I’ve now gotten through all of the workouts that come in the DDP Yoga Combo Pack, my last being Double Black Diamond this past Saturday.
DDP Yoga really only borrows yoga motions and combines them in sequences with plyometrics and calisthenics, so it’s not like most yoga out there. During the recent HBO Real Sports of Bryant Gumbel feature on DDP Yoga, Dallas Page reinforces this while talking about traditional yoga: “It’s pretty peaceful not mine…” (Dallas talks from about 4:25-6:00 in the linked YouTube video). I’m really careful about the way I talk about DDP Yoga, because it’s really not like traditional yoga. I’m also the most flexible I’ve ever been, and that’s all because of the DDP Yoga. That I attribute to FocusMaster, which is a fairly high intensity, fast-twitch workout. I’m stronger than I’ve ever been, and my stamina is way up. And I’m never overly sore to the point where I can’t do the next workout. Since July, I’ve been working out 12 times per week, that’s twice a day during the week and once a day on weekends. Who wants to go to the gym when they’re already really sore? That body-mind connection used to give me an excuse to say, “I don’t need to work out today.” That, in and of itself, is a demotivating factor. It used to be that I’d be sore for 2-3 days after training a muscle set. In this time, my body and mind have changed dramatically. I’m spending a lot less time in the gym doing traditional cardio (maximum 2x per week for only 30 minutes maintaining a heart rate between 120 and 150), and, as of July, I’ve completely eliminated weight training. Since keeping up with both of these very different approaches toward total wellness, I’ve lost 33 pounds (and if you include the 10 pounds I gained back when I was on my honeymoon, that would make 43 pounds.). Around the same time, I started DDP Yoga. My friend, Crystal, really got me into FocusMaster six months ago she kept me motivated by being a weekly workout buddy (sadly, she moved out of the Capital District this past weekend). Once I reach that weight, I will have lost 125 pounds since getting back into training on 1/1/11. Today, I am 7 pounds away from reaching the weight I’d like to maintain. My whole approach toward fitness is evolving, and I am very close to my ultimate goal weight. In the past several weeks, I’ve really been hard at work.