Monday, August 20, 2007

You Mean That's A Muscle???

My body has changed since January. My thighs & calves are trimmer & more muscular, understandably so; but my arms are too! The gut still needs work--that requires more "pushaways" from the dinner table. Oddly enough, I have an extra "love handle" just above my butt. Yesterday, in our 4:00 yoga class, Heather had us doing a stretch she said builds the muscle that would make our butts look like "goldfish bowls". Turns out I wasn't the only one with a "butt love handle." And what a relief when she told us it's a muscle!

To those of you who aren't at all interested in taking yoga: Y'all really need to come to these classes. It's not all about burning incense & deep breathing. Yoga is generally known as being beneficial for improving flexibility, but many of these poses provide good strengthening. Some of the poses brought tears to my eyes and my legs felt like jello afterwards, but that means I'm getting stronger. I want to be strong. :)

Happy Training Everyone!

1 comment:

cjonesrun said...

That's a great advertisement for yoga! I have missed the last 2 classes and look forward to getting back on Wednesday. See ya there!