Dean Pohlman's Blog, page 61

Off the Mat with Dean: I’m moving up.

Literally. I’ve spent most of this week moving from my the second floor of my apartment building to a larger apartment on the fifth floor. Of all things, my calves are the most sore. I’ll also be getting a bit more exercise in this new apartment, being on the fifth floor and having a dog ... Read More

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Off the Mat: Everything I’ve learned is wrong.

The more learning that I do, the more I realize that all of the conceptions that I had growing up were wrong. I’ve now spent the better part of the last 3 years undoing the systems I’ve put in place and installing new systems of thought [philosophy]. For instance, I thought that life was all ... Read More

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The 5 Most Commonly Neglected Muscles (and how to fix it!)

I’m writing this article to address a huge issue I see with almost everyone that I have trained (in-person, via webcam, in group classes), consulted with in emails, and interacted with on social media, and that is: If you are going straight from 8 hours (or more) of sitting at work to your workout, and ... Read More

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The Best Diet is a Simple Diet

The best diet is the simple diet. The three most important aspects of your health are dieting, exercise and sleep (and not particularly in that order). Even if you exercise for 2 hours a day, if you eat like crap then you will feel like crap. I think that most people look at food as a ... Read More

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Enduring Pain (And Why We Shouldn’t Let It Affect Us)

The following post was inspired by a book that I am currently reading, Seneca: Letters from a Stoic, and deals with our perception of pain and how it affects our decisions. In it, I attempt to explain the lack of logic that accompanies or fear of pain. Every decision we make is based on the ... Read More

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6 Benefits of a Consistent Mobility Practice

6 Benefits of a Consistent Mobility Practice – AND – How Self-Myofascial Release Saved Me from Surgery I’m writing this blog because I want to talk about how mobility work (specifically, mobility work focused on addressing muscle restriction) was able to transform the musculature of my upper body, and transform my shoulders from chronically tight and ... Read More

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Stop Using Sanskrit

On October 22, I had an interview on a podcast. The main goal was to discuss the benefits of yoga as they pertain to men. The podcast in question is The James Swanwick Show. (You can listen to the full recording on iTunes or watch the video by clicking here.) James started off the interview by asking me to list ... Read More

What is Bulletproof Coffee?

What is “Bulletproof” and why am I so excited about it? Let me explain the Bulletproof craze in my own words. Like any good brand, the concept and the vision of the brand, rather than the products, is what initially drew me in. Bulletproof is driven by a #1-rated Podcast hosted by the founder of Bulletproof, Dave Asprey. Dave is ... Read More

Yoga for Golf

It’s interesting to sometimes find out that the people within your immediate network (quite often your family members) are the people who can help you the most. (And at other times, you hope that one of the tens of thousands of people in the network that you’ve built can help.) A yoga for golf video has been a discussion topic ... Read More

Are you taking supplements? You should be.

Are you taking nutritional supplements? I do. And here’s why. The fact is that we are not as healthy as we used to be. Child obesity has gone up from 10% (1994) to 24% (2015). An astounding 69% of American adults are obese. We have mostly ourselves to blame, but Natural foods that we eat have less nutrition that the ... Read More