Yoga for Athletes. Before you read any further, I need to tell you something that can make a drastic effect on your results from training and the perfromance on the court: This one secret can help you come over many obstacles on the court and in life. Take the five words and run with them:
Let go of your ego!
There are athletes that simply have too big of an ego to do something that may hurt their “rep” or whatever. Check the ego at the door and go do your business.
Now that you are focused, let’s get to today’s topic: Yoga for Athletes.
The importance for yoga is hidden behind silly society norms like “only women do yoga” or my favourite, “what a loser, he does yoga??” Yoga is known for making the body flexible and the mind calm but it has some benefits that athletes aren’t aware of. Injury prevention is the one that strikes me because the fact you athletes spend hours on end training and competing for sport but don’t take the necessary steps to take care of that body the rough up.
Today, I want to share an yoga exercise with you. Remember, you should always warm up and warm down while doing yoga. This exercise is called Leg Pulls and it works the glutes and the hamstrings. Here’s the step-by-step:
1) Lie down on the mat with the right knee bend.
*Note: Never do yoga on hardwood floor.
2) Raise your left leg so it is straight above your body and it is completely straight.
3) Grab the left foot with both hands and slowly pull the foot towards your face. If you can’t grab your foot, you can hold on to your ankle, thigh or your calves.
*Note: Round your chest as you relax into the stretch.
4)Keep this position and slowly bring your foot as close as to the ground without jerking or putting too much pressure on the leg.
Hold this position for 60 seconds each leg. You shouldn’ be looking at the timer when doing this, instead, hold the position until you feel it.
In the meantime, after a warm up, try out this simple but effective stretch and let us know what you think.
PS: Have you done yoga before?
What program did you use and what were your experiences?
PS: Have you done yoga before?
What program did you use and what were your experiences?
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