[quote]gregron wrote:
[quote]XanderBuilt wrote:
PS - congrats on the engagement Greg![/quote]
Thanks a lot man. My girl likes yoga too and I got a membership to a yoga studio with her. It was way harder than i thought! We did core power yoga thats heated so there is a lot more strength involved than i expected. I thought it would be just an hour long stretching routine (which i needed) but I was way wrong.
Anyone who hasnt done a hot yoga class should try it out. Definitely is relaxing and you’ll sweat your ass off in there. Its a good time… plus the hot yoga babes are… well hot ;)[/quote]
I think with all things it requires a lot of consistency and practice. Core Power Yoga sounds like an advanced class haha. My wife reads maybe 2 to 3 books on yoga a month and trains 3 to 4 days a week. She also does meditation and breathing which she’s been getting me to do (I’m quite stubborn and I’ve only done this once). If the breathing and meditation help me focus better, control my cortisol levels etc then I should be doing it more often.
There are a lot of similarities between an activity like yoga and lifting (and I only realise this because of nights and nights of chats with my wife) - there is strong mind-body connection needed, concentration, focus, breathing and practice to get better at both. However what puzzles me is how flexible we need to be as lifters? My thoughts were enough flexibility to get full ROM where possible but rigid enough to maintain tension in lifts (I can’t imagine being supple when squatting haha).
As for using yoga to stretch etc I don’t even think level 1 Hatha yoga classes do that (entry level classes) - I’ve done reflexology/Chinese massage sessions instead and I plan to do more of these this year as my lifting frequency increases (I plan to show the biggest change possible with my body this year).