Re: EASY Strength Training
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 12:39 pmvgpedlr wrote:Great story Dan! Thanks for sharing.
Love to hear about someone's success. It's funny that you wrote there weren't much strength gains, then go to explain how everything works better. That's the point. Keep practicing, and everything gets better.
Like Patthabi Jois used to say, right? "Do the practice and all is coming."
You most likely already understand the benefit of "little and often" regarding yoga practice. It works that way for most things, I've found. Most people are lacking a bit in some of the basic human movements, so filling in those gaps is a great benefit. For instance, yoga does not have any pulling. Pulling and hinging from the hips counteract the sitting we do too much of.
You may find Dan John's book Intervention interesting. Also his forum has quite a diverse crowd of folks with a lot of experience to share. I've learned a lot there.
What I meant by not noticing strength gains, was that the amount of weight I was using in my workouts didn't necessarily increase, but like you said, that isn't really the point! Back when I lifted more seriously in college though, that was always my goal: lift more weight. Of course, this didn't translate much to everyday use, but it was cool to be able to brag about benching "X" amount. Now that I care far less about what others think about me, and more about how I feel in everyday life and activities, these results are much more satisfying.
Thanks for the recommendations. I will checkout the book and the forum as well.