The Kink is Out (Mostly)

Today is a good day. The sun is shining, its not frigid out, and I had a great workout! I woke up a bit later than I had planned so I didn't make the 8:15 yoga class at World's but I did make it through my 20 min run thanks to my elipital break yesterday. I only had time for an hour-long workout so I followed my run with 3 sets of 12 standing calf raises, 3 sets (each leg) of 8 standing glute presses, and then moved on to abs. I did 3 sets of 8 teepees (another move I really need to get some pics of!), stopping to balance on my knees between each set, and then finished up with 3 sets of 8 balancing leg pull-ins on a bench.

I had to scoot because I had a 30-min "stress buster" massage booked at Soma Massage & Wellness in South Portland. Highly recommend this place...great massages and reasonable prices! The masseuse told me that I was really tight in my chest which I thought was odd given that I barely do any chest exercises and thats not where the pain is but I'll take her word for it. I made the mistake of telling her how tight my jaw was so she barely touched that area which was a dissapointment but she did do a great job kneading out all of my shoulder and neck knots! How great life would be if I could get a massage every day!

Well, I'm just back from taking my pup for a walk. Or, let's be honest here, he's back from taking me for a walk. He probably added a few knots back into my right shoulder but I'll take a few knots in exchange for a gorgeous November afternoon, anyday!