A little Fountain of Youth

Ok, so I have been struggling all weekend with a pinched nerve or something that was affecting my shoulder/neck/back area.  It was quite painful, so I was like a lot of people, I found an excuse to not workout.

But, I refused to do that today!  It was Monday, I determined I was going to wake up at 5 am and do something to get me back on the morning track.  I was still feeling terrible in the shoulder and back and thought, no way will I be able to lift without pain!  So, as I laid in bed trying to convenience myself to get up and not skip a workout, it suddenly came to me- YOGA!

I thought why not do a little yoga to stretch out my soreness.  It would be  perfect way to workout and help me recover from that nagging pain in my shoulder/neck.

I thought what yoga tapes do I have.  I had P90X, Yoga X- no way, I hate that workout.  It's sooo long, 90 minutes!  Then I have the Ho Ala ke Kino, hmm that is a good short yoga workout.  Then I have Yoga Booty Ballet, but was really in the mood for some Tony!  After the last few months with Chalean Extreme, I needed my Tony fix.  The it hit me- Fountain of Youth from Tony's One on One!

That turned out to be the perfect workout.  Its a total of 48 minutes, but really only 40 minutes of yoga.  So, if you are like me and hate yoga X, get this one to sub-in!  Its the perfect length!

Tony goes through the standard moves, warrior, chair, downward dogs,...  At first I was a little sleepy and had a hard time getting in the mood.  But, that only took a few down dogs to get me warmed up.

Then I quickly realized, I really needed that as a good stretch.  Chalean must be working my legs and building those muscles, because boy were they tight!

Now, its going on 6 pm and I'm glad to say, that really helped!  For the first day in a few days, I got through without a bottle of Advil to kill the tension/pain in my shoulder!  I actually feel a heck of a lot better.  

I'm thinking tomorrow may just need to be another day of Fountain of Youth!  It really was a good warm up for the week, a good stretch, and a good way to recovery from whatever injury I did!

So, this serves as a reminder- if you injured yourself lately and need a little break, maybe put in some yoga!  I recommend Fountain of Youth for a good, fairly quick workout!