YOGA

[Saru Inc]

What's up. So, my next semester in college starts up in January. I signed up for Yoga, because well, it was either that, or Jazzercise from 6:30 am-7:30 am. [bleep] no. But also it's a great teacher, which is good.

 

Anyways, the whole point of the topic:

 

 

Is there anything I can do to prepare for the class? I'm pretty inflexible at the moment, but this is a beginner's course. So yea, any good methods of increasing flexibility? Or maybe some techniques I can start? I googled it first, and got some wierdddddd pages.

 

 

Umm idk if this matters but:

 

I'm 6'4"

I weigh 270 ish, but am now starting to actually work out hah.

For the last two weeks or so, I'vve been running 1.3 miles a day (it's the length of our neighborhood loop) and walking .2miles after that to "cool down" in a sense.

I do not have access to a gym (not enough money) but I can afford simple things such as mats and such.

I work 8 hours a day constantly standing moving around, and lifting 50 lbs objects 5 days a week

I don't really do much exercising i.e. situps etc, but I can if it'll help.

 

 

Thanks for the help =D

[stevepole]

It's yoga you don't really need to be in prefect shape to do it and you say it is a beginners course so they are going to expect you not to know much. The only real way to prepare for a yoga class is to practice yoga on your own really.

[LegendaryStu]

Stretch

[assassin_696]

You sound fairly physically active with what you're doing and in reasonable shape, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. As with many of these things, it's probably better to go as a complete beginner and learn things correctly first time round than trying to learn things in advance and not getting them right.

[chaossviper]

Well, i don't believe you need any prior training or any certain fitness level for yoga.

 

The yoga program in my school is more or less a joke, as they do absolutly nothing and half the kids just lay on the mats and sleep. Given, the class size in my school is about 50 to a class, so theres not much cooperation and the teachers don't even care, so the students are allowed to do nothing.

 

In your yoga program i would imagine you will be doing mainly steches, so beforehand you may want to stretch out for a week or so, just to make your body prepared for it.

 

Again, I don't know about your yoga program, but if it's anything like my schools program, it's a joke.