I just had my first yoga class

[Rambo]

Originally Posted by willpower

Yes. Ibuprofen. It'll kick your @ss the in the beginning.
I've been doing it for about 6 months now. I can manage pretty much every pose except for a few that my body will just not accommodate. And, yes, the Tylenol helped in the beginning.

 

[Tck13]

Ashtanga is my favorite. The founder recently passed away: Link

 

[Jared]

Originally Posted by Brian SD

Ashtanga yoga is definitely some difficult stuff. It's a form of strength training, not at all like the vision commonly associated with Yoga in America.

I did it for awhile and the first few times, I really liked it, but overtime I started to drop off because it took too much of my energy which I would have rather used benching, squatting, etc. It takes all you've got to do everything and I imagine that serious practitioners have excellent full body strength. For all the secondary muscles that we don't really use in our sedentary lifestyles, it's gotta be a great thing. I just couldn't muster up the motivation to continue with it.

Next time I'm cutting, I'm considering doing ashtanga instead of gradually losing strength at weight training (I'm a hard gainer). Thoughts?

The issue I have with yoga the few times I've tried it is that I don't get the progressive wins like I do when I add 5 lbs to a lift or clean a rock climbing route.

 

[Maharlika]

Originally Posted by Tck13

Ashtanga is my favorite.

The founder recently passed away: Link


The founder of Ashtanga or the Eight Limbs of Yoga an Indian Sage named Patanjali. He left the physical body a few thousand years ago.

http://www.yogamovement.com/resources/patanjali.html

I think you are referring to Patabijois from Mysore who founded his own discipline which is known as Mysore Yoga in the West.

 

[Stazy]

Just came back from my first moksha Yoga class with my girlfriend...It was in a hot room which I liked, but holy hell am I inflexible...The strength training aspects weren't overly difficult but I really enjoyed the stretching. I think I'm going to add it to my work out routine...

 

[willpower]

Originally Posted by Stazy

Just came back from my first moksha Yoga class with my girlfriend...It was in a hot room which I liked, but holy hell am I inflexible...The strength training aspects weren't overly difficult but I really enjoyed the stretching. I think I'm going to add it to my work out routine...
Edit - Realized I was being redundant.

 

[thats.mana]

So has anyone kept up with this over the years? I'm thinking about picking this up soon. I'm hoping this would compliment Muay Thai.

 

[willpower]

Originally Posted by thats.mana

So has anyone kept up with this over the years? I'm thinking about picking this up soon. I'm hoping this would compliment Muay Thai.
I did it for around 2 years - 2X and on occasion 3X a week. After a while I found myself watching the clock, waiting for Shivasina (corpse pose at the end of the class). I also got tired of looking for a parking spot, competing for floor space, and paying $15 a class, multiplied by 2 because my then cohabitating GF insisted on going. The good part is that it does tone you up quite a bit, in addition to stretching you out. There's a good endorphin rush at the end as well.

 

[joshyle]

I tried the P90X Yoga workout a couple of times before doing some classes - it gives you a general idea of what to expect. I found the postures and such from P90X to be more difficult than the (beginner or mid-level?) Bikram class. You just have to overcome the heat, and it's no problem.

Keep it up. You'll feel good.