Post: #26

There's nothing effeminate about Yoga, I agree...I do Yoga at home whenever I get the chance, but I'll pass on attending a Yoga class. I don't see the need to go to a class.

Just watch a damn youtube video. Picking up a girl at the Yoga studio seems so cliche. You think they're full of hot women until you attend and it's nothing but whales and acne-prone, stinky hipsters...Then again, I am in Toronto.

Post: #27

If you do it for girls, don't, there are better ways and doing anything so you have excuses to meet girls lowers your SVM.

To be in shape it's not the worst thing to do.

However any group activity, specially when organized by girls, is not the most optimum use of your time. You get results yes, but why waste time with suboptimal programming, hippie bullshit about chakkras and ceaseless girly banter.

I stretch on my own and spend half the time than if I attended a yoga class, for better results. 45 minutues 3 times per week.

I used to do it after weightlifting workouts but if you are able to do that, you are not stretching hardcore enough. Now I do mobility and active stretches between weightlifting sets, but leave hardcore stretching for before bed.


Take stretching as a separate and serious workout, sometimes my stretching workout is harder than deadlifting or squatting sessions. But it feels so good afterwards.

I used the stretch series from gimnastic bodies as a starting point, 1st wokout is for middle splits, second for thoracic bridge, and last for side split. I see improvements from month to month, it's incredible what 3 sessions per week do over time.

Post: #28

I generally make it to yoga class three times per week or so. It's just one part of my overall health and fitness routine - including waking up at 5am, bright light therapy, whole and healthy foods, low stress (if I can manage it), and lots of sleep.

I look great and I'm in great shape and I attribute this to two things mostly: 1) yoga, and 2) a clean diet. Those are the 80/20 lifestyle changes that I made that have made me feel great and have girls fawning. So, yoga works for me. You can call it feminine if you'd like. Ideally yoga should be done in concert with something else, like a martial art. That's why I'm gradually getting into jiu jitsu, with yoga as a nice complement.

The thing about yoga is that it can really help you to understand what's going on with your body generally. So, if you keep a regular practice, you'll notice things. You'll notice when you need to chill out for a bit and not stress out so much. You'll look at food differently - you now realize that that piece of cake is going to give you a sugar crash and make you feel tired for the next hour. You'll notice when you've been sitting at a desk or on the couch for too long and need to get up and walk around for a bit. You'll notice when you need to drink more water.

Call it what you'd like but yoga can help a G become more aware of what serves him, and what doesn't. To me, it's clearly an 80/20 activity, along with getting a regular eight hours of sleep, and eating clean, healthy food.

Post: #29

(09-14-2016 10:31 PM)WeekendCasanova Wrote:  There's nothing effeminate about Yoga, I agree...I do Yoga at home whenever I get the chance, but I'll pass on attending a Yoga class. I don't see the need to go to a class.

Just watch a damn youtube video. Picking up a girl at the Yoga studio seems so cliche. You think they're full of hot women until you attend and it's nothing but whales and acne-prone, stinky hipsters...Then again, I am in Toronto.

You attend a class so the teacher can correct your form. As with any physical activity, if you do it wrong you can hurt yourself.. the same applies for yoga. If your alignment is incorrect then you'll be practicing on a bad foundation. You might get overconfident, thing you're more flexible than you are, overextend a stretch with bad form, and next thing you know you're injured. Also the atmosphere in a class is way better than at home, but I suppose that's a matter of preference.

There definitely are hot girls in yoga. Toronto sounds terrible.

Post: #30

Yoga is a good idea, but I would study not physical yoga, like hatha, but something like raja yoga or jnana, which is another level.
Hatha is just a preparatory level.
That is, you can skip the physical level, and start with meditation.

Post: #31

I don't see how yoga in its own right could ever be a bad thing.
OK being in a class full of smelly hippies who fart chick peas might be... but I digress.

Plus with yoga, you might want to learn TANTRIC yoga.
And then become a blackbelt, grandmaster Bruce Lee of fucking..
Which is ANYTHING but bad. Haha

An alternative to yoga might be the internal/Taoist Chinese arts - the most notable all round one being Tai Chi.

Now Western tai chi is often infested with camp lentil munchers.
But done PROPERLY the principles of tai chi can be integrated with various martial arts (or its own martial art) and become a VERY alpha thing. I was wondering about putting up a post explaining tai chi myself, if people are interested.

Post: #32

I think just pointing people to Mantak Chia boooks would be a start, but a Tai Chi thread why not?
As far as yoga being bad in anyway? Yes, if you go overboard, have to tell everyone that you are coming/going to yoga, telling people they should try it, carry your water bottle everywhere like its a canteen and you are at war against dehydration, consistently using the words "karma, chakras or dharma and namaste" where they don't apply and are awkward, buying yoga clothes, etc. and the list goes on pretty soon you are smelling like nag champa and eating soy-meat curries.
Yoga is great but it is very Yin and feminine in nature. It must be balanced out with other manly activites like fighting, and well fighting. MMA, boxing, wrestling, martial arts, Thai Boxing, BJJ. As long as it is some form of fighting. Otherwise yoga could neuter you. If you do other manly shit when not doing yoga you will be allright. If doing yoga is the manliest thing you do, you might be headed for a testosterone crash.

Post: #33

I use yoga to fix my lower back pain, it is the only thing that ever corrected my lower back pain, the injury was sustained from lifting heavy weights and from doing too much BJJ, i.e. using the guard too much.

Also yoga is known to keep you looking young.

Post: #34

I think like Tai Chi, the Yoga we often see in the West is a watered down, feminised version.

Certain real yoga exercises require extremely good muscle levels - boydweight, tree branch pullups etc But they are rarely taught to the hippy chick type classes. Plus in old India, only the warrior caste would eat meat. There is no "yoga law" that insists on lentil eating and all that.

Post: #35

I've been doing an hour after lifting and feel great. I've only done it 4 times now but noticed that I breath more deeply and have been getting stronger boners so I guess better circulation. Hot yoga is actually pretty hard.

Post: #36

Several above have mentioned how good it is for strength and flexibility, which are true. I would add balance as a very important benefit. Strength, balance, and flexibility are a powerful combination.

Post: #37

After taking two months off of the gym because I tweaked my shoulder last time i lifted... and living a pretty inactive lifestyle for my two months off. I joined a new gym and have had four Hatha Yoga classes in the last two weeks, each class is a hour an a half. Now I'm officially sold on Yoga, its something I have been wanting to get into for the past 5 years or so but never pulled the trigger aside from doing yoga as part of p90x years ago and also doing some YouTube yoga with my girlfriend for a month (also years ago)

I'm pretty strong guy, been lifting a lot the over the past few years and have always been pretty athletic throughout my life. But in Yoga class I'm shaking and shivering trying to hold some of these poses while the (extremely sexy) Ukrainian girl beside me is holding the same pose with ease. It's quite a humbling experience. Flexibility has never been one of my strong suits. I'm actually pretty excited about getting into yoga and seeing how I can change my flexibility. It's a fresh new challenge that really holds my interest.

Another thing about yoga is after I have finish the class and I am walking around living life... my body just feels like its in tune, like its working and moving the way it should. It's kind of hard for me to put into words but I really believe yoga is super beneficial to the body and the mind. So you can call me a feminine, tree hugging, gluten free taco eating, homo if you wish..an I shall simply respond with "Namaste"

ps. yoga is sexy as fuck for girls.... these fine young Ukrainian gals in their yoga pants and sports bras doing all these flexible poses... it truly tingles my spidey senses.

Post: #38

(09-14-2016 08:52 PM)Giovonny Wrote:  Yoga was invented by MEN; for MEN.

Ancient hunters studied the physical patterns of wild animals..

Animals are constantly stretching...

Why?

They must be ready to hunt at all times..

Our physical bodies are incredible living machines that are designed for dynamic, powerful, movement.

In order to get money and girls. It's best to be fit, healthy, vibrant, rested, re-charged, flexible, strong, clear minded, and full of vitality.

Yoga is designed for us, the hunters.

That's the "red pill" of Yoga.

Agree 100% with this post.

As a younger man I use to think yoga was "feminine" and I will admit I was completely wrong.
Now in my 30's daily yoga, even for just 5 minutes a days, prevents my Sciatic Nerve pain and my Piriformis Muscle from tightening up.

Every single knowledgeable person in the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Dojo I go to regularly practice, warms up with and recommends yoga.

Post: #39

I do yoga from time to time at home

I do it for the stretching (I believe the slow, stretching type is Hatha yoga)

http://www.doyogawithme.com (no affiliate)

I follow videos:
https://www.doyogawithme.com/content/off...-shoulders
https://www.doyogawithme.com/content/5-m...ine-wrists
https://www.doyogawithme.com/content/gentle-yoga-neck
http://www.doyogawithme.com/content/yoga...s-and-back
https://www.doyogawithme.com/content/yog...k-and-feet (start this at 4:45)

I do that routine. Amazing if you have ~1 hour and 15 min. You will feel like heaven after

^helped me with flexibility a bit. Especially the 4th. I can actually kinda touch my toes now when I do a hamstring stretch sitting down

Post: #40

I've done yoga on and off for a year. Great health benefits. Most of the girls are fit, and the workout isn't bad. Certainly no substitute for doing some weight training, but I use yoga as an "off day" to relax from hitting the weights hard. I find it works best to take an evening class if possible, that way you have all your stresses removed right before you hit the sack. Yoga is a fantastic sleep aid!

Post: #41

Namaste
My whole life I have never been able to touch my left foot with my left hand... not sitting or standing or anyway. I was always like 2 or more inches shy of contact. However I could always touch my right foot with my right hand. I couldn't touch both feet with both hands at the same time either. I thought maybe my damn right arm was longer or my body is just out of balance. Today in my yoga class I tried to touch my left hand to left foot during one of the stretches without using this little band I usually use and BAM contact. Then I realized I could touch both of my toes with both my hands at the same time... I was probably more excited about this then I should have been. But it has shown me that after 6 yoga classes my body is getting to some kind of balance that it has never been in.

Also to the people who are just doing yoga on their own by watching youtube videos or something... I highly recommend taking a class if possible. I will be in a pose after watching our instructor do it and it feels like its right. Then the instructor will come by and make 2 minuscule adjustments and it feels like I'm in a totally different pose. Also a lot of times she will come over and pull me into a pose farther then I can do it on my own. It's like my body can move that way cause she puts it in place and its fine. But I can't physically put my body in that pose without help....

Also I'm not 100% sure if its due to the yoga but I Monday I had my first push day in the gym where I didn't have shoulder pain in years.

Post: #42

I just picked up YOGA due to one of my current plates is an Ashtanga YOGA instructor.

I wish I started doing this years ago. I have been lifting hard for years, little stretching. After some classes I could feel how rusty my flexibility is.

Go for it ASAP, you will not regret it

Post: #43

I've occasionally been attending Heated Vinyasa yoga classes, and they are very challenging cardio workouts and tests of endurance. So far, I've found the key is to focus on the practice, in a 'Mastery' sense, and nothing else while in the class. Soon going to begin practicing on my own, as I don't know the poses well enough to really do them correctly. I've found that mindfulness meditation works hand-in-hand with yoga, helping you get free from your thoughts. I am always in a much improved state after leaving the class.

Post: #44

I torrented this... going to use it when I can't hit the gym or find a yoga class with my travel schedule. If its a good program I am going to buy a copy of it an have it sent to m fat friend back in the states. (I dont mind spending money to support a worthy product, but I'd hate to spend the money to find out I was scammed)

Post: #45

I've been doing DDP Yoga since 2014. It's no joke if you work yourself up to the intermediate and advanced schedules. Since you lift, you'll probably get the most out of the red hot core, below the belt, and stand up workouts. The upper body stuff won't challenge you as much until you're doing the longest workouts that involve more than slow pushups and downward-dog-based stretches, though they are still a good idea for flexibility. Put the core workout on the end of the energy or fat burner workouts so you're really warmed up for them. The core workout is great but I find I don't do it as well when I do it by itself.

I've gone from 290ish to 220ish in the time I've been doing it. The diet advice is ok but it's more focused on making fat people lose weight than maintaining a muscular body.

Post: #46

Find a good teacher. After I quit yoga, my body locked up for 3 months, going back to where I was before I started.

'baller

Post: #47

(11-24-2016 11:06 AM)Cr33pin Wrote:  Also I'm not 100% sure if its due to the yoga but I Monday I had my first push day in the gym where I didn't have shoulder pain in years.

I noticed a similar sort of development when I first started doing yoga as well. I had a tendency when I first started hitting the gym to pinch muscle groups around my neck and upper back. Not bad enough to cause serious injury but enough to keep me sidelined for half a week to a week. After about a month of yoga these minor strains disappeared. I'm guessing it was due to the muscles being wound up like a spring in a box and then coupling that with heavy resistance training resulted in injuries. I typically did yoga straight before a gym session and being relaxed certainly helped (analogous I guess to how drunk drivers suffer less serious injuries in car crashes due to being relaxed and limp when the crash occurs).

On a different note, from a Game perspective for anyone curious to give yoga a try I'd suggest starting off at a class that gets offered as part of (or add-on) to a gym membership. The girls at these classes tend to be fairly novice and don't get an arrogant attitude that I found a lot do when they get to the intermediate level. At a proper yoga studio they tend to be a lot better and I've noticed more of an attitude problem. I'd also say that the gym classes tend to get a better rotation of new girls coming through, especially if it is a large gym.

Add onto that the lifestyle factors of being way less costly and focusing more on the physical stretching than the meditation side and I find it an easy choice to do gym yoga. I'd probably only go back to a studio again if I decided to make it a true lifestyle change rather than just a hobby as I currently do.

Post: #48

I highly recommend the Down Dog app.

I have the free version and it's very good. They also have a for pay version and may drop the cash for it.

Just in the free version they have a Full Body, Restorative and On Your Feet routines and they switch it up each time you complete one. They have varying times of workouts you do.

A restorative routine is great after a workout and the full body is great for off days.

#teamyoga

Post: #49

As I am about to start a beginners yoga class next week I thought I would bump this thread. I feel like now is a great time to start yoga as I am down 25 lbs from Keto (lightest I have been since I was 19) and I am way more mobile. I am hoping yoga will help me with flexibility, balance and core strength.

Post: #50

Done yoga on and off for years, it`s been a while now. I just can`t stand the namaste stuff. Wondering if pilates will yield the same results without the hippie bs.
After all, working out is the white mans method of meditation.