Quaranturnt Day 13 - Yoga (or not so Fresh Squats!)

Hey Crew,

First let’s talk about what it’s like to start working out, or getting back into it. Then I’ll give you that sweet sweet recovery day workout.

When you first start working out and getting fitter and stronger, you have a lot of changing to go through. Your body isn’t used to high levels of exertion. You aren’t used to converting glycogen in your muscles to usable energy. You aren’t used to breathing enough and pulling oxygen into your bloodstream. I used to always get nauseated when I started back up after a workout hiatus, now I get headaches. 

The solution: Chill. Take it easy. Take a few workouts, a week, 2 weeks to work yourself into it. Just focus on getting used to working out. Your body is sending you a message, listen to it. You will adapt, you just need to let your body get there. If you rush into it and try to kill yourself from day 1, you will not enjoy working out AND you are likely to hurt yourself, setting you further back on whatever goal you have. 

So just take some time to focus on having good form and moving well. You’re not being judged on weight or number of reps. You’re goals of looking good naked or building up to a pullup are *not* dependent on your first week of workouts. Growth comes with time, commitment, and trusting the process. So trust the process. Trust your body. And your body will thank you for it. 


Now for the workout.

As I said yesterday, between yesterday and today, I’m giving you some leg work and yoga. One day you work them quads, the other day do yoga for some good recovery. You know you’ve been sitting too much anyway. 

I love doing the same yoga videos for a while. Really get deep into those positions and, more importantly, learn your body well. So here is last week’s video, and I will change it up every month or so. But feel free to find your own if you really need variety, if you’ve truly mastered the flow I’m linking. 😉

The work from yesterday is here in case you didn’t catch it.