So, some of you may know the football prom is this weekend, and the New York Giants have a date with the New England Patriots. Who will win? We don’t know, but at least we can feel safe rooting for the yogis! According to Fox News the Giants have been practicing yoga all season with teacher Gwen Lawrence, who has been their yoga coach for a whopping 11 years.
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“A few players I know said they had tried hot yoga and that it helped improve their flexibility while flushing out their systems, so I thought I would try it. I can do most of the poses, but I’m not as flexible in my upper body because I’m so muscular. Sometimes I just have to [...]
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Attention sports fans! Grab your team koozie and sports paraphernalia! There’s a big ‘ol sporting event happening this Sunday, and we hope you’re prepared to shout rowdy things at little men running around on the tv screen in between absurdly expensive mini movies selling you things! Super Bowl XLV is upon us! Pittsburgh Steelers vs. [...]
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And now the latest in Yoga in Sports, aka Yoga isn’t Wussy, aka Yoga is for Everyone News: Heard rumors about yoga in the NFL? It’s true! And it’s not girly, nor wussy, nor somehow demasculinizing. Maybe some of us knew that already, but for the rest of us it can’t hurt to be reminded, [...]
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And now for your YD sports update! The big story here? YES, there is YOGA in FOOTBALL! And these guys aren’t afraid of pastel mats and farts. As far as sports go, and really any kind of athletic activity, especially where your body is tossed around like a pinata, it’s not just post-injury rehab, but [...]
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In our next installment of ‘Yoga is not too wussy for HS or football‘, come the Santa Monica Vikings! Let’s hear it for the boys! And Yoga. And coach Jason Battung who pushed through the snickers and giggles to help improve the team! Taking a page from the playbook of a handsome handful of pro-athlete [...]
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Now here’s something to cheer about! By now we’ve heard lots of great news about pro sports teams adding yoga to their training regimens (LA Dodgers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Ireland’s Connacht Rugby team) and how some stars like Lebron James are inspiring kids by bringing yoga to schools. Elementary aged kids are even getting yoga in [...]
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UTC Quarterback Edges Out Competition with Yoga Junior quarterback, Tony Pastore, is vying against four other dudes for the starting position at University of Tennessee at Chatanooga, so basically he’s willing to try anything to give him an edge, even yoga. Since he lunged into his 4-class a week practice the man has lost 25 [...]
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Darren Markle is a 6-foot-1 233-pound high school senior – a pretty good stature for a linebacker, and a powerlifter who can bench press 400 pounds and squat more than 300. Impressive! But we’re cringing just thinking of all that compression on his spine! Indeed, some critics say the chap is too stiff to play [...]
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You may have heard Superbowl XLIII this Sunday pits the Arizona Cardinals against the Pittsburgh Steelers (no? don’t worry, to be sure we had to look it up!) But did you know both sides have yogis on their team?? We mentioned way back in September about yoga making baby steps into the Pittsburgh Steelers’ training [...]
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