What are you doing to keep agile and flexible?

Slowman

Slowman

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A lot of people do yoga and it certainly does seem to be beneficial in all kinds of ways.

For the last few years I have been doing hapkido. I like to think of it as a kind of functional yoga. Getting up and down off the ground and having to do cat rolls has forced me to become more flexible (along with the stretching) and stronger.
 
slowmick said:
Nothing and as a consequence I crack and pop when I move like tree branches in an incinerator and I turn my head like batman.
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I'm kind of the same. Been meaning to get into yoga, I already do some of the stretches when I get tight quads and sore lwr back.

But really need to start yoga-ing more consistently
 
Freediver said:
Yoga is just stretching for weirdos and the gullible. The chicks that teach it might look hot but they're all train wrecks.
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I might need to get into yoga.


I'm useless at sticking to a stretching routine and work is getting more and more physical. I did a lot of martial arts in my youth and have maintained a surprising amount of flexibility from that. Discipline would be handy these days.
 
About to head down this path. Had back issues on and off and had some stretches from the physio but 3 weeks ago it went off with a bang. Couldn’t walk and spent the weekend crawling. Still sore now but will look to see another physio (specialises in lower back and does bike fits) and have a program in place to stay limber. Scan showed disc bulge and arthritis - Dr said completely normal and nothing to worry about and regular core and back strengthening will go a way to reducing future flare ups. Stupid aging.
 
kicking a footie and helping out at cricket training with the kids is a lot of crouching to pick balls up off the ground. lots of random time stretching helps, a habit from days not so long ago still doing tkd. stopped deadlifting as the risk/reward for the lower back wasnt cutting it
 
shiny said:
About to head down this path. Had back issues on and off and had some stretches from the physio but 3 weeks ago it went off with a bang. Couldn’t walk and spent the weekend crawling. Still sore now but will look to see another physio (specialises in lower back and does bike fits) and have a program in place to stay limber. Scan showed disc bulge and arthritis - Dr said completely normal and nothing to worry about and regular core and back strengthening will go a way to reducing future flare ups. Stupid aging.
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Back issues are why I'm doing yoga as it helps with core strength. I had a microdiscectomy back in 2017 to fix a bulging disk. Best thing I ever did.
 
shiny said:
Yoga become a daily occurrence or a few times a week? Pilates has been recommend as well.
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Once a week at the moment. I used to do Pilates a while back and it's almost the same a yoga but without the mumbo jumbo. I'd still be doing it but the chick who ran it stopped running classes. You could do it at home yourself pretty easily, but I need a class to make me keep doing it.
 
Freediver said:
Yoga is just stretching for weirdos and the gullible. The chicks that teach it might look hot but they're all train wrecks.
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Well it's like a lot of these old eastern practices. The explanations aren't anatomically correct or scientific and they filled in a lot of unknowns with, let's call them metaphorical symbols to help as a mnemonic structure. For example acupuncture is based on such a system. Studies show it works but the explanations of why it works are unscientific. Even in martial arts the idea of Ki, or chi, as some kind of mystical energy, sounds odd, but it is really just delivering a forceful blow with a forceful exhalation which has been shown to help increase the power.

It's the practice that works. The philosophy is something else.
 
My biggest complaint was the use of yoga terms which I couldn't be arsed learning. I did plates for a while then yoga with the plates instructor. This was through my (then) physio. The physio had a book of poses and stretches and highlighted which I should do along with rolling. This is what I do. New physio was happy with the selection.
 
I tried Yoga once after my sister dragged me to one of her classes. Too slow paced for me but maybe good for relaxation and trying to sleep.

There are likely different forms of and including intense yoga, so my first experience might be biased.

I have a 10min warmup routine for prior to all gym workouts which combines a bit of everything. It has been helpful to keep joints mobile, and can even be used on a day off without a workout.

The most enjoyment can be when you just try various exercises to target different parts of the body and just adopt your favourite variation, then link it all into a routine.
 
I try to get to a Les Mills balance class once a week at my gym. It is a mix of Tai chi, Yoga, Pilates and other weird shit, to some music.
It is easy to follow and does keep the injuries down.
I also do 10 mins of stretching most days in the morning. I always feel I am going backwards these days now that ai am getting older.
 
Abi’s yoga for mtb’ers looks good. Did a few of these when she was submitting articles for Pinkbike. Might look to do some of these at home at a later date. Want to make sure I am doing the correct stretches etc before following online classes.

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Yoga 15 - Yoga For Athletic Performance And Recovery

Yoga 15, with Abi Carver, is a series of 15-minute yoga videos designed for athletes to accelerate performance and support your recovery.
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Agility and flexibility both abandoned me long ago for someone younger, thinner and less worldy-wise. I don't think they are coming back...
 
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