Try yoga. It helps relieve stress. Personally, I enjoy heated yoga. Its a great way to feel amazing after a long stressful day. Both heated and non-heated yoga, work on your breathing, help you lose weight, lose stress, and lose those tight muscles! You’ll be flexible, fit and feeling young again in no time.
Have too much energy, and think yoga may be too relaxing for you?
Try kickboxing or a bootcamp. These are great ways of releasing any frustration on a kicking bag (instead of anyone else!) I’ve tried both yoga and kickboxing/bootcamp classes and personally I enjoy the bootcamp classes. The music is upbeat, you’re allowed to talk (which I always do) and it’s a great way to get in shape. When I do go to yoga classes, they’re usually the 60 minute ones, as opposed to the 90 minute classes. I find the 90 minute classes for me are too long (I tend to get bored easily, and an hour and a half WITHOUT talking is way too hard for me!) You need to try out different classes and see which one works the best for YOU. Everyone is different, and you may enjoy the 90 minute classes because you have more time to relax, and you may hate the bootcamp music. YOU have to decide what’s the best workout for YOU.
I definitely agree that hot yoga is a great stress reliever. It completely relaxes you while giving you a fantastic workout at the same time. Fabulous suggestion, I think I may go to a yoga session tomorrow now! :)
ReplyDeleteI love yoga. So much that it's amazing to me that I will go without doing it for so long. I should pop in my Rodney Yee DVD - I need some stress relief!
ReplyDeleteI found your blog because I came across your comment (defending me) on a post about Eggo waffles. Thanks for that!
Yoga is great and all, but I think the majority of newcomers to the yoga parade are purely Lululemon Lovers. They spend more money on bags, balls, clothing, and headbands than they do on the actual membership to the gym or yoga facility.
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Sarah: I love hot yoga. I find that in those classes (well the ones Ive been to) are a mix of both Lululemon lovers, which really turns me off from it, but then there are the people like myself that go there to enjoy it and not be hardcore! I through on a pair of old sweats and im off to relax! I personally dont buy lululemon or tna, just because i think it is extremely overpriced and the people who wear it, do it just to show off, and personally in an environment where i want to relax and get away from stupidity like that, it brings more tension into the room, because all these people are trying to do is show off! ... Sorry about the rant, but its a big pet peeve of mine!
ReplyDeleteJoeyRes: Do you find that the DVDs work? I dont think id be relaxed in my home, just because i realize i have so many other things to do and its not a good place to clear your mind. (And no problem, I totally agree with you! Thanks for the comment!)