Every morning, I'm up by 4:30am to start my workout routine. First I meditate to clear my mind of all the negative backlash my inner self likes to throw out in the morning about going back to bed and putting off a day of working out.
Once I do that, I start doing stretches to get my limbs loose. I've found that to be invaluable in helping with some pre-existing pain I've had and it helps in my keeping a good posture because I'm reminded of how I sit, stand, and do other things.
From there, I go for my morning walk, which is nice, and this is around 5:30am. No one is out, the air is nice and cool, and I have the peace and solitude of a relatively empty exercise route to work at my own pace without harassment and fear of being judged either positively or negatively.
With me, it's ironic: I'll go on forever if someone makes a negative comment about me just to prove them wrong but let someone make a positive comment and I become the most self conscious person on earth.
Hence my preference for working out alone.
Anyway, after the walk, I come back home and do Yoga until 7:00am. I'm not really formally trained. I'm mainly using asanas remembered from the Wai Lana episodes they bring on Howard University Television in the mornings.
I've tried aerobics before but Yoga seems to work better for me regarding muscle toning. I want to build more muscle so I can burn more fat and all aerobics seem to do for me is give me stiff joints. Whereas with Yoga, everything but my joints get stiff. I can feel a physical effect in my muscles.
After that, I try to spend the rest of the day moving around as much as possible. So far, I'm down to 212lbs from the 220 I was a few weeks ago. I consider that a positive.
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Every morning, I'm up by 4:30am to start my workout routine. First I meditate to clear my mind of all the negative backlash my inner self likes to throw out in the morning about going back to bed and putting off a day of working out.
Once I do that, I start doing stretches to get my limbs loose. I've found that to be invaluable in helping with some pre-existing pain I've had and it helps in my keeping a good posture because I'm reminded of how I sit, stand, and do other things.
From there, I go for my morning walk, which is nice, and this is around 5:30am. No one is out, the air is nice and cool, and I have the peace and solitude of a relatively empty exercise route to work at my own pace without harassment and fear of being judged either positively or negatively.
With me, it's ironic: I'll go on forever if someone makes a negative comment about me just to prove them wrong but let someone make a positive comment and I become the most self conscious person on earth.
Hence my preference for working out alone.
Anyway, after the walk, I come back home and do Yoga until 7:00am. I'm not really formally trained. I'm mainly using asanas remembered from the Wai Lana episodes they bring on Howard University Television in the mornings.
I've tried aerobics before but Yoga seems to work better for me regarding muscle toning. I want to build more muscle so I can burn more fat and all aerobics seem to do for me is give me stiff joints. Whereas with Yoga, everything but my joints get stiff. I can feel a physical effect in my muscles.
After that, I try to spend the rest of the day moving around as much as possible. So far, I'm down to 212lbs from the 220 I was a few weeks ago. I consider that a positive.
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