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The Clark Workouts – Part 5

Build muscle, improve mobility, and get stronger. This workout from the Clark series has a bit more upper-body work than the others, but you’ll still get a great burn in your lower-body and core. Use this workout whenever you’re pressed for time, but want all of the benefits of a 60 minute flow, tune in to this and get going!

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Post-Squats Recovery Flow

This is a quick recovery flow focused on relieving soreness and speeding up recovery in your lower-body, to help reduce stiffness in your lower-back from tight hip muscles, and a workout to increase flexibility in your hips. This workout starts with dynamic yoga postures to warm-up and work deeper into your mobility, and then finishes with longer, restorative stretches to relieve tension, release tightness, and help you get back to your fitness activity of choice more quickly with less soreness.

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The 5 Major Problems of Traditional Yoga (and how Man Flow Yoga addresses them)

Traditional yoga doesn’t work for me. Don’t get me wrong - I love the postures, the emphasis on breath and body control, and how it gets you stronger in ways that most exercise programs do not, but attending an average yoga class just about drives me crazy. There are a few reasons, but here’s the main one: Traditional yoga isn’t for men, and it’s not fitness-focused.

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Muscle Building Isometrics for Glutes, Hips, Thighs, & Core

This is workout features essential full-body yoga postures to build strength and muscle in your lower-body. This workout is intermediate/advanced level, and uses minimal instruction to allow you to focus on the postures and zone out without my constant instruction. It’s also a relatively quick workout - a great way to get stronger and improve mobility, including recovery work to help you cool-down and build muscle more quickly. There is no equipment required for this workout.

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Quick Posture Fixer Upper

Stop slouching! Get out of your chair, stop looking down at our phone, and open your chest, hips, and shoulders. This quick but effective workout improves your core strength, spinal strength & mobility, and opens your hips. Great as a quick workout during your lunch break, before you start work in the morning, and even after you finish work.

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Active Mobility Drills

This video is taken from our Upper Body Program, and shows you my favorite exercises for improving active mobility in the upper body. These are the best exercises (in my opinion) to improve functional range of motion. Fit these into your schedule whenever you have time! If your goal is to improve your shoulder mobility, try to do them at least 3x per week. It only takes a few minutes per day!

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The Clark Workouts – Part 4

It's time to work your entire body, build strength and muscle, and improve mobility. Targeting your shoulders, hips, core, back, and ankles, you’ll work on balance, endurance, and working deeper into the poses. Use it anytime - this is an effective workout to make you stronger, prevent aches and pains, and feel great. Enjoy! No equipment required.

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Advanced Hip Flexor Workout for Strength & Flexibility

This is an advanced hip workout to strengthen and improve the flexibility of your psoas muscle. Although it is hip-focused, this workout does involve the use of your full body, including core strength, lower-body endurance, balance, and more. Use this to significantly increase the strength of your hips and core, especially important for advanced single-leg exercises like pistol squats and other one-leg squats. This will also help with sprinting, jumping, and normal squats.

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The Best Workout You’re Not Doing

The following is a sneak peak of “The Best Workout You’re Not Doing” section from my upcoming book, Yoga Fitness for Men (The #1 New Release in Men’s Health on Amazon!)

This chapter covers the benefits of yoga you won’t get traditional forms of exercise, like cardio and weight-lifting. Enjoy!

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Yoga Fitness for Men: The Creative Process

The making of Yoga Fitness for Men: a timeless guide for men to learn and reap the benefits of yoga, including information, inspiration, and plans to get started.

The process I utilized to write the book wasn’t as straightforward as you might assume, and I think it might surprise you! I invite you to read on to learn more about how we created Yoga Fitness for Men.

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