NEW - 2024 Adriene's 30 Day Yoga Journey
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Jan 2023
12:41pm, 12 Jan 2023
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PaulaMc
I’ll do the twisty stretches after club this evening. Didn’t have time this morning.
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Jan 2023
2:02pm, 12 Jan 2023
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Pam runs
Are yoga mats worthwhile? I dont have one but sometimes I feel my hands slide on the carpet when going into downward dog. I know they are only a few pound but ones I've seen seem really thin. |
Jan 2023
2:08pm, 12 Jan 2023
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Sharkie
I just use a general fitness mat- probably from Aldi.
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Jan 2023
2:09pm, 12 Jan 2023
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McGoohan
We have some sort of cheapo mat. It doesn't seem quite wide enough come to think of it. Maybe *I'm* too wide?
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Jan 2023
2:10pm, 12 Jan 2023
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Autumnleaves
I do think they help - I only bought a cheap one from TK Maxx.
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Jan 2023
2:18pm, 12 Jan 2023
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Meglet
Yes get a mat! It does help you stick a bit especially if you are barefoot. More expensive mats (I got a discounted Sweaty Betty one) have a tacky surface for grip and get grippier with moisture, good if you’re sweaty or at a hot yoga class. You can also get a yoga ‘towel’ which goes over a normal mat and is also grippier when damp, you can lightly spray it with water if you need more grip. |
Jan 2023
2:25pm, 12 Jan 2023
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LindsD
Our Aldi currently has fitness stuff. Plus they last for ever. Mine is about 30 years old.
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Jan 2023
2:28pm, 12 Jan 2023
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McGoohan
Just measure our one. It is 59cm wide. This seems about normal from what I can see on Amazon but when Adriene says 'go to the egdes of your mat' her mat seems a lot wider.
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Jan 2023
2:39pm, 12 Jan 2023
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kev-eats-owt
I'm like a pro then, got a mat and blocks. Thing about yoga is, by the way just done day 4, it pinpoints were I'm not flexible. For me it's my lower back, hips, upper back, shoulders, neck and ankles so that's just about everywhere. Mind you I'm bendier than I used to be. On the International Bendy Scale, which I've just invented, I'm no longer Watch with Mother's Woodentops*, more like Pinocchio. If I carry on like this by the time I'm 80 I could be a Muppet, or a real boy. * ask somebody really old |
Jan 2023
2:46pm, 12 Jan 2023
21,137 posts
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Sharkie
kev-eats-owt * I am REALLY old - I call one of my sprint drills Spotty Dogs Everyone else calls it Straight Leg Running |
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