Yoga for Athletes - Man Flow Yoga

Yoga for Athletes Path

Video Transcript

Hey guys, my name is Dean welcome to Man Flow Yoga. In this video I want to talk about Yoga for Athletes.

So my entire experience with yoga and my background in athletics and working out is based in sports. I’ve been playing sports my entire life…I’ve been running, jumping, playing lacrosse, soccer and swimming since I was five years old. So my interest in yoga was based in how can yoga improve my performance for sports? And so if you’re watching this, if you’re on this page, you’re probably interested in how yoga can help to prevent your injury, improve your balance, increase your flexibility, maybe work on your breathing and your mindfulness and basically address all of those aspects of fitness that you’re not getting from the other workouts you’re already doing. If you’re an athlete, you probably already have a lot of strength, endurance and you probably have a lot of skill for whatever sport that you’re doing so you don’t need yoga to fill all of your training needs. You need yoga to complement the training that you’re already doing and that’s what this path is for.

So you know there is a lot of type of there’s a lot of types of yoga out there and some of them are helpful for sports, some of them are helpful for athletes but they’re not made specifically for athletes, and this path these workouts that I’ve developed these programs are made for athletes. These are made so they can directly impact and improve your performance for sports. And as I said before you know you probably don’t need to work on a lot of things you’re getting a lot of strength and endurance from the other workouts that you’re doing what you need to do is work on that flexibility, your mobility, your balance, your slow controlled movement, the restorative stuff to complement what you’re already getting from your other workouts.

So I encourage you to check out the rest of this page, check out some success stories we have from athletes already in our community, look at the summary of programming to see what programs and what workouts I recommend for athletes, and then if you have any questions there’s a comment section below…put a comment in there. And that’s it…so guys thanks for watching this video hope you enjoyed I you enjoyed it hope you learned something and I hope to see you in the Man Flow Yoga community soon.

Yoga for athletes is specifically designed to complement your other workouts such as weight lifting, running, boot camping, rock climbing, sports, or crossfit. Not every type of yoga fits the needs and demands of the fitness-focused. Some types of yoga can actually do more harm than good.

If you’re an active fitness enthusiast already working out regularly, but looking for a type of yoga to help you get better at what you’re already doing, then you fit into the Yoga for Athletes path. You’re most likely already pretty strong, but you want to get stronger, and you’re looking for a fitness-focused, results-driven type of yoga to help you get there.

You Are:	You most likely identify as:
Overall, you are in excellent or pretty good shape You have built up your strength and endurance, and are able to workout regularly You aren’t doing workouts focused on mobility, balance, and recovery You’re interested in using yoga to improve your performance in the activities and sports you already enjoy and practice regularly.	Endurance athlete Weight-lifter Runner CrossFit or functional fitness Rock climber Sports athlete

Common Challenges

How MFY Helps:

Lack of flexibility & mobility.
Not enough recovery work – feeling sore often, exhausted, sometimes dreading your next workout
Discomfort or pain during exercise (knee, shoulder, back)
Excessive soreness in certain areas after your workouts – usually caused by muscular imbalances or poor movement patterns
Noticing that certain movements are not as easy as they used to be or you are avoiding certain movements

Addresses imbalances that lead to injury
Improves flexibility, range of motion, and overall mobility
Decreases risk of injury from over-training
Reduces overall soreness through improved flexibility and more focus on restorative training

Summary of Programming

Program 1 – The Strength Foundations Course

Man Flow Yoga Strength Foundations Course

Identify muscular imbalances, improve movement patterns, and increase mobility – Not to mention much more!
30-40 minute workouts, 3-6 workouts per week, 1-4 months

Program 2 – Yoga Strength for Resistance Training

Yoga Strength for Resistance Training

Builds off of the Strength Foundations Course.
Continue to focus on yoga for strength and build muscle that will benefit your other workouts and day-to-day fitness.
~30 minutes per workout, 3-5 workouts per week, 2-4 months

Program 3 – Choose an Option Below

Yoga Strength for Resistance Training (intermediate)

Option 1

Yoga Strength For Resistance Training (Intermediate)

Continue where program #2 left off.
More challenging workouts and more advanced postures to build more strength and more mobility.
~40 minutes per workout, 2-4 workouts per week, 2-4 months

Flexibility, Mobility & Joint Health for Inflexible People

Option 2

Flexibility, Mobility & Joint Health for Inflexible People

Ramp up the intensity of your other workouts and use this program to focus on your mobility.
You’ll continue to get stronger while also gaining more energy to focus on your non-yoga workouts.
~35 minutes per workout, 3-5 workouts per week, 2-4 months

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Supplementary Content

What specific workouts should you focus on in the Workout Library?

I recommend restorative yoga for days after your more intense workouts (yoga or otherwise), and yoga workouts the day before or after normal training days. (If you’re in the Workout Library, use the search filters to find workouts focused on “mobility”, “balance”, and “restorative”.)

My [current] top 5 workouts for this type of person:

Intense, All-Purpose, Full Body Dynamic Warm‑Up
Total Body Release
Maximize Your Lower-Body Potential
Full Body Yoga for Strong Shoulders
Ankle Strength, Stability, & Balance

Total Body Release

What other workouts / types of exercises should this person be doing?

In addition to your yoga programming, I recommend doing at least 2 strength training workouts and two 20-minute cardio workouts every week.
Whatever you are doing, make sure that you are also incorporating pulling exercises into your workout routine at least 2x per week. You can use the Poses, Tutorials, and More section in the Members’ Area to learn how to implement pulling exercises into your training schedule.

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