Yoga
3 Strategies to Reduce Stress and Increase Athletic Performance
Sometimes the most difficult opponent an athlete faces is stress. Armed with the ability to attack quickly and powerfully, stress can hinder an...
YOGA FAILS, FIXED: Why You’re Probably Doing Triangle Pose Wrong
The “Yoga Fails, Fixed” series is for any person who’s ever felt lost, confused, or just plain awkward when trying yoga. The first three articles in the series offered simple [...]
YOGA FAILS, FIXED: How to Avoid Cranking Your Back in Seated Twists
The “Yoga Fails, Fixed” series is for any person who’s ever felt lost, confused or just plain awkward when trying yoga. The first two articles in the series offered simple [...]
YOGA FAILS, FIXED: Warrior 2 Can Be Downright Unsafe Unless You Make These Adjustments
The “Yoga Fails, Fixed” series is for any person who’s ever felt lost, confused or just plain awkward when trying yoga. The first article in the series offered simple fixes [...]
YOGA FAILS, FIXED: How to Not Mess Up Downward Facing Dog
More and more people in the U.S. are doing yoga, which should be a good thing. The practice is linked to numerous health benefits—improved fitness, flexibility and cardiovascular health, and [...]
The Yoga Warm-Up for Basketball Players
How can yoga help a basketball player before a game? Visualize this: It’s the night of a big showdown between rivals. As the clock ticks down the minutes to tipoff, [...]
Kevin Love’s 5-Move Yoga Workout
What separates a “great” NBA player from one who’s just “average” is a matter of degrees—a few more shots made at the right time, a couple of extra rebounds each [...]
5 Big Benefits of Yoga for Basketball Players
If you think yoga is just for lithe women in stretch pants, think again. Many of the NBA’s best players—including Blake Griffin, Kevin Love and LeBron James—practice yoga to help [...]
Athletic Benefits of Hot Yoga
Hot yoga is one of the most popular fitness crazes in the last few years, but does it give any benefits beyond regular yoga or other workouts? Hot, or...
Carlos Boozer Does ‘The Airplane’ and AcroYoga
Last week, NBA power forward Carlos Boozer was strutting his weight room game on Instagram. But to our surprise, he also posted a picture of himself doing the "flying bird"—otherwise [...]