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Posted on August 7, 2007 in Yoga for Everyone
Each one of us experiences stress almost everyday basis. We also experience stressful events from work or school, finances, family issues, and a lot of other things sometimes including the pressure to look good. Men are expected to be physically and mentally strong and fit to cope with stress and to meet the demands of everyday life, together with sports activities. To achieve a fitter body, the gym is preferred for weight training exercises. A few men also attend Yoga classes to achieve a healthier body and mind to help them match life’s increasing demands.
Resistance exercises or weight training exercises initially damages the muscles, which actually repair themselves and become stronger. Other benefits of weight training include decreased blood pressure, lesser risk of contracting Osteoporosis, increased athletic performance, and improved balance and coordination.
The practice of weight training exercises combined with yoga can produce an even better result. Yoga adds flexibility, the ability to focus and decreases the effect of stress to the strength and muscle toning one gets from weight training. It can also improve concentration, and contribute to weight loss and redistribution of fat. Yoga can also help develop the body-mind coordination, which is a vital part of a person’s health and general well-being. The practice of yoga also lessens the risk of age related illnesses such as insomnia, impotence, and prostate conditions in men. It can also help men to adapt to hormonal disruptions involved in male menopause. Yoga is also beneficial in counteracting asymmetries one may acquire in engaging in some sports like tennis and golf by loosening the tensions of the muscles in the hips, shoulders, hamstrings and groin.
Here is the basic yoga poses for men that can be worked with weight training to bring about a healthier, more flexible body and reproductive system:
Standing Side Stretch Yoga Pose. It benefits the stomach, the arms and the legs. Stretches the muscles
Triangle Yoga Pose: It stretches the spine laterally, tones the nerves in the spine, and helps in the proper functioning of the digestive system. Makes the body feel lighter.
Half Spinal Twist Yoga Pose: It twists and tones the spinal nerves laterally, stretches the ligaments, tones your abdominal muscles and refreshes your lungs.
Yoga Warrior Pose or hands to feet yoga pose: It trims the waist, restores elasticity of spine, stretches the ligaments, the legs and the hamstrings. It boosts the blood flow towards the brain.
Forward Bend Yoga Pose: It invigorates the internal organs, reduces fat, and stimulates nervous system.
Spread Leg Forward Bend Yoga Pose: It stretches the hamstrings and adductor muscles. Energizes and calms the body and mind together.
Forward Bend Yoga Pose: It rejuvenates the internal organs, reduces fat, and stimulates nervous system.
Fish Yoga Pose: It exercises the chest, tones the nerves of the neck and back, benefits the thyroid and parathyroid glands. Aids in deep breathing and increases the lung capacity.
Bow Yoga Pose: It helps to keep the elasticity of spine, improves posture, increase vitality, reduces abdominal fats, and keeps the digestive and reproductive system healthy
Leg Reclining Lunge Yoga Pose : It stretches and tones all the leg muscles
Sage Twist Yoga Pose: It tones up and massages the abdominal area, especially the liver, spleen and intestines. This pose also gives good relief to lower back pains caused by muscle tension.
Leg to Side Yoga Pose: It stretches and tones up all the leg muscles.
Headstand Yoga Pose: It helps to reduce the stress on the heart, aids in circulation and relieves the pressure on the lower back. Regular exercise eliminates back problems, improves memory, concentration and sensory faculties. This pose will make you breathe deeply.
Shoulder Stand Yoga Pose : It gently stimulates the thyroid and parathyroid glands. It also encourages deep abdominal breathing and stretches the neck and the upper spine.
Fish Yoga Pose: It exercises the chest, tones up the nerves of the neck and back, benefits the thyroid and parathyroid glands. It aids in deep breathing and increases the lung capacity.
Plough Yoga Pose or Double Leg Raise Yoga Pose: It strengthens the abdominal and lower back muscles. It is also the next yoga pose after the headstand. It helps to keep the waist trim and the thighs slim.
Corpse Yoga Pose: or the Corpse Yoga Pose or Savasana is the classic relaxation yoga pose, practiced before each, between asanas and in Final Relaxation
Ujjayi Breathing Technique: This technique strengthens the nervous and digestive systems and gets rid of the phlegm.
Anuloma Viloma Breathing Technique. Regular practice of this technique for three to ten minutes will restore and equalize the flow of prana in your body
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August 29th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Can you send me the Visual tutorials of the proper way to perform these techniques? I’m a male athlete trying to increase flexibility. My muscles are tight due to the enability to be flexible, and intensive weight training. I mostly suffer groin pulls during football seasons. Can you send me information or tell me where I can retrieve it from?
September 30th, 2007 at 5:39 am
can you send me a copy or visual of these techinques
October 26th, 2007 at 9:18 pm
Can you send me some pictures of the positions stated in this article. Thank you!!
February 4th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Hi, I was wondering if there is a type of yoga that is better suited to strong male participants. I have been going to the gym (Weight Training) for many years and would like to start yoga to inprove my flexibility and decrease my chances of injury.
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