Magnesium

Muscles need magnesium so I've been told many times. It helps relieves cramps and restore tight, over worked muscles. I've posted about this product before but it is one supplement that really works for me. Ultra muscleze is on top of my packing list. I'm taking two kinds with me. The regular which I usually take at night to help me sleep and the energy. I won't need any help falling asleep in LA but who knows. I'll have major jet legged so I might just need something extra to calm me down and knock me out whilst working on my knackered muscles. I can definitely see the Energy version coming in very handy. It is an over the counter product here in Australia and I have no idea where to get it in the States so I'm packing it. At this rate I'll have a bag full of supplements and not much else.

Hydration!

You hear it all the time in the Bikram world but it's so important....HYDRATION! If I have any horrific experiences in the hot room I can always trace the reason back to bad hydration. Water is life, we need full stop but when your sweating out a small reservoir during the class it becomes ever more important. 

Being a Type A personality or on the verge (?!!) of a compulsive obsessive I need to be prepared. At Teacher Training it will be one of the hardest things to stay hydrated for two full on classes a day. I'm pretty good with my supplements, I've written posts on it before. For my preparation for training I have stocked up on my favourite, tried and trusted hydration methods. Mainly Essential Electrolyte capsules and Nuun's water soluble tablets. 

I know full well I can get all these in California as that's where I order them from in the first place. Backwards logic I know, why have I got all this shipped from the States to lug it back there in my suitcase, all 1.6kg of it. Because I need piece of mind that I have at least a few weeks supply with me. I don't want the worry or the stress of a package not turning up, going missing, getting stolen, lost in the vast mail room of the hotel. So here is my stash, it should last approximately all of training for the electrolytes and yogabody stretch and half for the Nunns. I'm sure I'll get too generous if I see dying bodies and end up giving/selling some of it but least I have enough. 

Hydration supply for nine weeks.

Yogabody Stretch supplement

I'm a bit of a supplement nut. Anything that will make my life easier or healthier in one small capsule will suck me in. I used to take a whole heap of vitamin and mineral's until I saw a naturopath who advised me all the supermarket stuff I was taking was rubbish. So I quit those and started taking Ultra Musceleze, a high grade magnesium powder which has worked wonders on my tired yoga muscles. The only other things I take now is Turmeric and electrolyte capsules when I practice.

Until now!! Both my studio Director and Manager suggested I try Yogabody Stretch capsules. 100% natural and has been shown to optimize flexibility and reduce recovery time and inflammation. I've only been taking them three weeks but I've noticed a difference in my practice. Especially floor bow in which I usually cramp up. I'm think anything that will ease the pain of the full on intensiveness of TT is worth a try. I took nine caps yesterday and even though I have nothing to compare it to I'm attributing Yogabody for making it slightly easier.