After winter break the tennis team (which I am part of) started going to Wellness Wednesdays a.k.a. yoga. It is just one of the things that we do for conditioning to get ready for the season.
The first day I went I figured that yoga would be a piece of cake, I’d like to think I’m somewhat in shape and I exercise enough, we’d probably just go and stretch for an hour and then leave. Seriously, what else is yoga? I was definitely in for a surprise
Within 15 minutes into the yoga session I was already sweating pretty badly and my heart was racing. Within about…maybe 45 minutes my arms and shoulders were burning and I was lying on my stomach, half dead.
The yoga work out does many things. It helps Improve balance with various moves, it improves flexibility, and also it helps build strength. However, I don’t know how much it is going to help my tennis game (maybe just a little), and I still don’t really like it but now that I’ve been going to it pretty much every week I have a new found respect for it.
I don’t know if it was just me or if it is all guys that think yoga is just for girls because it definitely isn’t. It’s really challenging, but mainly it’s beneficial for health in general. And isn’t good health a goal for both guys and girls?
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