Dean Pohlman's Blog, page 34

How to Improve Your Yoga Practice (More Advanced Postures & Workouts)

Looking to deepen your yoga practice? You need to go deeper into technique (also known as asana, or the third limb of yoga). Most yoga doesn’t go too far into this aspect of yoga because it’s not what most people want.

At a yoga studio, there is an expectation that you can show up, go through the motions, and leave with a sense of satisfaction that you did something good for yourself, while also relieving stress. Too much instruction is a turn off for many, so most yoga instructors, out of fear of alienating this group of attendees, tend to keep instruction to a minimum.

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Establish Your Routine – A New Year’s Challenge

For New Year's this year, I have one simple goal for you: to make living a healthy lifestyle part of your daily routine.

The Man Flow Yoga New Years Challenge: Establishing a Healthy Routine, kicks off on Monday, January 7. This is a 6-Week Challenge to help you establish a habit of daily exercise and movement, make healthier decisions, and establish a lifestyle in which healthy and wellness is a priority.

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Flexibility, Mobility & Recovery to Complement Training for Athletes

Do you pay attention to the latest training trends? If so, you’ll know at this point that yoga is not considered an esoteric practice. Athletes in professional and collegiate sports do yoga to support mobility and recovery training. Endurance athletes use it to prevent injury and correct imbalances. And weight lifters & functional fitness athletes ... Read More

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Introducing… the Body by Yoga Cork Yoga Mat!

(Made by Dean Pohlman, Founder of Man Flow Yoga)

A luxury, soft, no-slip cork yoga mat that’s thicker, wider, and longer than traditional mats; a heavy duty, long-lasting yoga mat made from premium, sustainably-sourced cork and rubber, and featuring an optional built-in alignment system for perfect alignment in every posture.

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Weekend Warriors: Smart Fitness Training for High-Impact Injury Prevention & Flexiblity Training

You know who you are! Weekend Warriors work hard and play hard. On the weekend you’re hiking, working out, running, and doing spartan races. Whatever it is, you’re up for the challenge. But during the week, life gets in the way. Work, family and other obligations make it impossible to go to regular group fitness classes. During the week, you want to make sure you stay strong and do what you can do prevent injury for your weekend workouts, but your time is limited. You also may have this idea that the only type of fitness worth doing is high-impact, intense exercise, when really it’s just one part of exercise.

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How To Strengthen Shoulders & Prevent Shoulder Injury

Shoulders are a common source of pain and injury both in active and inactive men. Shoulder issues most commonly caused by improper movement patterns, weakness and lack of mobility in the muscles that attach to and work with the shoulders, poor posture throughout the day, inactivity, and imbalanced exercise. With the proper exercises on a regular basis, an improvement in overall daily movement patterns, shoulder pain can be a thing of the past.

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How To Strengthen Your Shoulders & Prevent Shoulder Injury

Shoulders are a common source of pain and injury both in active and inactive men. Shoulder issues most commonly caused by improper movement patterns, weakness and lack of mobility in the muscles that attach to and work with the shoulders, poor posture throughout the day, inactivity, and imbalanced exercise. With the proper exercises on a regular basis, an improvement in overall daily movement patterns, shoulder pain can be a thing of the past.

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How To Strengthen Your Knees to Prevent Knee Pain & Injury

Knee pain is one of the most common physical fitness issues there is, but most people tend to not understand the underlying causes. Most people have had knee pain at some point, and many active people have chronic knee pain, have had ligament tears such as MCL, ACL, or meniscus, and continue to be injury-prone in the knees. This pain or injury risk could be preventing you from engaging in physical fitness activities you used to enjoy. However, most knee problems are not caused by issues with the joint itself - they have to do more with the muscles that connect to the knee, using proper movement patterns during exercise and everyday movement, and ensuring you are exercising intelligently for your activity of choice.

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How To Strengthen Your Knees & Prevent Knee Injury

Knee pain is one of the most common physical fitness issues there is, but most people tend to not understand the underlying causes. Most people have had knee pain at some point, and many active people have chronic knee pain, have had ligament tears such as MCL, ACL, or meniscus, and continue to be injury-prone in the knees. This pain or injury risk could be preventing you from engaging in physical fitness activities you used to enjoy. However, most knee problems are not caused by issues with the joint itself - they have to do more with the muscles that connect to the knee, using proper movement patterns during exercise and everyday movement, and ensuring you are exercising intelligently for your activity of choice.

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The Man Flow Yoga Holiday Challenge 2018

Introducing a workout program that works with your Holiday schedule. This flexible 1-month program balances your desire to complete your workouts with the limited free time and accessibility that accompanies the Holidays.

This Holiday season, let’s commit to:

Stay moderately active.
Complete a few workouts per week.
Maintain (and maybe even improve!) our fitness [avoid starting from scratch in January]
Do the movements & exercise we need to feel good throughout the Holiday season.
Take time for our fitness to manage stress [so we don’t take it out on our relatives]

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