Ashtanga yoga
Me and Barb did a little Ashtanga tonight. I rarely totally completely overwhelmingly suck so fucking bad at a new physical activity. First time i picked up a KB is snatched, cleaned, and jerked it with no instruction. Form was bad I'm sure but it was definately recognizable as the activity It was intended to be. I was invited to spar with the more advanced students in karate. I look like a constipated yak trying to check out his own ass to discover the problem doing yoga. BUT........
It's cool and it exposes a whole hell of a lot of flexibility/mobility issues I have, and it takes more strength than one would think. The transition between downward dog and upward dog is a movement that is half plank and half close grip bench press. Its a static hold for a few seconds. It is hard lemme tell ya. It's peaceful too. KBs/strength training and yoga Ying and Yang. Cool stuff.
It's cool and it exposes a whole hell of a lot of flexibility/mobility issues I have, and it takes more strength than one would think. The transition between downward dog and upward dog is a movement that is half plank and half close grip bench press. Its a static hold for a few seconds. It is hard lemme tell ya. It's peaceful too. KBs/strength training and yoga Ying and Yang. Cool stuff.
posted by Royce at 11:31 PM
2 Comments:
this is hard to swallow but keep at it. It is very important for your overall joint and body health,especially if you are going to focus on the powerlifts.just let yourself start slowly and build slowly.you will feel much better.
Thanks man, and it's cool for a couple of reasons, one like you said to balance everything out. But me and Barb need it too. We really felt close after doing it.
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