Jaguars 2023

 How’s this for a full circle moment?  Back in 2015, I had a tumor pressing on my spinal cord in my neck that required emergency surgery. I remember going to my last jaguars game in 2014 in my dad’s company skybox. But a few weeks later my life changed forever. After seeing 2 different orthopedic surgeons who could find nothing wrong (I was falling all the time, had fractured my tailbone, was dragging my left foot) my mom parents luckily made me an appt at Mayo to see a neurologist they did an MRI and found a tumor immediately. I wrote in a previous blog how I was going to Mayo for my 6 week follow up hopefully to get my collar off, which was horrible. I was in my mom’s car and the song by American Authors “Best Day of my Life” came on, I knew in that moment that I was getting my collar off. But that was the least of my worries. I started having intense pain after the surgery, apparently my nerves weren’t functioning before but now were on high alert. Mayo prescribed oxycodiene for 10 months and I lost 50 lbs. when my parents finally intervened I was 74 lbs. I didn’t think I could handle Jaguars games due to length and uncomfortable chairs. I didn’t go to another game until 2018 when my dad asked me in treatment to go to games again. I tried it and it wasn’t too bad. I handled it pretty well and wasn’t in pain. But I had missed their good 2017 year when they made the AFC championships. 2018 they were horrible and they continued to be horrible. I didn’t really get the Jaguars bug again until 2020. I was in a relationship, my first in 10 years. And Covid hit so I was desperately looking for things to do to get out of the house. My boyfriend and I ended up going to 8 of the games from the 2020 season. In 2021, I went to all of the games using one of my dad’s tickets in the terrace suites. In 2022, I have been to all the games and how funny is it that we are getting a home playoff game where American Authors is doing the halftime. Full circle, truly! I love going to the games now, and will be sad when football season is over. 

Yoga flow sequence

Chair to bonzi to warrior 3, to crescent lunge, to twisting crescent lunge (optional rag doll or half vinyasa plank, low plank, cobra/ up dog, down dog) repeat on other side

Spin April 20

Spin April 20th, 2013

After a week off (I taught yoga at the New York Prostate Cancer Conference last Saturday)
This week is going to be brutal. Also excited to share some new ideas from taking class at Soul Cycle NYC.

Come clean Hillary duff warm up **
Show me the money Petey Pablo jumps/ push-ups borrowed from soul cycle 30 sec jumps, 15 push-ups repeat x3 push ups can be done in saddle and out in position 3
Tonight I'm loving you Enrique Iglesias sprints/ climb 1/2 turns
Higher taio Cruz sprints/ climb cont
This is how we do it Montell Jordan** climb, we used thus song at soul cycle for jumps
Spectrum remix Florence and machines intervals
Born this way lady gaga 4ct jumps all three positions
One night only disco beyonce/ dream girls 2 1 min sprints
Cry me a river Justin timberlake climb full turn every minute
My body climb cont
I wanna be with you remix 2 1 min sprints, 1 30 sec sprint
Breakeven  the script cool down


New song**

Spin playlist April 13th
(I will be in NYC, teaching yoga at the New York Prostate Cancer Conference).
But I made this playlist for my sub. She told me it was great!
All of these songs I've used before in class (except the warmup song). They are my favorite, go to songs.

Come on get up Janet Jackson warmup
I cry flo rida sprints
Shake it off Florence and machine climb
Spectrum say my name Calvin Harris remix sprints
Good time owl city sprints/ climb
Scream and shout clean version Britney Spears/ will I am jumps
What makes you beautiful one direction / intervals
Where have you been rihanna jumps/ sprints
Locked out heaven bruno marsclimb/ sprints
Dark side kelly clarkson climb/ sprints
Blow me one last kiss glee progressive sprints 30 sec, 45, 1 min
Fireflies owl city cool down

Spin Saturday April 5

Good time owl city Warm up
Show me the money petey pablo from step up soundtrack jumps
Wild ones Flo Rida sprints
The geeks get the girls american high fi sprints
Shake it out Florence and the machines climb
Scream and shout Britney Spears/ will I am jumps** new song!!
Tonight I'm loving you Enrique Iglesias/ Ludacris sprints
Lucky strike maroon 5 sprints
All these things I've done the killers (I love this song, I love working out to any song by the killers) climb
Where have you been Rihanna jumps
You and I lady gaga climb
When I was your man Bruno mars cool down (love this song)

This is one of the first playlists in a long time that I created earlier in the week amd wasn't tempted to change it, but I also didn't practice teach like I normally do.) we will see how it goes.

Next week I want to use some of these songs:
Closer by Ne-Yo
My body by young the giant (such a good, motivating song)

Spin march 30 "feel good" playlist.
Several of my songs this week are positive and uplifting with their lyrics.
Brighter than the sun collie caillat warm up
What makes you beautiful one direction intervals
Born this way lady gaga jumps
Evacuate the dance floor cascada climbing sprints
Before he cheats carrie underwood  climbing sprints cont
Dynamite taio Cruz climb**
Follow me down gin blossoms progressive sprints**
Bug a boo destinys child jumps**
I am me Ashlee Simpson climbing sprints
Fuckin perfect pink (clean version) climb cont.
dance again jennifer Lopez jumps (one of my favorite go to spin songs!)
Stronger Kelly Clarkson (I love this song!) sprints
Just the way you are Bruno mars cool down

**means new song for spinning
super excited for some new songs this week, techiqually these aren't new songs, they've been sitting on my iPod, but it's the first time I've used them for spinning.

Spin march 23

Without you usher warm up
Where have you been Rihanna jumps
Tonight I'm loving you Enrique Iglesias/ ludacris sprints
Payphone maroon 5 climb
Country girl Luke Bryan sprints
Take it off Kesha jumps
Wild ones flo rida climbing sprints
Over you daughtry climbing sprints cont
Daylight maroon 5 climbing cont
Machinehead bush sprints
Stronger Jayne west climbing
Beautiful goodbye maroon 5 climbing cont (this was suppose to be our cool down song but it ended up my playlist was 5 mins short for a 45 min class...I knew my playlist was 2 mins short but I think we started early)
I have nothing whitney Houston cool down ( I always have an extra cool down song in case)