Feeling Lazy Day

I know, I've had a lot of those lazy days lately, it seems. Today I missed my yoga class, mainly because I woke up late and didn't get breakfast before taking the kids to school. Breakfast trumped yoga. Then instead of the cardio & weights circuit workout I had planned for the afternoon, I did some easygoing cardio instead. I did the ballet and jazz sections from the Hot Body, Cool Mind workout by Jennifer Kries. I enjoyed the dancing, though it wasn't a big cardio challenge. I liked that there were fun, graceful moves but I didn't have to stop and rewind to get the moves right. If I was a little off it was easy enough to keep going and get back into the flow. Some days that's what I want, even though I often like complex choreography. It also felt like a stretching workout even as I danced along. The whole DVD is like that--it's a big fusion of various things and everything feels like it both strengthens and stretches you in some way. Some of the New Age spiritual elements have me rolling my eyes (maybe that's just me), but overall I like her style. I also like how you can pick and choose from a variety of sections--Pilates, yoga, jazz dance, ballet, and some other weird stuff. It's like 2 1/2 hours of material, so you could have one very long workout or just do little bits at a time (like I do).

I figured this was a good workout today, because I've been feeling blah and very sore after the kickboxing and snow-shoveling yesterday. Tomorrow I hope to go do a run (if there's not too much snow or mud on the trail) or maybe just some step aerobics.