Posts Tagged ‘Nia class’
Posted by terrepruitt on June 22, 2011
I love my 9:00 am Nia class. I love starting my days with movement. It just helps the day go better, right? Do you start your day with movement? Do you have time for a long workout? If not have you thought of trying to get ten minutes in?
Here is one you can do. Ten Minute Workout.
I’ll be back after class to check in. It is going to be hot again today in the Bay Area so I’ll be right home to do ten exercises.
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June 22, 2011 at 12:41 pm
So I didn’t get home as early as I wanted because I decided to go to the store. You might now how it is when you go to “pick up a few things” and end up with a cart full of groceries. I got home later than I wanted, but that really encouraged me to get my 10 minutes in because I didn’t want to be doing it while it was so hot. So I got home and got it done. But then I got on my computer . . . . . and almost an hour later I am posting, “I’m done!”
How are you?
I’m gonna go get more done. Happy Wednesday!
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Posted by terrepruitt on June 21, 2011
Would you believe me if I told we do push ups in Nia? Ha! We do a lot of exercises in Nia, but we do them to music. We are dancing and flowing from one move to the next. We allow for the individual to do them their own way. People might not even realize they are doing a push up, just like the sit ups they are disguised. It is not a disguise of deception, not at all. It is that we are in the moment and it is truly a dance so one just doesn’t realize it is a push up. Sometimes it is a military push up, but sometimes not. Sometimes it is from the knees, or sitting down or even standing and using a wall. But there is pushing involved and the upper body is utilized.
For this Ten Minute Workout we are using the BOSU. The round side is on the ground. So we are using the flat side to hold onto. Push ups have never been my favorite exercise to do because I have never been really good at the military ones. But I could do them, but now I am sticking to the on-the-knees version to stay off my toe. You do with your legs what is comfortable. Even though my execution of a push up can be improved upon I love the push up because it is a multi muscle working exercise.
In this workout we have just gone from sit up (on the ground), to overhead triceps extensions (on our knees), and now we are doing the push ups. I think having done the triceps extensions on the ground is one way to help you make it through the 10 exercises in the 10 minutes.
With the round side of the BOSU on the ground, I grip the edges of it. Mine has “handles” and I use them. I stay on my knees and use my arms to push me up and allow me to come down. Even on your knees there are different ways to do it. You can keep your legs down, using your shins and the top of your feet for additional stability or your can lift your shins and feet off the ground. Remember no matter how you choose to do the exercise you are not stuck doing it that way for the entire 10 or the second pass through. So experiment. Listen to your body and decide what works best for you at that moment. Remember your goals and adjust your movements to help you to achieve them.
Only go as low to the BOSU as you can and still be able to push back up. Using the BOSU requires you to use equal strength in each arm because you have to work to keep the BOSU level.
One of the key things to do to get the most out of a push up is to keep the body straight and move the entire body down and entire body up. Even if you just go down a little, the straight body is working arms and core. If you just let your upper body down and push it up you are missing out on the exciting portion of a push up. It works soooo many more muscles if you engage your torso and have it move with your arms.
You see what I am saying? (As I am typing this I imagined you getting on the floor and trying it. I am sure you sense the difference. Even if you don’t go down that far.)
As I share with my students in Nia class all the time, there are technical ways to do an exercise or a movement, but not everyone can do it that way — the body’s way. It could be a matter of needing to learn it or work up to that or it could be that our body is not physically able to do it. Whatever the reason, I believe it is important to know how to do it properly and then be aware of how we are doing it. Then we can listen to our body. When we try to do it the technical way our body might say, “Oh yeah, that is just not going to happen.” Then we can adjust. We can learn, is it not going to happen because it is painful or is it because I need to work a little bit to get to that level? Then we can make a decision and a conscious choice.
Know how to do a push up, then decide how you are going to do it. Don’t just let the pattern of your movement dictate how you execute an exercise, decide for yourself make a choice then do it. As I said before, it could be that you do five with your whole torso then need to give your arms a break . . . . but that doesn’t mean you have to stop, just do the push up with your arms and not bring the whole body down and up. Or you do three on your toes then decide that you really want to have a straight back so you switch to your knees. Then on your next set you do all knees. Whatever you decide, make sure it is something you are aware of and then do your push ups your way.
What do you have to add? Share? Comment? Question?
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Posted by terrepruitt on June 20, 2011
Oh my! I was just about to go to bed. Yes, up late as usual. I got caught up watching Calendar Girls. I had never seen it even though it is from 2003. So cute. I realized I didn’t post a placeholder and there is no way I can turn on my computer at this hour. I would never get to bed! So I am using my iPad which does not have all the needed functionality as a computer. Not all websites – and WordPress is one of them – behave noemally on the iPad. But this is just a place holder for you that want to check in.
I will be back to let you know I did my Ten Minute Workout. I will have to wait until I get back from my Nia Class to hear how you are doing with those ten exercises. Can’t wait to hear.
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June 20, 2011 at 11:40 am
Ha! Ok, I came right home after my San Jose Nia class. And I only sat for about five minutes then I came upstairs and did my ten minute workout. I wanted to get it done before it got too hot. It is supposed to be really hot in the San Francisco Bay Area today. I am not a fan of the heat so I know that if I wanted until it was hot I wouldn’t want to do it. So I got it done, about an hour ago. But I was replying to my friend’s comment. As you can see my reply is very long . . . . it took me awhile.
Here I am, I am done and I am checking in.
So . . . . . . where are you? How are things going for you? How is your weather?
Thank you for being here and reading. Please comment. Tell me . . . . something . . . .anything . . . .
Posted in Ten Minute Workout check-in | Tagged: 2003 calendar girls, iPad, ipad less functional, Nia, Nia class, Nia in San Francisco Bay Area, Nia San Jose, Nia SF, San Jose Nia, SFBayNia, ten exercises, ten minute workout, wordpress | 5 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on June 17, 2011
I have my Los Gatos Nia class today. I have this idea (before I go to bed) that I will get up and do my Ten Minute Workout before I go to my class. We will see. Even if I do, you know that I can’t (I just can’t because I will get sucked in to the vortex of the internet) turn on my computer to do my check in.
But you can check in. That is why I do this post shortly after midnight so it can be here for the “other staters” and early morning people to check in. So, go ahead, share something. 🙂
Oh, and thank you.
Happy Friday!
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June 17, 2011 at 9:20 am
I decided to do my ten minute workout this morning. I didn’t do two sets of the lunges because the first set confirmed for me why I usually do it after my class. I have my foot in ice water as I type. I am not sure I will turn on my computer. I am putting this in the comments and will copy it into the post when I do turn on my computer. I might have to turn it on this AM for something.
Well? How is it going? Are you seeing any changes? Have you had to make any adjustments? Are you seeing any improvements?
Today and yesterday I actually did the workout from exercise 10 to 1. I started with the stability ball pass and ended with lunges. I like it that way too.
Posted in Ten Minute Workout check-in | Tagged: Los Gatos Nia, Nia class, Nia Los Gatos, ten minute workout, ten minute workout checking, workout class | 1 Comment »
Posted by terrepruitt on June 15, 2011
Ok, so it is Wednesday and as you might notice, it is 1:00 am and I am not in bed yet. This means I have a few more things to do before I get to bed, which means I will not be up at 6:00 am doing my Ten Minute Workout, drinking my coffee, reviewing my Nia Routine, deciding on a Nia focus, and popping out the door in time to be at the studio 15 minutes early for my Nia class. In fact, around here, when the weather is nice traffic is worse, at least lately because our weather in the San Francisco Bay Area has been so wet and rainy, I think when it is sunny people think they have to be out. If it stays like this, then people will settle down and it won’t be so bad . . . . I hope, but on Wednesday, it is ALWAYS worse than Mondays and Fridays. Go figure. (I have my theories.) On Wednesdays I have to leave a few minutes before I do on Mondays.
Since I am not a morning person that means, I will do my Ten Ten in Ten after my class. But YOU can do it anytime. And the beauty of it is . . . . you can share . . . .
So . . . . tell me . . . . how is it going? What are you doing with it? What questions do you have? One of my readers I am lucky enough to actually see in person so I was able to answer some of her questions, what about you? What do you want to know about this workout?
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June 15, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Ok, after 3:00, but I did it. This workout is really meant to be something that easily fits in your day. If completing it is a challenge then it seems like ten minutes is a good start to a workout. If it is not challenging and you want more than you can add reps, sets, or weight. Or it could be that you are adding it to something else you are doing.
It really is something that can work for anyone if they want. If the way it is presented is not “working” for you but you want to do it, let me know. You can always send me an e-mail if you don’t want to comment.
Cheers!
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Posted by terrepruitt on June 14, 2011
I am actually going to get to bed earlier tonight than I have been getting to bed. The plan is to get up a little earlier and do my Ten Minute Workout. I want to actually have it done before noon. Since I don’t have a Nia class on Tuesday I can get my ten (or twenty) ten in ten done in the morning. Not necessarily early morning just morning as in before noon. What about you?
Also, how are you doing with the ten? Are you getting through ten repetitions of all ten exercises?
Well, I shall return to actually check-in with my “I’m done!”
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June 14, 2011 at 9:46 am
Okey-dokey. I did my Ten Minute Workout. I am averaging at least twice through, but, as I’ve said before I am convinced it is because my lunges aren’t that long, BUT . . . . . they ARE lunges. Yay! I am getting on the ball of my right foot (while my left leg is forward) AND pushing off on it when the right leg is forward. I am working on distributing the weight through the entire width of my foot (ball of foot) and all five toes, because I sense that I am still putting the majority of the weight on the actually “ball” of my foot (metatarsal head).
So are you ready to give the ten a try? Remember we all have different goals so do what YOU can, not what I am saying I am doing. Let me know how it is going for you.
Posted in Ten Minute Workout check-in | Tagged: Ball of foot, long luges, lunges, metatarsal head, Nia, Nia class, Nia exercises, Nia workout, ten exercises, ten minute workout, ten reps of ten exercises in ten minutes, your body's way | 5 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on June 13, 2011
Helloooooooooo. I have my Monday morning San Jose Nia Class today at 9:00 am. I am not a morning person, maybe you have figured that out from my posts. By “morning person” I mean I don’t go bed by 10:00 pm and automatically wake up a 6:00 am or 7:00 am. I CAN get up in the morning and I DO get up in the morning when I have a Nia class to teach. I like to be up in enough time so that I can drink some coffee and review my routine. I like to leave in time for me to get there fifteen minutes early. So even though my Ten Minute Workout is only ten minutes I do not get up early enough to do it and all the other things I have to do. I also don’t get up early enough to even turn on my computer. I am posting this after midnight before I go to bed. I have made it a rule that I cannot turn on my computer in the morning on Mondays and Wednesdays because then I get caught up in doing work on it and I don’t get all that I have to get done before I have to leave to teach my 9 am Nia class.
On Fridays, my Los Gatos Nia class is late enough that I could get up and do my Ten Ten in Ten before, but at this point, by Friday my foot/toe is reminding me that it is still not 100% and so I “save” up my toe/foot for my class. I want to give my Nia students 100% so I don’t do my workout before. When my toe IS at 100% I will definitely do some exercising before my class because on Fridays I tend to get home in the afternoon and I have other things to do. I end up not getting to the workout until way late.
Ha . . . all of this is really just a placeholder to allow you to check in and to tell you . . . . . . I WILL BE BACK!
Well, how is it going for you this Monday morning?
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June 13, 2011 at 3:35 pm
I did my ten minutes. I did it about an hour ago.
Any one else do their’s too?
Posted in Ten Minute Workout check-in | Tagged: early morning workout, Los Gatos Nia, morning workout, Nia, Nia class, Nia Los Gatos, Nia San Jose, Nia workout, San Jose Nia, teach Nia, ten minute workout, workout | 3 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on June 11, 2011
So, it is technically Saturday. It is 1:25 am and my company just left. I am posting this Ten Minute Workout place holder for those of you in different time zones and early morning exercisers. Not that early morning exercisers would be exercising THIS early, but I am sure they will be doing it before me.
Today I don’t have a Nia class to teach so I am sure I will be getting to my Ten Ten in Ten much earlier than yesterday. So I will be checking back. And I will also be posting about Tricpes Kick Backs on the BOSU. Fun stuffs. Stay tuned.
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Posted by terrepruitt on June 8, 2011
This is a Wednesday “place holder” post. I am going to teach my San Jose Nia class first then do my Ten Minute Workout. Yes, I know it is only ten minutes, that is the beauty of it. But I like to make sure I have all my “toe strength” (sounds silly, I know) for my class.
But I am posting so that YOU, Dear-Wonderful-Loyal-Reader/Exerciser, have a place to comment that you have done or not your ten minute workout.
When I have done mine I will post/edit/comment (not sure what yet).
Thank you and have a GREAT day!
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I posted this as a comment, but then I decided to put it in the body of the post. I just copied the comment with the date and time:
June 8, 2011 at 5:07 pm
Very late in the day, but I did it. I finally resorted to taking an allergy pill. I took something I had not taken before — Allegra (don’t worry I didn’t take it with fruit juice). Like most medicines for allergies it makes me feel very, very, very lethargic. But, I did it. I was REALLY mellow on the lunges, I didn’t do them as I wanted to when I put them in this workout. I am respecting my toes.
Posted in Ten Minute Workout check-in | Tagged: Allegra, Allergies, allergy medicines, local Nia class, loyal exerciser, loyal reader, Nia, Nia class, Nia in the Bay Area, Nia San Jose, San Jose Nia, San Jose Nia class, teach Nia, ten minute workout | 5 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on June 6, 2011
Well, my Monday mornings start out with Nia. I have a regular Monday morning Nia Class . . . .really helps me start of my week right. This morning after class I came home to do a few things, one of them being my Ten Minute Workout. Done.
How about you?
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