I have to say, after hitting it hard for a couple of months of crossfit, yoga really opens things up and makes me feel great - both physically and mentally. i’m curious how many of you meatheads mix in yoga every once in a while.
@rawraw - maybe you can explain why yoga carries such a great psychic benefit. am i tapping in to my inner eternal well spring or some such nonsense???
I don’t do yoga, but I imagine that regularly hanging around in a room where fit women in tights do stretches in close proximity can be beneficial to one’s mental state.
I’ve only every gone with a significant other, but I do think people (especially xfit people) tend to neglect mobility. I’ve enjoyed yoga in the past, but due to time constraints I find it easier and more effective to just try and do 10 minutes or so of mobility a day. For example, I have some issues with my left shoulder so I always stretch that out, and I"m always tight in my hamstrings/lower back so I stretch those all the time.
I used to do hot yoga and found it very relaxing and good for joints and flexibility. Also, it seemed to be that there were a number of women in my class that were wearing the infamous, “defective” black luon Lululemon pants. Not that I was complaining, of course…
Couldn’t have said it better myself. I think most of us who have tried it went initially because of the scenery but realized it actually has some merit. I dont believe it should be practiced as a stand alone routine unless you are older or recoverying from an injury.
Above the mma gym i train at is a yoga studio and sometimes after practice a bunch of the fighters will attend a class to increase their flexiblity, and of course to show off our wounds to the women.
Have you tried the pose where you lie down flat on your back. Someone puts a chair over your head. And you lift up you legs and place them above your head and onto the chair. Like folding in half in a way. That was the best one I tried.