Thursday is meant to be plyometrics.  However, I did that on Wednesday (got confused) and so for New Year I did 1:30 of Ashtanga Yoga with David Swensons DVD.

Oh how I hurt.  I used to think Ashtanga made you sweat and heave a lot but it wasn’t much of a workout as such.  Certainly not as intense as say a ‘proper’ strength or conditioning workout.

Put simply: I was wrong!

In the past I struggled to do the first 10 sun salutations but this time I managed them with relative ease.  So I went further into the programme and it got more and more difficult.  For the core its full of bridges, L-Sits, V-Sits, downward dogs, etc etc.  It also works the shoulders, forearms and arms a lot too as my arms were like lead afterwards.

It was the most incredible workout though and I’m definately doing it more often.  I just wish my area had a teacher but for now I’ll have to make do with the DVD – its a great DVD, but I want feedback on how I’m doing.

Oh – and I had a shoulder stand for a few seconds too.  I almost got it!!

Read about Ashtanga Yoga at Wikipedia.