Dean Pohlman's Blog, page 38

Knee Pain Relief

This is a stretch session focused on relieving soreness in your knees. Use it as often as you’d like. Great for immediately after a workout as a cool-down, a day-after restorative stretch session, or as a standalone session at the end of the day.

This routine is from my Bulletproof Knees series. Bulletproof Knees builds mobility, balance, and strength in your knees as well as all of the muscle groups that work with your knees.

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Created equal; but do we remain equal? (Off the Mat)

A few weeks ago I was reading Henry Ford’s autobiography, and I came across a section of the book that really made me think. It said something along the lines of, "Men are created equal, but men do not remain equal. To say so would be a great disservice to both ourselves and others. At birth, men are equal. But as we become autonomous, our personal value is directly proportional to the value we create in service to others."

Let's look deeper into that…

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Mindfully Relieving Stiffness

A flow to help relieve stiffness and soreness. Great for the day after a workout when your body is tired but you want to do some movement without placing stress on the joints and get back into your workout sooner. Good for relieving tension and reducing stress as well.

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Humility VS Laziness in Exercise (Off the Mat)

It's easy to push yourself to the end and finish your reps no matter what. I had done that for many years when I was younger. During my workout, I would start to get tired and notice I was no longer doing each rep with proper form. But, either due to my own personal desire not to let the workout "beat" me, or to give up in front of the other people training with me, I would keep on going.

I would usually be painfully sore for the next few days - and not the good kind of sore, but the bad kind that means you don't do other workouts because your shoulders are in too much pain, or your lower-back hurts too much to bend over. Completing your workout in those types of situations is good for your mental fortitude, but it sucks for your body.

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Philadelphia Workshop: The Yoga Strength X Factor

Man Flow Yoga Workshop in Philadelphia
Sunday, September 30 at 11:30 AM

The Yoga Strength X-Factor: Learn how yoga can build more strength, improve your performance, and prevent injury to fill the gaps of typical training programs. Improve your mile time. Correct muscular imbalances. Lift more. Recover faster. This is a 90-minute workshop that teaches teach you how to capitalize on the uniqueness of yoga to get stronger and fell incredible!

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Prone Scapular Stability Exercises – Full Video Tutorial

Improve Shoulder Mobility, Build More Muscle & Strength In Your Upper-Back, and Prevent Injury. In this blog I show you 4 exercises to target your upper-back and shoulders to improve your scapular stability. In terms of your fitness, this:

Improves shoulder mobility for greater range of motion, more muscle activation, and greater muscular awareness.
Helps you build more muscle and increase strength in your shoulders & upper-back.
Prevents injury in your shoulder, including rotator cuff strains & tears, shoulder impingement and pain, and more.

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Introducing the Man Flow Yoga Strength Foundations Course

Introducing… the Man Flow Yoga Strength Foundations Course, the newest workout program from Man Flow Yoga. Featuring all new workouts, this program is designed to improve overall strength and mobility, significantly decrease your risk of injury, and help you get faster results in less time.

To help you understand this program, I need to talk about a common issue shared by nearly everybody (both experienced and inexperienced) who works out.

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15 Minute Forearm Stand Workout

We don’t always have time for a 30-minute warm-up, but we can get away with a 10-minute one if you really go hard. Use this quick workout to SAFELY practice your forearm stands. You’ll need a strap for this.

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Yoga for Shin Splints – Recovery

This recovery session is focused on alleviating symptoms of shin splints, which includes tightness and discomfort and your lower legs, particularly along your shins. Use this after a run to help recover more quickly. Remember – this is just relieving the symptoms. You must strengthen and improve mobility in the lower legs as well in order to solve shin splints for good.

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Cobra Pose

Cobra is one of the best spine and core strengthening postures in yoga. It’s an essential backbend that helps address the underlying causes of back pain and poor posture. It also builds endurance in your hips and thigh, core, and back muscles. This is one pose that everyone (unless you have a back injury or ... Read More

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