Yoga seen as "Un-Manly"
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Haven't read this thread yet but I think guys that do yoga are UBER sexy. Wish I could do a class with the guy I did it with back home again. The second I walked out I could feel every single muscle was used. Bet they are good at Tantric sex too. Bonus.0
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I started doing yoga this year, to try and stretch out my glutes and hamstrings. It's difficult, I enjoy it and who cares if it's manly?
I'm resuming training soon after being in hospital with a herniated disc. Yoga and pilates are all I can do until I'm given the green light to resume lifting.
And I look teh secks in yoga pants.....0 -
my yoga teacher is a male jujitsu fighter. When i would go tot he later clases i would see foot ball players from my home town in ter, wrestlers and boxers. My husband still thinks its girly, lol He wont go and he looks nothing like thses men. One day he will get it.
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"Yoga seen as "Un-Manly"" ... so what?
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Yoga is one of THE best exercise routines for flexibility and core strength. Guess what...what is needed for anything where you lift or do cardio? Core strength. Funny that...
I wouldn't be scared to go to a Yoga class. I just may look look ridiculous for the first few sessions :laugh:0 -
My husband is an infantry soldier in the Australian army. He uses pilates to basically dominate all of the PT pack marches (often with something like 40kilos of weight in his pack). We both started up pilates as runners for physical therapy for various running errors.I think it's probably irrelevant what is supposed to be "manly' vs "un- manly".0
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If you are anything like a male gymnast or ballet dancer - who cares what the guys think- you guys are hot!!
Jealousy is a curse....0 -
Excercise doesn't have a "sex"
THANK you! I'm so sick of hearing about "girl push-ups"...0 -
If you are anything like a male gymnast or ballet dancer - who cares what the guys think- you guys are hot!!
Jealousy is a curse....
Yep. I don't do yoga. But I do practice gymnastics. Many moves do cross over, though. For instance, when I fail to do a planche, it's like an upside down corpse pose. 0 -
I find the idea that any form of exercise is considered manly or un-manly, quite childly.0
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I am an Indian and thank you for this post.0
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If you are anything like a male gymnast or ballet dancer - who cares what the guys think- you guys are hot!!
Jealousy is a curse....
Yep. I don't do yoga. But I do practice gymnastics. Many moves do cross over, though. For instance, when I fail to do a planche, it's like an upside down corpse pose.
- but when you succeed in doing a planch, its a yoga Peacock.0 -
Next up....
' Flower arranging seen as "Un-Manly" '
As you suggest, OP, Yoga is seen as "a predominantly female discipline" most probably because predominantly women do it.
Seems reasonable to me.
Hasn't stopped me doing it* and wouldn't mind doing more as could do with being a bit more flexible for climbing.
(Yoga, I haven't done flower arranging, though as it goes have thought in the past it could be a useful skill to have when trying to woo a lady :P)
To sound horribly feministi - perhaps if you were less worried by gender stereotypes, it wouldn't be an issue?0 -
Only by folks who don't know what they are talking about aye?0
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If you are anything like a male gymnast or ballet dancer - who cares what the guys think- you guys are hot!!
Jealousy is a curse....
Yep. I don't do yoga. But I do practice gymnastics. Many moves do cross over, though. For instance, when I fail to do a planche, it's like an upside down corpse pose.
- but when you succeed in doing a planch, its a yoga Peacock.
Thanks. I spent ages trying to find out what the yoga name was!
Looking at images, it does appear the planche is different to the peacock. In gymnastics, that is the elbow lever. Elbow levers are about technique (balance). Planches are strength. (Gymnastics moves are divided into technique and strength, whilst there is obviously some technique and some strength in every move, they can easily be categorised as some are obviously more about having the body in the right position whilst others require a good degree of brute force!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planche_(exercise)0 -
Yes - looking at the Wikipedia pic, the planch is more extended in the arm, whereas the yoga Peacock has the elbows firmly pressing into the solar plexus as a fulcrum. Either is pretty damned impressive, whether your Yoga is Manly or Womanly!0
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Yep. I have indeed smashed my face into the ground whilst attempting a Peacock. :laugh:0
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Who see's yoga as unmanly?
And if they hold such stupid views, why pay any attention to them?0 -
Why do you care what people think of you? In 100 years, no one will know you existed, or the person who judged you existed.0
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I've tried both yoga and pilates and while they were challenging and I could see the benefit (my lower back is a mess which is why I'm prepared to try anything whether "manly" or not) they just didn't click for me. I would be one of those things I would force myself to do rather than enjoy doing.
Fortunately I found core work on the gym ball was the key to managing my condition, that's probably not as manly as sit-ups either!
Naked yoga sounds interesting - I've got some old friends I'd like to look up....0 -
There's nothing more alpha than not caring what other people think.
My entire immediate family practices yoga, this includes my son (17) and daughter.
We also lift heavy (for each of us) and could give a rat's @ss what anyone thinks :laugh:
As no one has probably said before...'Engage your bandhas and party on Garth' :drinker:
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And you don't HAVE to wear Yoga pants if you don't want to...
???? Yoga in the nude? LOL JOKING!!!!
Nude yoga is actually a thing. I kid you not. :noway:
that's called sex silly!
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Before I take any fitness advice from you of any kind...
...I need to know if you're in better shape than I am.
What's your best 5k time?
What's your deadlift 1RM?
Total cholesterol?
Average blood pressure?
Any relevant fitness-related medical problems I should know about?
I can run a 5k- i had back surgery and can't run without severe pain
Dead lifts are out for the same reason
My total cholesterol is around 240
My BP is 120/70 on the average
I have chronic back pain 24/7- how's that for a medial problem?
Now, if you read MY ENTIRE post, instead of just the first sentence you would be able to correctly interpret that I was referring to people that spew unpracticed fitness advice that are out of shape . I've explained this later in that same post but I get sick of repeating myself.
That's a cute little example of revisionist history there. How long did was one expected to follow that thread to get to the back pedaling?
So what you're saying is that if a person is in great shape you WILL follow whatever unpracticed, misinformed, broscience type advice that they spew?0 -
Aaron Rogers has been doing yoga in the off season to improve his flexibility and drop some weight. And as much as I can't stand him, I don't think he's unmanly.
In fact, football players have been doing things like aerobics, dance, and yoga for years to improve flexibility, stamina, and their footwork for years. The Cowboys are currently using a barre for stretching exercises.
Whatever works and keeps you healthy...do your thing!
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I practice and teach yoga, and I am a man. That is all.0
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It doesn't surprise me one bit that there was only a list of physical features up there...Before I take any fitness advice from you of any kind...
...I need to know if you're in better shape than I am.
What's your best 5k time?
What's your deadlift 1RM?
Total cholesterol?
Average blood pressure?
Any relevant fitness-related medical problems I should know about?
I can run a 5k- i had back surgery and can't run without severe pain
Dead lifts are out for the same reason
My total cholesterol is around 240
My BP is 120/70 on the average
I have chronic back pain 24/7- how's that for a medial problem?
Now, if you read MY ENTIRE post, instead of just the first sentence you would be able to correctly interpret that I was referring to people that spew unpracticed fitness advice that are out of shape. I've explained this later in that same post but I get sick of repeating myself.
Sorry what now?0 -
Before I take any fitness advice from you of any kind...
...I need to know if you're in better shape than I am.
What's your best 5k time?
What's your deadlift 1RM?
Total cholesterol?
Average blood pressure?
Any relevant fitness-related medical problems I should know about?
I can run a 5k- i had back surgery and can't run without severe pain
Dead lifts are out for the same reason
My total cholesterol is around 240
My BP is 120/70 on the average
I have chronic back pain 24/7- how's that for a medial problem?
Now, if you read MY ENTIRE post, instead of just the first sentence you would be able to correctly interpret that I was referring to people that spew unpracticed fitness advice that are out of shape . I've explained this later in that same post but I get sick of repeating myself.
That's a cute little example of revisionist history there. How long did was one expected to follow that thread to get to the back pedaling?
So what you're saying is that if a person is in great shape you WILL follow whatever unpracticed, misinformed, broscience type advice that they spew?
You seem like the kind of guy that says what's on his mind. I'm the same way. And yes, I would be more inclined to take fitness advice from someone in much better shape than me. It means they know their stuff. but I'm going weigh said advice against what I know. Its not my fault people misinterpret what I wrote and get offended. Reading comprehension isn't what it used to be. People say its common core, I blame the internets. I don't back pedal. I stand by what I posted. If people feel it was aimed at them, they probably believe the government is watching them too or space aliens are waiting to abduct them too.
And what is Broscience anyway?0 -
I've tried both yoga and pilates and while they were challenging and I could see the benefit (my lower back is a mess which is why I'm prepared to try anything whether "manly" or not) they just didn't click for me. I would be one of those things I would force myself to do rather than enjoy doing.
Fortunately I found core work on the gym ball was the key to managing my condition, that's probably not as manly as sit-ups either!
Naked yoga sounds interesting - I've got some old friends I'd like to look up....
I've had lower back problems for most of my life. Core excercises help in so many ways and yoga has a lot of them. If you add a kettle bell or medicine ball to a lot of the poses- it can feel more like regular excercise and combat boredom because you don't have to maintain the pose as long.
And naked Yoga is awesome...0
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