I changed my upper body workout around this morning with more tension, more self resistance and more deep breathing. There was a lot of focus on various Charles Atlas, Swoboda and Sinkram exercises. I still did six sets of pushups and six sets of pullups, but I spaced them through the tension and self resistance exercises.
Why? Well the deep breathing and tension generated by self-resistance and or tension alone give me a feeling of energy and well being. LOL - I am an older guy and the feeling of energy and well-being is a plus.
Some years back I read an article about Terrence Hill from the Spagetti Western era with movies like Trinity, Boot Hill and My Name is Nobody. It said Hill spent two hours every morning doing yoga. If you've never seen any of Terrence Hill's movies, he was a well built, coordinated guy who did most of his own stunts and did a lot of physical comedy.
According to John Peterson, he thought Hill did the Charles Atlas exercises daily. Whether that is true or not is a moot point. He did do some sort of tension/breathing/gymnastic exercise daily and it was responsible for his incredible coordination. Here is a link to his website if you are interested. https://en.terencehill.com/index.php in his late seventies, Hill was still making movies.
I've tried some yoga in the past but never with a teacher. I kind of felt they were scams. But I could be wrong. I did a program by John Hinds from Lifeline and DDP Yoga. Also have a program called lumberjack yoga that I use from time to time when I feel like it.
Yes, Michael. Asanas are Yoga poses. Different Gurus teach students to different mental conditions in asanas such as relaxation, feeling infinity and so on. I think that my teacher gave more practical recommendation - keeping rubber-like structure of the body that combines strength and flexibility. This body condition is also used in some internal Chinese marshal arts.
Bob what are asanas? Are they poses?
Many years ago, my Yoga instructor advised me to perform asanas with light/moderate co-tension in muscle antagonist to create "rubber-like" body structure that helps to avoid injuries.
Yes I agree with the shoulder health thing. Whether Power Flexes, SR or Visualize resistance, I've used them all to rehab from a twinge or two.
Well, I have to admit it. I twinged my shoulder over doing the steel spring expander set. Doing all these various self resistance exercises do wonders for shoulder health.
Yeah I would agree that self resistance and visualized resistance is a feel good type of exercise. When You use tension exercises, for me anyhow, there is much more concentration on the breathing. I would say they have a yoga type feel to them. One thing I'll say is they make the shoulders feel great.