Rave: I did a headstand today

[jim]

karp everytime I do yoga I think to myself of how much it would have benefited me when I played - especially the sport yoga classes. Core strength, balance, flexibility - all that is importantisimo for playing ball.

[cardinalkarp]

karp everytime I do yoga I think to myself of how much it would have benefited me when I played - especially the sport yoga classes. Core strength, balance, flexibility - all that is importantisimo for playing ball.

Oh yeah definitely agree, one of the reasons I want to do it this offseason. I intend on getting in really good shape for next season & see what kind of difference it makes (which I'm sure wi be huge). Now that I'm done w/ school I can put my focus squarely on getting in shape.

We still have 2 to 3 weeks left of baseball this year (playoffs just getting started). We won our first playoff game in the 18's over the weekend & are squaring off against the #1 seed tonight at a pretty cool little stadium where the River City Rascals (from the Frontier League) play.

The 35 team has one game left that will decide first place & then the playoffs get started at the end of the week. We've got a pretty decent chance to repeat as champs in that division. My last 35 game went yard which felt nice as it was my first HR of the year (and they don't come often anyway...lol)

[jim]

If you do yoga this off season you will be in the best shape of your life next spring lol...

Are you guys a wood bat league?

[cardinalkarp]

If you do yoga this off season you will be in the best shape of your life next spring lol...

Are you guys a wood bat league?

No, not completely at least. Obviously anyone is welcome to use wood but it's a BBCOR/woodbat, which are pretty close actually in regards to sweetspots and pop. The BBCOR bats are a little more forgiving of course, and you don't risk snapping them on any given AB.

The league voted on bats last year & most teams wanted the have the option, mainly due to cost reasons. I'd be fine either way, but that said I've swung wood a handful of times & am down one bat on the year....but typically I'm swinging a metal BBCOR bat.

[Numbers]

DDPYoga specifically, and man, I can't believe the difference.

I've been thinking about trying DDP Yoga to help with some back and neck issues. Good to hear (from someone that isn't getting paid for it) that it works.

I was a little skeptical going in but desperate. Nothing else was helping me. It mixes yoga with some old school strength exercises like squats and long-count pushups. It took me a couple of weeks to start noticing the relief but it has been incredible. The program is pretty good at showing beginners how to modify positions until they have the strength to do them fully as well.

[Jocephus]

ive thought about ddp yoga too...even though i was a WWF guy

but hey, if it can help razor and jake the snake, it probably works

[jim]

I'll be honest I've never heard of DDP yoga until this thread. What is it? I know Sport, Vinyasa, Hatha ... DDP?

[Numbers]

Jim, it's a yoga promoted by DDP who used to be a wrestler. He blew out two discs in his lower back and made it back through yoga. Really, it's basic yoga moves renamed to sound tougher, and mixed together with strengthening exercises. There's a lot of planks and pushups, the ten count pushups (10 down, 10 hold, 10 up, repeat) really kick my butt.
In general it is focusing on strengthening the core and joint areas in order to take stress off of damaged zones. It also works a lot on stretching, to get a little relief to the spine.

http://ddpyoga.com/

It gained some notoriety of this video.

Like I said, I was pretty skeptical, but it's made a heck of a transformation in me, and very convenient to do from home. The price wasn't bad either.

[jim]

Very cool. I'm not sure I could do what I do without a class, I do some light streteching through the day but to do some serious stuff I really need an instructor.

[Sutter'sBeard]

Jim, can you s**k your own d**k yet? I believe that is the crowning achievement of yoga isn't it?