Category : Yoga

Yoga Championship

Posted by admin at 2:16 pm

Click Here to see this intense yoga championship and how they are trying to make it an Olympic Sport.

Travels

Posted by admin at 2:08 pm

Sorry that it has been a few days since I’ve posted. I’ve been doing a bit of traveling and roaming and a heck of a lot of reflection. For those of you who know me well you know the things that I am talking about.

In a few days I will be heading east.
I am looking very forward to it for a few reasons
1. I need a break from real life to make some HUGE decisions
2. Liz and Trev are getting married and I am bridesmaid
3. I will get to see some good friends who will help me figure things out
4. I LOVE TO TRAVEL

Things I am not looking forward to
1. I have been getting into a good training routine and now I have to step away from it
2. Where the heck am I gonna train in all these places?
3. I have to stay strong and not eat a lot of crap…that will be hard since DONAIRS AND POUTINES are available and so yummy!

Yoga has been going good, but I am still no where near where I should be as far as flexibility goes. I am also trying to figure out what to do now that I am getting fit again I am missing competing in Track more and more. I was speaking with Charles Scarrow the other day and he says that “I am still young.” I don’t know though. Being fit and being track fit are two different things though. With that being said there is always room for improvement, I still have a long way to go if I want to even think about competing again. Just a little tid bit for you to know…Health Canada reccomends an average of 10, 000 steps a day for “active living.” I walk on average an hour a day at a medium pace. I do not have a pedometer though, so I am unsure as to how many steps I accumulate in a day with the walking and day to day activities, so I may even exceed that. How many steps do you take in a day? I am guessing a lot less than me. I may be wrong, but most people these days have desk jobs and drive everywhere. Im not dissing driving or having a desk job, heck with all my traveling, motorcycles and cars I probably have developed a bigger ecological footprint than most. To calculate your ecological footprint go to: http://www.mec.ca/Apps/ecoCalc/ecoCalc.jsp

EPOC and Playlist

Posted by admin at 1:25 pm

Thursday was a decent day, even though there are a lot of things going on in my personal life that I can’t seem to shake. I woke up and did an hour of Yoga. Relaxing way to start the day you’d think. I love Eion Finn’s yoga. If you get a chance you should try and purchase one of his DVD’s. He is from Vancouver and is a surfer so you get this fun edge to his yoga. I have only recently gotten in to yoga to try and relax with the struggles behind the scenes in my life. So far…it isn’t a permanent fix, but I am not giving up. After Yoga my workout was about 30 minutes run, 30 minute Spin, both with hill intervals, followed by about 15 mintues of core. I was pooped after. It was great. The 3 songs on my playlist that got me through it were:

1. Hero by Nas
2. Big Dreams by The Game
3. I’m going to Miami Bitch – LMFAO

I especially love number 3 because these guys rock, they are going to be big, their music is so catchy, and they are close personal friends of mine. So if you get a chance…download their stuff…guaranteed to put a smile on your face and make you want to dance.

The workout got me thinking about aerobic vs anaerobic and the deal with oxygen debt aka EPOC (post exercise oxygen consumption). EPOC is really when the body restores itself to its pre-exercise state. That is the point where you are breathing hard to catch your breath. Obviously this means that energy is being expended at a higher rate as well. Not only does this happen post cardio or interval training but it also happens post weight training. The higher your EPOC state is then the higher your metabolism is thought to be as well. This menas that you will burn more fat. So this means theoretically that sprinting would then cause a higher EPOC effect than jogging at a steady state. Thus supporting interval training. It is thought that the harder you work, generally, the higher your EPOC will last and the higher your metabolism will be so therefore you will burn more fat….JUST SOME FOOD FOR THE BRAIN PEOPLE.

If anyone reading this has any more information on EPOC Id love to hear it.
xo
Ali