretch

20 x straight single-leg stretch

5 x double leg lifts

5 x roll-ups

5 x single leg teasers (each side)

5 x single leg circles (each side)

 

pyramid pose

high lunge

low lunge

lizard pose

runner's lunge(? I've heard it called that twice now, but hardly any of the Google images results are this pose)

 

30 sec low plank

30 sec high plank

30 sec low side plank (each side)

30 sec high side plank (each side)

2 x mermaid twist (each side)

10 x up-downs (each side)

 

Total time: 30 minutes

Soundtrack: Spice Girls again because why not

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Captain's Log: January 9, 2016

 

Pilates 100

20 x single-leg stretch

20 x straight single-leg stretch

5 x double leg lifts

5 x roll-ups

5 x single leg teasers (each side)

5 x corkscrew (each side)

20 x criss-cross

 

pyramid pose

high lunge

low lunge

lizard pose

runner's lunge

warrior III

dancer

 

Total time: 25 minutes

Soundtrack: Heaviest Hits Throwback Workout

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Captain's Log: January 12, 2016

 

Pilates 100

20 x single-leg stretch

20 x straight single-leg stretch

10 x double leg lifts

10 x roll-ups

5 x single leg teasers (each side)

10 x corkscrew (each side)

 

30 sec low plank

30 sec high plank

30 sec low side plank (each side)

30 sec high side plank (each side)

5 x mermaid twist (each side)

 

pyramid pose

high lunge

low lunge

lizard pose

runner's lunge

 

bridge pose

wheel pose

 

Total time: 35 minutes

Soundtrack: a mix of '90s dance and early '00s club music, mostly about making you sweat, busting a move, loosening buttons, and getting busy.

 

Also...

 

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Captain's Log: January 14, 2016

 

Pilates 100

20 x single-leg stretch

20 x straight single-leg stretch

10 x double leg lifts

10 x roll-ups

5 x single leg teasers (each side)

10 x corkscrew (each side)

 

If I haven't mentioned it earlier, nearly all of my Pilates exercises are modified with my knees bent. I can't actually hold my legs straight up in the air. (Yet.) I took an aerobics class in high school that was mostly Winsor Pilates, and nearly fifteen years later, I still hear the tiny volleyball player on the mat next to me loudly announcing that she couldn't believe some people in the class found it difficult to hold their legs up. It's strange how small comments like that just stick sometimes. Anyway... this was all a long-winded way to say I also worked on holding my legs straight up for awhile.

 

30 sec low plank

30 sec high plank

30 sec low side plank (each side)

30 sec high side plank (each side)

5 x mermaid twist (each side) fell over twice completing the second side, so it was more like 4 and 3/2. 

 

Played with Wild Thing pose and Starfish/Balancing Star (another tough-to-Google pose... ) but started too late in my energy/strength game to do either without falling over.

 

pyramid pose

high lunge

low lunge

lizard pose

runner's lunge

pigeon I can definitely take my hands off the mat without falling on my face now.

king pigeon I can almost take my hand off the mat without falling on my face now. Almost.

 

10 x up-downs (each side)

 

Total time: 40 minutes

Soundtrack: Same playlist as last time, all about shaking money makers, doing things one more time to get lucky, and it being hot in herre.

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Captain's Log: January 15, 2016

 

Pilates 100

20 x single-leg stretch

20 x single straight-leg stretch

5 x double leg lifts

10 x roll-ups

5 x single leg teasers (each side)

10 x corkscrew (each side)

 

stretching legs with resistance bands

 

45 sec low plank

30 sec high plank

30 sec low side plank (each side)

30 sec high side plank (each side)

3 x mermaid twist (each side)

 

pyramid pose

high lunge

low lunge

lizard pose

runner's lunge

 

Total time: 32 minutes

Soundtrack: ...I'm running out of references to make about my playlist.

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Captain's Log: January 19, 2016

 

Pilates 100

20 x single-leg stretch

20 x straight single-leg stretch

10 x double leg lifts

10 x roll-ups

10 x single leg teasers (each side)

10 x corkscrew (each side)

 

30 second low plank

30 second high plank

 

Total time: 18 minutes

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Captain's Log: January 21, 2016

 

high lunge

low lunge

lizard pose

runner's lunge

 

Warrior Flow: 

wide-legged forward bend

side lunges

pyramid

triangle

warrior I

warrior II

reverse warrior

extended side angle

reversed warrior

revolved crescent lunge

high lunge

warrior III

dancer

 

It's been so long since I've done my Warrior Flow that it was pretty tough to get through again. 

 

30 sec low plank

30 sec high plank

30 sec low side plank (each side)

30 sec high side plank (each side)

5 x mermaid twist (each side)

sage tree pose

 

 

25 x single-leg stretch

25 x single straight-leg stretch

5 x double leg lifts

10 x roll-ups

 

Total time: 32 minutes

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Captain's Log: January 26, 2016

 

mountain pose

forward fold

 

wide-legged forward fold

side lunge

pyramid

high lunge

lizard pose

low lunge

runner's lunge

 

bound angle

cow face

double pigeon

 

sun salutations x 3

various attempts at sage tree, during which I learned Pilates taught me to do a weird side plank that does not lend itself to yoga side plank variations

 

single leg stretch x 20

single straight-leg stretch x 20

 

total time: 40 minutes

soundtrack: Classical Romance

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Captain's Log: January 29, 2016

 

Pilates 100

20 x single leg stretch

20 x single straight leg stretch

 

resistance band stretching

 

5 x roll-ups

5 x double leg lifts

5 x corkscrew (each side)

5 x single leg teasers (each side)

 

wide-legged forward fold

high lunge

lizard pose

low lunge

runner's lunge

 

Warrior Flow
 

Total time: 30 minutes

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Captain's Log: January 30, 2016

 

Pilates 100

20 x single leg stretch

20 x single straight leg stretch

5 x roll ups

5 x corkscrew (each side)

5 x single leg teasers (each side)

5 x double leg lifts

 

30 second low plank

30 second high plank

30 second low side plank (each side)

30 second high side plank (each side)

sage tree pose (each side)

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Captain's Log: February Challenge

During this challenge, I'm trying two new yoga practices each week. 

 

Week One: YogaGlo videos 'Catch Your Breath' and 'Calm Your Mind Through Flow'

 

Week Two: YogaGlo video 'Patience Grasshopper' and this article on headstands

 

Week Three: YogaGlo video 'A Beginner's Guide to the Essentials of Backbends' and YogaJournal's 'Embrace the Unfamilar' sequence

 

Week Four: Yoga Journal's 'Set a Goal and Meet It' sequence.

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Captain's Log: March 1, 2016

 

Rather lazy yoga session on a blanket in the living room while watching Netflix... I made myself do it while dinner was in the oven.

 

cat-cow pose

puppy dog

sphinx

cobra

upward-facing dog

bow

bridge

wind relieving pose (man, I hate that name... lol)

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Captain's Log: March 3, 2016

 

cat-cow pose

balancing cat

puppy dog

sphinx

cobra

downward facing dog

upward facing dog

chaturanga 

bow

headstand prep

bridge

wheel (attempted, not accomplished)

easy pose with twist

half lord of the fishes

bound angle

cow face

double pigeon

 

10 minute savasana w/ Calm app

 

Total time: 40 minutes

Soundtrack: dubstep