I've never done Yoga before and I am about as flexible as a dead stick that's been sitting in the desert sun for 6 weeks so I was both excited about, and dreading, day 4. I got into the garage a little late and then found out the Yoga session was an hour and a half so before I even began I knew it was going to be a late night.
The main guy in the video, Tony, described some of the positions as advanced and, judging by my bodies inability to get into some of those positions with good form I believe him. At times I got pretty frustrated with the session because it took me so long to get into some of the positions that the guys in the tape were already moving on to the next position once I managed to do it. My form was almost never really good - but it was as good as I could manage considering my overall low levels of flexibility. I was also a little caught off by some of the names of the positions. It was tough trying to get into some of the positions the first time because I had to watch them do it and then, from the floor try to do the same things, while watching them even though, at times, my head wasn't supposed to be up looking at the TV. It was a pain.
The first half of the program was MUCH harder than the second half - sort of like the Plyo routine. The first half involved moving from the "Downward Dog" into a variety of warrior positions and holding them for long periods of time. My legs were burning and maintaining the positions was difficult especially with my poor flexibility since I couldn't put one hand on the floor as was the proper form. I don't own any yoga blocks so I was trying to do my best with a small cardboard box that was almost tall enough. Needless to say I have a lot of work to do on the Yoga front.
So far Yoga was the most trying workout of the bunch. I sweat more than I did doing anything else and generally don't understand how I can keep my face "calm" while I'm struggling so much.
I think I am going to have a love hate relationship with Yoga. I love what it is doing for me (improving my flexibility) and I'll love when I can actually do some of the positions fully - but my legs sure did hate it when I was doing it. The only part I was good at was the balance positions in the second half. The bright side was that my body felt great this morning and most of the pain I was in from the earlier workouts was gone. Today I get to replace some of that pain as I work on back and legs.