I am continually motivated by new challenges, connection to people in TeamDDP, and the support from everyone all the way from new members to DDP himself.Īnother huge benefit of DDP Yoga is the stretching. It’s high cardio (I spend at least 60% of a workout in my fat-burning zone), it’s zero impact (no jerking movement to injure me), and I love doing it. So, that’s pretty much any form of cardio eliminated.
You don’t soar to 198 lbs when you have a healthy enjoyment of sports and fitness! Also, I am injury prone! My family does not have good genes for knees gentle gusts of wind have been known to take out our ACLs. Oh, and it’s meant to be something you enjoy too. It works my muscles in completely different ways to how they are worked when I run, which a recent article from Runner’s World explains that I am lowering my chance of sustaining new injuries.įor cross training, it is advised that I engage in a high cardio exercise that allows you to use slightly different muscles but shouldn’t include activities requiring sideways movements because you raise your risk of injury. It improves my balance, my leg strength and my core strength, all of which contribute to a better performance on race day. For strength training, DDP Yoga works my legs, my core and my upper body better than any other form of exercise I have tried* this is the first time in my life I have ever had toned arms. I’m still getting in about three DDP Yoga sessions a week because DDP Yoga fits into a running schedule like no other workout could! My marathon schedule calls for both strength and cross training. As you might expect, there’s a lot of running involved, which meant I had to sacrifice some of the time-slots in which I would normally do DDP Yoga.
I’m about to finish the eighth week of my Marathon training program.