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Today the junkfood out weighs the workouts.

I skipped my run and called today a "sort of rest day". In which I did nothing except Amrit's Yoga class. Class was so packed. Crunch needs to get their act together and have more early morning Yoga classes, not just bc I am in need of them but bc Amrit's classes are so ridiculously packed, we're mat to mat, people's mats are overlapping..I mean come on!

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best yoga class ever?

It was a great class in general, but a few random things made it memorable.  First cerie from 30 rock was in my class.  Second, my instructor squeezed my butt to show me what muscle i needed to be working during half moon pose.  I almost bust out laughing.  Anyways, very entertaining end to an otherwise annoying day.

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You know what really grinds my gears...

Got to the gym by 7am today. Did 2 miles on the treadmill, intervals. Then my cool down on the elliptical. 15min.

Muay Thai class, pad holding for southpaws. :)

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Almost, but not quite.

The Yogaworks class I took today was a bit more challenging. JUST when I started to sweat, it was over. Went for a run. The end.

P.S. Really missed Amrit's class today. UGH. When was the last time I did pigeon pose?

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Kingston, NY for 5 fighters!

I went to another incredibly boring class at Yogaworks. WOW. Then 11am Kali and 12pm Muay Thai. Then got ready to head up to Kingston with some of the guys from the gym.

The event was awesome bc the fights moved quickly and we had 4 unanimous wins! 1 no contest due to an accidental headbutt.

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Snooze button, please.

I went to 8am Muay Thai. BC and I are both really overtrained. I am still doing my Yogaworks trial damnit! I went after Muay Thai class. Took class with this great instructor. She taught a few weeks back at Lululemon. But the class itself was not challenging at all. I hate when I take a yoga class and I am not sweaty. Like NOT at all.

My Body

Jon Togo of "CSI Miami" on L.A. Gyms, Boxing, and Body Dysmorphia

Golden Oldie alert! Reaching back to late summer 2009 for a classic from our My Body series. ~ The Eds.

I used to do Pilates for exercise when I first moved to L.A. I was really good at it. It was all the Beverly Hills housewives and me. The place was called “Pilates Plus.” This French guy ran it, and he used to grab all the cougars' asses who were in the class while they were working out. It was a great workout, but I couldn’t take all the yentas. It was fifteen Joan Riverses and me.

I haven’t been to the gym in a long time. I box now. The regular gyms in L.A. are horrible. Literally, Fabio works out at my old gym. Once I saw Vin Diesel working out with a giant wooden staff. It's so douchey, it's unbelievable. It’s irritating and horrible. Once I was in a spin class and the teacher was like, "This is why you don’t work as actors! You don’t push yourself!”

I like the idea of going someplace where what you do for a living doesn’t matter. When you go to a boxing gym, you’re treated the same same no matter who you are. There’s no posturing in boxing.  You can put on any front you want, but, once you get in the ring, you have to back it up. Everyone is really friendly, but they beat the shit out of each other. I get my ass whipped all the time. Some of the guys I train with fight for a living, and they have nothing to prove. There’s something very America about it. It’s like jazz. It’s a throwback sport. It’s the hardest workout there is. Because you’re working out and trying to not to get punched in the face at the same time. It would be like if you were holding a position in yoga trying to breathe and relax, and at the same time the yoga teacher was kicking you in the face. But boxing doesn’t hurt. It’s not a painful experience. You wear so much padding. You learn how to do it.  I got the shanan punim. I got the money maker. I can’t get hit in the face. All the actors wear headgear because they don’t want to get punched in the face.

Live from Wall Street

Yoga is the "Fastest Growing Sport" in America

Bloomberg news visits I.AM.YOU yoga and files an in depth report on the yoga economy. Salient facts: 16 million Americans now do yoga, and the "sport" is "gaining practitioners more quickly than golf, tennis, and mountaineering." Watch video for disorienting feeling of yoga discussed by financial analysts.... (Via mizzFit.)

Scientific

Yoga Beats Walking to Relieve Stress

Let's say on three days a week you practice yoga for an hour, while your friend goes for a one hour walk. Let's say you were both typical stressed out city people. Guess what? According to researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine, you're going to end up the happier camper. Specifically, if someone was to pop you both into MRI machines, they would find that your brain had higher levels of gamma-aminobutyric acid. Apparently higher "GABA" levels translate roughly into less anxiety and more cheerfulness. Bring on the GABA! All this was just published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, but, to be fair, it's unclear exactly how rigorous the walk, or what type of yoga must be done. Stiil, score one for the yogis.

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oooommm

Great very small yoga class today.  It was challenging but felt really good.  There was lots of stretching and hip opening, and at the end we did an amazing 10 min chest and hip opening resorative pose.  It felt really good and got me nice and centered.  All in preparation for. ..