Thread: Any Yogi's Amung Us?

I've been into stretching for forty years. Got into yoga briefly in the '70s through "Richard Hittleman's Introduction To Yoga" book. I still have a copy of "Effortless Being: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali", which is a beautiful translation of the sutras. Great photos too. Not a yogi but I still do static and some dynamic stretching daily.

I do a fair amount of weight lifting/resistance training, and find that combining it w/ yoga is some sort of ideal. The weight lifting alone leaves you hulky, and the yoga doesn't do a lot for tone. Combine them though: strength and limberness.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I've been into stretching for forty years. Got into yoga briefly in the '70s through "Richard Hittleman's Introduction To Yoga" book. I still have a copy of "Effortless Being: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali", which is a beautiful translation of the sutras. Great photos too. Not a yogi but I still do static and some dynamic stretching daily.

Thats great, how do you find its affected your health/mobility compared to other people your age? (not meaning to cause insult just curious)

Originally Posted by pcg

I do a fair amount of weight lifting/resistance training, and find that combining it w/ yoga is some sort of ideal. The weight lifting alone leaves you hulky, and the yoga doesn't do a lot for tone. Combine them though: strength and limberness.

I found that weight lifting just wasn't for me. However in an ideal world (mine that is) I would probably go that route, I believe a high impact activity (weight lifting, martial arts ect.) with the balance of a low impact activity (yoga, swimming etc.) is perfect for sculpting a healthy body that looks good LOL

Originally Posted by HigherFasterNow

Thats great, how do you find its affected your health/mobility compared to other people your age? (not meaning to cause insult just curious)

I was a union ironworker doing mostly structural steel erection, when I was a young guy. Started as a teenager and did it for 20 years. I got into stretching because of injuries to my back. I found that stretching made a big difference in staying injury free. Quit iron and got into pro tattooing and let myself go for a time. Got out of shape and feeling bad.

Got into healthy and nutritious eating and riding bicycles .... like a gerbil in one of those wheels ..... and back into the stretching. Been doing that routine for the past ten years and feel better than when I was forty. Riding off road on single track trails every now and then you crash going over obstacles and stuff like that. If you are stretching and maintaining full range of motion you're much less likely to have soft tissue injuries. Same as with the ironwork. May need stitches or a bone set once in awhile though.

Yoga has been a part of my life in the past, started at age 12 until a few years ago when due to complications of a parachute accident on a mission I had to have back surgery and wasn't able to do yoga anymore. As I'm getting more and more in shape again I should be able to pick yoga up again by next year. Looking forward to it.

Originally Posted by Snuff

Yoga has been a part of my life in the past, started at age 12 until a few years ago when due to complications of a parachute accident on a mission I had to have back surgery and wasn't able to do yoga anymore. As I'm getting more and more in shape again I should be able to pick yoga up again by next year. Looking forward to it.

Sorry to hear that you got hurt. I'm sure yoga or any stretching in general will help you with your recovery. Hope ya feel better soon

I plan on doing a flow class tonight, then I may do a second class right after to speed up my recovery from all that hard work