{"id":2023,"date":"2011-04-01T19:50:13","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T18:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mpdspace.com\/blog\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2011-10-29T13:12:16","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T12:12:16","slug":"is-yoga-for-wimps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mpdspace.com\/blog\/health\/is-yoga-for-wimps\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Yoga For Wimps!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who said yoga\u2019s for wimps<\/strong>, I\u2019ll jump straight out of the warrior pose and kick some ass to the tune of OHM, I do tough guy yoga; it\u2019s takes daily Jedi discipline.<\/a><\/p>\n

If you think yoga\u2019s for wimps try tough guy yoga<\/span><\/h3>\n

What is tough guy yoga<\/strong> you may be asking, well it use\u2019s basic yogic stretches and techniques, martial art training and a little weight lifting, along with some qi gong moving meditation. \u00a0if you\u2019re luckily enough to have a training partner you can head of to the local park and go toe to toe with some sparing, completing your session with a site down meditation and some chakra balancing.<\/p>\n

The result of such cross training is a four way\u00a0between gymnast \u00a0a boxers and the \u00a0grace of a cute ballet dancer and the skill of a ninja, that makes for one bad ass kicking yogi \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Humanity keeps this yogi in check Meditation \/ philosophy<\/span><\/h3>\n

Come on who said yoga\u2019s for wimps let me at UM, Yogis would be a set of bad ass MO FOs if we didn\u2019t cool it down with the Zen mediation technique and a philosophy of personal development, which sets our path for continual improvement, emotional balance and non violence.<\/p>\n

Yoga unlocks the power in tense muscles<\/span><\/h3>\n

I say again who said yoga\u2019s for wimps, theirs no harm in doing a little stretching and breathing, to loosen up tense muscles for peck performance.<\/p>\n

Would you call mad dog Tyson a wimp<\/strong> for stretching out his muscles, he\u2019ll bit your head off, in one lunging stretch.<\/p>\n

I seen a video of the former heaver weight champion Mike Tyson in training, he invests a lot of time stretching and breathing, before and after \u00a0his intensive workouts, this stretching keeps this bad boys muscle supple and responsive – ready for action!<\/p>\n

Flexibility is queen Power is king<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Balance in all things is in the weighing of is ying and yang<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tyson is one flexible dude, many of his competiter\u2019s were tonk, built to kill, but they were big strong and powerful for nothings. Too slow and unflexible , how did he do it, well stretching, that mad dog had the reflex of a 5 ball juggler, and a body like 80s Schwarzenegger\u00a0that equals bad ass, I think he needed some Zen mediation too.<\/p>\n

Here’s my fitness\u00a0story<\/span><\/h3>\n

I started my fitness career imitating my father, \u00a0trying to lift his weights \u00a0as I was only about 7 at the time, I was way over my head, so I had to make do with imitating the guys in my fathers material art movies.<\/p>\n

As Time\u00a0progressed I started to gain success with my father\u2019s chest bar, sitting on the floor pulling it between my hands legs, anyway that was my introduction into fitness. A in my early 20s I was a healthy 92.07 kilo of solid \u00a0muscle. I was ripped like HE man, untill one dark day, while I was working I had an incident, \u00a0I pulled a muscle picking up a wimpy shirt.<\/p>\n

Diet should be in proportion to \u00a0activate<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Four mouths of not training and eating the same quantity of food was not good combination, I had blown up and my belly started to hang over my belt. Four mouths of pop belly Lloyd was all I could take.\u00a0I found yoga and got toned in a sort space of time. I discovered the importance of stretching and breathing.<\/p>\n

Cross-training a\u00a0Marriage made in heaven\u00a0Yoga and pumping iron<\/span><\/h3>\n

After almost a year of not hitting the iron, yoga had fixed my back and reopened the door to the gym and the adrenalin rush of pumping iron.<\/p>\n

But at 73.03 kilo this unlikely combination of pumping iron and yoga had unforeseen side effects. Cross training\u00a0\u00a0had transformed my body into that of a ninja no joke!\u00a0Doing Yoga and pumping iron had given me the gymnast ability to perform at the level of a martial artist,Yoga prepares the body for high end athletic performance.<\/p>\n

Yoga can transform your body<\/span><\/h3>\n

Improved balance, the new ability to do fancy kicks\/punches, roles and flips that I had so loved as a child were now in my position. Well I can do a front flip, (still working on the back flip) –\u00a0The point here is not necessarily to transform your self into a ninja but its to retain\/regain \u00a0the suppleness, flexibility and youthful energy, but trust me being a ninja will make you a star when you\u2019re playing with the kids, cartwheel and rollies pollies etc – its great fun!!<\/p>\n

Yoga was aldo preparation for more extreme sports like free running\/ parkour (which consist largely of stretching, and power exercises great,but parkour\u00a0a whole nother show!<\/p>\n

Kundali \/ chi energy<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

On a serious side yoga also opened the door to a greater understanding of my health, internal energy and energy orbit’s around the body. This is not some thing that can be understood in text, it must be experienced through practice – its all about knowledge of self.<\/p>\n

Is yoga for wimps well?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Fare enough if you only do basic stretches and poses for 5, 10 min every now and then, you\u2019ll problem get blown away by the wind, if you practice a more intense discipline and a well rounded routine you will be very fit. If you work in some music and high energy dancing to get the heart beating, you\u2019ll be vibingly fit like an African dancer,\u00a0If you combined yoga with power exercises like weight lifting you\u2019re on to a winner.<\/p>\n

All in all is yoga for wimps<\/span><\/h3>\n

My belief is that in order to have a well around body and expression, supplementation of \u00a0your activities is a most. This means a\u00a0varied\u00a0diet of exercise’s based on your personal health requirements and life style, Its a bit like being a fitness shopper.<\/p>\n

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