How has the pandemic affected your exercise and life routines?

[Erica H.]

Originally Posted by Karla25

Wonderful advice :-)

It is! Beth/toaster, I forgot to thank you!

Erica

[toaster]

Originally Posted by Erica H.

It is! Beth/toaster, I forgot to thank you!

You are welcome (you too Karla)! Those were just general ideas; I always emphasize to my therapy clients that your coping toolbox needs to have tools that work for YOU. The problem is that we tend to rule out things that don't work 100% of the time...even though we know that obviously nothing is 100%.

[wendug]

Originally Posted by gigi

Muscle Burns Fat and Muscle Burns Fat Advanced on Beachbody. I was in such a funk that I joined Beachbody streaming and had to pay to have early access to these workouts as they won't become available to subscribers until December. It was worth it to me because it did get me out of my funk, though I had to start it 3 times before I could actually go through it due to Covid then falling and injuring my foot. I did the entire program. Now I started with Cathe's Perfect 30 but tonight I did MBF Week 1 Total Body Burn. And thank you....the funk is real but we have to keep fighting!

Thanks for clarifying the workouts. I kept trying to think of an instructor with the initials MBF. Lol!

[lreidgreen]

Originally Posted by Bluebelle

Can you share a bit about the standing and walking meditation techniques?
Any article or youtube video recommendations? Thanks

The practice he taught is called Yi Chuan which loosely translated means mind boxing or mind fighting. It is hard to find stuff on YouTube but I will look and get back to you. I was actually looking myself for some videos since he does not record his classes so I have to take notes or go by memory. Not that I would find exactly what he does.
You can look up Standing Post meditation (Zhan Zhuang) which is part of the Yi Chuan practice but also used in QiGong generally. There are different hand/arm positions you can hold.
I will try to find info on walking meditation that approximates what I was taught. There is some info in his book ""The Way of QiGong" by Ken Cohen.

[Bluebelle]

Originally Posted by lreidgreen

The practice he taught is called Yi Chuan which loosely translated means mind boxing or mind fighting. It is hard to find stuff on YouTube but I will look and get back to you. I was actually looking myself for some videos since he does not record his classes so I have to take notes or go by memory. Not that I would find exactly what he does.
You can look up Standing Post meditation (Zhan Zhuang) which is part of the Yi Chuan practice but also used in QiGong generally. There are different hand/arm positions you can hold.
I will try to find info on walking meditation that approximates what I was taught. There is some info in his book ""The Way of QiGong" by Ken Cohen.

Thanks!

[lreidgreen]

Bluebelle, I couldn't find anything like what I learned in that YiQuan class but I did find a video of Crane walking which I learned from him in another class.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SIM...st=WL&index=83
This is actually really meditative to me.

I may have another video I can send. I will PM you.

[Jeanne Marie]

Hello my friends!

I have really enjoyed reading this thread, and catching up on everyone. Hugs to all of you struggling. It has been quite the year hasn't it?

This year has definitely changed my life! In a good way for sure! In late March my HIIT circuit class, that has been my life for 6 years, shut down. And of course Planet Fitness did as well. So there went my HIIT workouts and my heavy weight workouts. So... I came back to my roots, the DVDs that were my staple for so many years. I started doing home workouts again (mainly Cathe). I also amped up my running, running more often, more mileage and steep hills.

The biggest and most wonderful thing that happened in the middle of all this was I got married! I met a wonderful man about 3 years ago (3 years after my late DH passed), and we tied the knot in a lovely ceremony in July, with family and close friends around us.

So now I have a new husband and we used the quarantine to really get serious about our (his) nutrition and workouts. We basically kept eating the good, whole food we were already eating, but eliminated a few things. He lost 20 lbs immediately. I dropped about 8 lbs, and not intentionally, but it was hard not to. I had to have my wedding dress altered twice because of the weight loss. Thank goodness my seamstress was still seeing customers during the lock down.

So back in June my HIIT class opened back up, but ultimately couldn't survive because so many people quit, so they closed permanently about a month ago. I didn't go back to Planet Fitness because we decided we would invest some money in an awesome Fitness machine that includes a pully system, smith bar and more. (Inspire Functional Fitness Trainer). It was quite the investment, but I won't ever be going back to a gym. My basement is fully equipped now, and I'm back on board with Cathe!

My new husband Kevin.....

[sherry7899]

Jeanne, congratulations! I am so happy for you.

[Erica H.]

Congratulations Jeanne and thank you for sharing your beautiful wedding photos! So happy for you and it's wonderful to see some good news!

Erica

[toaster]

Aww Jeanne, your cheery post was just what I needed today! So happy for you and I LOVE your dress!!!