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Apple Valley, US

23 y.o. college grad looking to renew my mind, transform my body and explore the world with love and curiosity.

 

More About Me

My Occupation is
Student, Athlete, Director, Coach.

My hobbies/interests are
Staying fit by exploring, extreme sports and simple healthy living.

One secret that helps me to stay healthy is
Healthy food, healthy body, healthy mind, healthy soul, healthy you. :)

My wellness goals are
Gain 10 lbs of muscle over summer.

I see myself achieving my wellness goals by
Lots of food, sleep, hard work, good food and healthy mind.

My inspirations are
Healthy people all over.

A little more about me
God is in everyone and everything - discover Him and He will set you free. :)

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    • Strength without loss...

      June 22, 2012 at 2:51pm

      How do I get strong? ...Pole Vault Athlete here looking to build yoga and flexibility into my strength and performance routine. Build muscle, transform body without loosing what I already have... Is that possible? I throughly enjoy the meditative, focus and relaxing elements yoga brings to my being.

      • kregweiss
        kregweiss
        Expert Post

        Hi Gabriel,

        Yes, building strength is possible. However, if you are looking to build strength related to a specific activity or sport, I highly recommend that you gain direct advise on sport-specific training as well as counter balancing training to offset any musculoskeletal imbalances that your sport training may create. Many sports can be dominant in one side of the body or one set of muscle groups, so it is essential to have a program that provides proper recovery of those conditioned muscles as well as training to sustain balance otherwise chronic injuries can flare up.

        Yoga can be an excellent tool for your sport to develop focus, maintain/enhance range of motion of joints, and reduce sport-related anxiety.

        I would personally stick with traditional exercise modalities specific to your training for building strength and power. Then, I would use hatha, restorative, yin and other mild to gentle practices to develop flexibility and boost recovery. This would help avoid over training. You could integrate more vigorous yoga practices as long as they are functional to your training periodization - ie if you have an ample gap between training sessions and that the yoga flows/poses do not present issues with needing to avoid certain loading of joints (ie giving wrists a break).

        Feel welcome to give me more background if on your training program and may be I can give more concrete suggestions from both a yogic and former athlete perspective.

        Namaste,
        Kreg

        By an expert 11 months ago in Montreal, CA

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      • June 22, 2012 at 2:48pm

        We've only just begun - the beginning living is in renewing of mind and transformation of self. :)

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          • June 22, 2012 at 2:42pm

            Just started the trial - Let's get into strong and lean shape! I'm excited, motivated and digging the online community! How do I get strong?

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