[thejellymill]

I think I'm gonna go see a nutritionist this week inshallah.

[sally]

cobra pose http://www.ehow.com/images/ehows/steps/cobrapose3_L.jpg

it might go by a few diff names

[thejellymill]

Originally Posted by sally

cobra pose http://www.ehow.com/images/ehows/steps/cobrapose3_L.jpg

it might go by a few diff names

that's the one i was talking about! ...updog/upward dog! i love it, its my favorite!

(it looks more like a cobra than any kind of dog though, haha )

[rahma]

I'm confliced about yoga. The class I take is purely fitness based - no talk of anything religious/spiritual in orientation. But, the poses still come from a religious tradition. That's also one of the reasons I haven't taken up martial arts. A friend of mine does "femenist eclectic martial arts" that I'd love to try, but it includes bowing to a budda statue.

[displaced]

Originally Posted by sally

cobra pose http://www.ehow.com/images/ehows/steps/cobrapose3_L.jpg

it might go by a few diff names

good for abs:

[sally]

Originally Posted by rahma

I'm confliced about yoga. The class I take is purely fitness based - no talk of anything religious/spiritual in orientation. But, the poses still come from a religious tradition. That's also one of the reasons I haven't taken up martial arts. A friend of mine does "femenist eclectic martial arts" that I'd love to try, but it includes bowing to a budda statue.

LOL at feminist eclectic martial arts

and yeah, i've only ever taken fitness based yoga classes. always in a gym setting. my friends done a couple private tutor/studio classes and they're a LOT different. i doubt i'd be interested anyway. for those people yoga is like a religion. and usually they tend to be non hindus.

Originally Posted by displaced

good for abs:

yeah, plank rocks. but most people do it wrong.

how long can you hold it?

[sally]

btw speaking of yoga, i was reading something in a magazine i have..either it was womens adventure or breathe. anyway. it had this article in which a woman was talking about how she became obsessed with yoga...and she'd do it for like 7 hrs at a time and 'i'd just practice meditating and various breathing exercises' and my husband would be weirded out and i was thinking, uh wow. 7 hrs is a lot. i'd die of boredom. i can't get through most yoga classes because they're so incredibly slow...you wanna fall asleep.

[displaced]

Originally Posted by sally

LOL at feminist eclectic martial arts

and yeah, i've only ever taken fitness based yoga classes. always in a gym setting. my friends done a couple private tutor/studio classes and they're a LOT different. i doubt i'd be interested anyway. for those people yoga is like a religion. and usually they tend to be non hindus.




yeah, plank rocks. but most people do it wrong.

how long can you hold it?

2 minutes

[sally]

Originally Posted by displaced

2 minutes

very, very impressive for someone who takes in 600 calories on a typical day



no, really.

[thejellymill]

man sally, i agree about the falling asleep part. But a lot of times in my yoga class there was no time to think about sleeping because the instructor sometimes went sooo fast and did crazy poses that take a ton of balance

Originally Posted by rahma

I'm confliced about yoga. The class I take is purely fitness based - no talk of anything religious/spiritual in orientation.

mine was like that too and it was awesome

Originally Posted by displaced

good for abs:

I looooove plank (cuz it makes my abs buuurn the next day) but the pose in the picture is the lesser version of it. Usually it's done on the hands in "pushup position." I cant hold it for long because I have weakling wrists, arms and shoulders but I'm working on it.

[displaced]

Originally Posted by sally

very, very impressive for someone who takes in 600 calories on a typical day



no, really.

you're just jealous of my abs

[heba]

Originally Posted by sally

very, very impressive for someone who takes in 600 calories on a typical day



no, really.

is 600 a lot or a little?

how many calories should people have a day? and how many should burned while working out? im fitness retarded!

[sally]

i think, i'm not sure but plank in push up position is kinda different..wait, it might be the same. but yeah, that picture is the basic version. intermediate is when you spread your hands far apart, and you try to balance one shoe on top of the other.

[sixpakistan]

Originally Posted by rahma

"femenist eclectic martial arts"

there's no emoticon or onomatopoeia appropriate for expressing the mirth that collection of words filled me with