I've been doing it not so consistently since the beginning of February. So far only a couple times this week as a knee injury has slowed me down. Still doing it, just not going deep.
Just did the diamond dozen the first 2 weeks. Eased my way into it. But went full tilt on the diet
With just the changes in diet, and doing this sporadically, I'm down almost over 15lbs. Kind of excited to actually start doing it full force and consistently at least 4 times a week.
Hoping it'll help my knee, I hurt it mostly because of a lack of stability and strength doing a high impact exercise...
Well I ordered my DVD set off the DDP Yoga website on February 20. I am excited, yet scared, as I am probably in arguably the worst shape of my life right now. I ahve problems with my L4/L5 discs in my back so I hope it helps, in that regard.
Working in camp for most of the last 2 years, I look forward to the challenge of DDP Yoga. The website says normal delivery takes 6-8 weeks I believe. Hopefully it arrives just before my next break is over on March 24.
The first few workouts are really really tough, you look at them and thing, they don't look to bad. But the first time you do anything in a lunge position, or do a CT pushup, or do the broken table stuff, you'll feel it.
Right now, from where I was in terms of being able to do Energy and Fat burner is amazing. When I did Energy the first couple of times I had to pause halfway through because I was gassed and I wasn't used to working the muscle groups that I was using in YRG. But now I can get through those workouts, I still sweat but not like when I first started and I do 75% of the moves in the more extreme positions. (Still working on a deeper lunge though)
The workout that is sneaky and kicks my butt is red hot core, because core workouts hurt. Especially when your balancing on your butt while pulling your feet off of the ground and straight up and holding the ball.
but its nothing to be scared of, just start with the modified positions, pay attention to your breathing and you'll be golden.
No matter how hard you think it is, never give up. It gets easier each time you do it. The first time I did Diamond Cutter workout, I thought I was going to die (not really). I did it again the next night, and it seemed easier. After a few weeks I was able to do the 10 second pushups without modification.
I did Below The Belt and Strength Builder back in August or September. They were hard. Below The Belt really gave my legs a workout. Constant burning in my quads. Strength Builder was really hard because of flexibility. I decided that I wasn't ready for them and chose to wait a bit. Well, I waited a bit longer than I expected, but I just did BTB on Sunday and SB last night. They were easier than I remember. My flexibility had improved. They were still super challenging but I felt that I was ready for these and now I'm excited to try them again.
Maybe you need to do like CaptainCruch and focus on Energy and FatBurner for the first couple of months until your back feels better. Maybe your back feels immediate benefits and you're able to quickly forge ahead to the more intense workouts. Whatever the case may be. Work at your own pace. That is why you'll always hear "Make DDP Yoga your own". You do what you need to do to get the benefits you want. Don't overdo it if you're just going to hurt yourself and put yourself on the sidelines, and don't expect amazing results if you don't push yourself either. Find what works for you and stick to it.
What I find interesting is the difficulty and variance in my ability to keep my heart rate in the zone, and why that might be.
For the past 2-3 weeks during ignition I could crank up the ol' heart to 130-140 and then just humm along for the whole workout right in the sweet spot. This week for whatever reason I just can't seem to keep my heart rate in the zone no matter how hard I try, and there isn't really anything I'm doing different.
I'm not overly worried about it, I just find it interesting how the body works. Or it could just be a piece of crap monitor.
No I don't modify anything. If anything I modify things to make them harder. Aside from maybe being hungry or sleep deprived, sometimes I force myself to do the workout even though I don't really feel like it.
In order to get through those workouts I really don't want to do, I let my mind wander to other things like boobs. So my focus on engaging everything all of the time could be a bit lacking in those instances.
Yeah, the engaging is huge in terms of managing your heart rate. In terms of modifying there is the easy modification and the extreme modification.
But if you don't focus on engaging properly, your heart rate doesn't jump much, your basically doing some funky girl version of relaxation yoga for 75% of your workout.
As an add on the breathing and verbal countdowns are crucial for keeping your heart rate up.
the difference between me doing CT pushups quietly, and doing them verbally with sharp exhales is like 10 to 15 beats per minute
I find that when I do Energy or Fat Burner that it takes me a while to get my heart rate up. I may have days when it is easier than some to get my HR up during ignition but during some workouts I find it takes me a while for my HR to stay in the zone.
The Pushups really get my HR to spike, so if I think of it, I'll do some pushups before a workout that takes a while for my HR to stay in the zone. It helps to get it in the zone quicker. Even after all these months I still forget to engage my glutes quite a bit. That also helps to go a long way to bringing up the HR. Also, even the past couple of weeks, I found a different way of applying DR during touchdown that helps my HR to get high or remain high. Always learning new techniques still.
That's what I like about it, also there are some really good mods that DDP's daughter put out there that he doesn't talk about that really get your heart going.
For example during the Catcher, instead of going all the way down you stop about an inch or two above where you normally would and engage your glutes and you hold there. That's really strenuous.
Also in the lunge positions to things like Superstar, you lift your whole upper body with your legs. DDP does it but doesn't show it. But that little lifting motion is a really good clench and raises your rates.
I also alternated my CT pushups to increase the difficulty and I use a bench to put my feet on so all of my weight is on my pecs shoulders and biceps and it makes it a lot harder.
Holy crap! I haven't seen those before. Way harder than they look.
I figured my core is what has benefited the most from doing this for the past 8 months or whatever it has been. I am able to do Red Hot Core pretty easily. I made it to 5 on those things and by #6 my back was spasming and my abs felt like there was a semi truck sitting on top of them.
The fact that he does 50 is obscene. New challenge accepted!
Ddp yoga has been awesome for my knee surgery rehab. I had arthroscopic meniscus surgery on feb 4 and am back playing squash and floor hockey. Gotta still stay motivated to do Ddp in between.
I injured my wrist playing hockey so I'm limiting myself to only doing Stand Up as it has me putting the least pressure on my wrist. Have I ever figured out how to engage and completely own that workout. I've bumped my average HR up by 6 beats in that workout! It really made me realize that I wasn't engaging as well as I could for some of the workouts. You'll see on teamddpyoga.com forums that people are asking why Energy or Fat Burner is so hard to get their HR up. Well, it's because you're not engaging properly. Once you get into a harder workout like Diamond Cutter, it is easier to let up on engaging so your HR doesn't go through the roof. That practice then follows through to the shorter and easier workouts.
Engage! Engage! Engage! That is the secret to owning your DDP Yoga workout.
after that will probably teach for free or 10$ per class
