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[clevermanka]

Check it. This is basically half my regular yoga routine. Good to know I intuitively integrated the best poses for strength conditioning! I haven't used his recommended numbers 6 and 7, but I shall from now on.

In case anyone is interested, my yoga session (which I've been trying to keep at three days a week now that I've resumed strength training three times a week) goes like this:
5 minutes meditation
~5 minutes of warm-ups (circling each joint slowly through its full range of motion several times and several breaths of cat/cow to loosen the spine)
10 sun salutations
The following poses for ~10 breaths each:
Utthita Trikonasana/Triangle Pose
Utthita Parsvakonasana/Extended Side Angle Pose
Virabhadrasana II/Warrior 2
Uttanasana/Forward Bend
Virabhadrasana I/Warrior 1
Parsvottanasana/Intense Side Stretch
Uttanasana/Forward Bend
Balasana/Child Pose
Agnistambhasana/Fire Log Pose
Shoelace Pose (Cow Face Pose w/o the arms)
Eka Pada Rajakapotasana/Pigeon Pose I get into Pigeon Pose from Down Dog, which I hold for five breaths before moving into Pigeon
Salamba Sarvangasana/Shoulder Stand for ~ 2 or 3 minutes
Halasana for ~30 seconds
Savasana/Corpse Pose for at least five minutes

That takes about an hour. If I have extra time, I throw in core-focused poses like Paripurna Navasana/Boat Pose and Uttihita Chaturanga Dandasana/Plank Pose.

Today's Tumblr! Tuesday, June 4: Sculpture

I had to run some errands last night and one of them took me right by Kief's Audio, which is closing up the retail music side of the store. So, lots of CDs on sale. I went through all the $.99 and $2.88 CDs, then checked the regular CD racks for one or two specific CDs. I walked out with eleven CDs for $34. Fuck being broke. I'll carry a balance on the credit card this month if I have to. New music makes me happy.



Speaking of music, this month I'll be purchasing tickets for two concerts. Omar Faruk Tekbilek and Rob Zombie.

I CONTAIN MULTITUDES.

Comments

[carmy-w.livejournal.com]

That tumblr collection was awesome! I reblogged more than half of it!

I wholly endorse your gif above!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear you liked the collection. Thank you for letting me know!

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to get home and look at those poses!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I think this series/flow would be really good for you. You have tight hip problems, too, right? This series is nice for a round of strengthening the supporting muscles of the legs and then letting the hips o-p-e-n. I've been pleased with how focusing on that has improved my squat form.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Hooray for lots of new music!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

We seriously need a new CD storage method.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

YOUR ICON.

*fistbump over Radiohead love*

Have you listened to Amok, the album by Thom Yorke's side band, Atoms for Peace? I LOVE IT. SO MUCH.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

The idea that we shouldn't do "static" stretches is totally news to me. Huh.

AHAHAHA the shoe lace pose? In high school, that's how I always sat on the ground. I still do that.

Oh, and I can only do pigeon with my heel closer to my body--I never ever do it with my leg parallel to the top of the mat like that. My knees hurt just thinking about it. Yikes.

What really needs work for me is my hip psoas: http://www.fasciafreedomfighters.com/diy-friday-psoas-love/ Stupid swayback. The vast majority of backbend poses are out for me (I can almost hear my lower back go crunch), so stretching them is tricky. But I really need them to be stronger. You should see my bridge pose. I can barely get my ass off the ground and my legs shake. Gaaah.

OH, AND: The best people all contain multitudes. Liking totally different kinds of music = awwww yissss.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

The idea that we shouldn't do "static" stretches is totally news to me. Huh.

Yeah, it's very interesting! Apparently doing so before a weight training session is detrimental to your lifting--both your technique and the amount you can lift. BUT doing active stretching and yoga-style movements 24 hours before (or sooner, if after) resistance training is very good.

I'm working to get my leg more at 90 degrees in pigeon. It's slow going. My knee isn't the weak spot, though, it's my tight hips.

Have you tried any self-myofascial release techniques for loosening up your psoas? It might help to do similar mobility work on your hamstrings, too. That could definitely help the swayback.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how you'd do release on your psoas, they're set deep inside your hips.

My hamstrings are really flexible, actually. I can almost put my hands flat on the floor without bending my knees. It's awesome--lots of cyclists get low back pain from tight hamstrings, and I never have.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Here's one video. This is what I do for mobility work on my psoas:



You don't need to use a special ball. A softball or lacrosse ball works fine.

That's right, we've had this discussion about hamstrings before!

[carmy-w.livejournal.com]

That tumblr collection was awesome! I reblogged more than half of it!

I wholly endorse your gif above!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear you liked the collection. Thank you for letting me know!

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to get home and look at those poses!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I think this series/flow would be really good for you. You have tight hip problems, too, right? This series is nice for a round of strengthening the supporting muscles of the legs and then letting the hips o-p-e-n. I've been pleased with how focusing on that has improved my squat form.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Hooray for lots of new music!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

We seriously need a new CD storage method.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

YOUR ICON.

*fistbump over Radiohead love*

Have you listened to Amok, the album by Thom Yorke's side band, Atoms for Peace? I LOVE IT. SO MUCH.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

The idea that we shouldn't do "static" stretches is totally news to me. Huh.

AHAHAHA the shoe lace pose? In high school, that's how I always sat on the ground. I still do that.

Oh, and I can only do pigeon with my heel closer to my body--I never ever do it with my leg parallel to the top of the mat like that. My knees hurt just thinking about it. Yikes.

What really needs work for me is my hip psoas: http://www.fasciafreedomfighters.com/diy-friday-psoas-love/ Stupid swayback. The vast majority of backbend poses are out for me (I can almost hear my lower back go crunch), so stretching them is tricky. But I really need them to be stronger. You should see my bridge pose. I can barely get my ass off the ground and my legs shake. Gaaah.

OH, AND: The best people all contain multitudes. Liking totally different kinds of music = awwww yissss.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

The idea that we shouldn't do "static" stretches is totally news to me. Huh.

Yeah, it's very interesting! Apparently doing so before a weight training session is detrimental to your lifting--both your technique and the amount you can lift. BUT doing active stretching and yoga-style movements 24 hours before (or sooner, if after) resistance training is very good.

I'm working to get my leg more at 90 degrees in pigeon. It's slow going. My knee isn't the weak spot, though, it's my tight hips.

Have you tried any self-myofascial release techniques for loosening up your psoas? It might help to do similar mobility work on your hamstrings, too. That could definitely help the swayback.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how you'd do release on your psoas, they're set deep inside your hips.

My hamstrings are really flexible, actually. I can almost put my hands flat on the floor without bending my knees. It's awesome--lots of cyclists get low back pain from tight hamstrings, and I never have.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Here's one video. This is what I do for mobility work on my psoas:



You don't need to use a special ball. A softball or lacrosse ball works fine.

That's right, we've had this discussion about hamstrings before!