I tried 10 minutes of yoga every day for 1 day.
10 things I learned.
I’m all-in on fitness and health these days. Seriously. Here are three examples.
- I practice intermittent fasting which has given me a healthier relationship with food.
- I do strength-training with kettlebells five times a week
- When I travel to towns like the one I’m writing this from, I don’t drink the water.
For the sake of not offending potential readers, I won’t tell you the name of the town I’m in with the terrible water. But the late Marty Robbins immortalized the place with a song once. And the town’s name rhymes with, “Hell Paso.”
Ah, the things I’ll do for health. I’ll even risk dehydration.
The kettlebells have helped my muscle tone, strength, and flexibility. I needed something to take me to the next level.
Why not yoga?
And so, I set out with a goal in mind. 30 minutes of yoga for 30 days seemed like a lofty one.
Too lofty. I still can’t move my shoulder all the way back.
So instead of the article I’d planned, here’s a quick alternate article, with the same number of lessons learned:
What I learned from doing 10 minutes of yoga….once.
- I am not good at yoga.
- I look terrible in yoga pants.
- Making it a full ten minutes is a stretch.
- Downward dog isn’t as sexy as it sounds.
- Being open-minded about fitness does not make one flexible.
- Yoga is not nearly as easy as it looks.
- Yoga also does not look easy.
- Bend but don’t break isn’t a reasonable exercise goal.
- Being a former wrestler does not automatically make me good on the mat.
- Just because you can get into a lotus position, doesn’t mean you can get out.
Scott Hughey also considered an article about running 5 miles a day for 5 days…but he doesn't hate himself that much.
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