Yoga and Swimming
Isnt this the biggest bulls**t ever?!?
Its imposible to use the knowledge you get from Yoga in swimming because the BASICs of Yoga are on nose breathing
I agree that both yoga and swimming share flexibility... but
that doest have to do with anything cause the main problem is breath. I dont know how can people put these two together
I almost drowned NUMEROUS times, and now i am completly starting to forget yoga
just so i could learn how to swim right.
feel free to comment
please
Former Member
Payydro,
I'll not presume to lecture you on yoga, because from the sounds of it you've been doing it longer than I have. However, I will tell you not only can you do both, I have found yoga is very beneficial to swimming. I started with yoga because a couple of swimmers I respect, including Tall Paul Smith who responded earlier in this thread, recommended it to me. (Just to review the bidding. Paul Smith has been one of the top Masters swimmers in the world for about a decade, if not longer. He holds several USMS records and is regularly ranked in the top ten in the world in his age group for numerous free and fly events.)
I have found their advice was right on point. First, flexibility is a major issue for older athletes. Second, yoga is a far superior method for working on flexibility than any other program I have used. I did talk to Paul at the time about if he found any particular form of yoga beneficial. My understanding of his advice (which I only dimly remember, please feel free to jump in here Paul) is that I should stick with less advanced forms of the practice. At some point the more advances poses and practices carry a higher risk of injury than the lower impact stuff. At the same time, there may not be substantial added benefit to swimming from the specific improvement in strength and flexibility that an advanced practice provides. If anyone else has any thoughts please pitch in.
To sum up, if you stop doing yoga, I can pretty much guarantee you that your flexibility will decline, and you will be at greater risk of injury and less able to perform efficient swimming motions. You might want to talk to someone who is knowledgable in both sports to determine if modifying your yoga routine would better help you in the pool.
Matt
P.S. I am planning to get back to you in your other discussion thread. I've been a little busy, and I wanted to respond with some detail.
does anyone even read my posts? I have been doing Yoga before i started swimming and not because of swimming.
anyway glad that this has become a BEER thread.
still my i havent got a single clue from anyone that yoga and swimming are posible
"I read your post. I find yoga and swimming to be very possible.
I find beer and swimming to be equally possible."
-aquageek.
I just found out that beer with paddles is also possible.
(Hey it's 5:00 somewhere)
Randy:
I might have this totally wrong but were you ever somehow associated with The Victor swimwear? They had the best prices and selection around.
BTW - even though I'm not a fan of paddles, I like your web site.
Yes I worked with The Victor for many years and really enjoyed it. The owner retired shortly after I left.
Paddles are a tool that unfortunately many use incorrectly. They can be beneficially used –but that is another thread!
Regarding Yoga –Paul is correct it can really offer major benefits to swimmers. Anytime you can learn to control your body and mind while relaxing or stretching it will translate positively to other activities including swimming. I am an advocate of any and all types of cross training. The better athlete wins!
Interesting Mary Bolster, previous editor of (Fitness) Swimmer Magazine and great friend of Masters swimming, is now an editor for Yoga Journal. It is worth a look.
I agree, yoga can work well with swimming. Yoga can build strength without giving you excessively large muscles, which is good as a swimmer. Yoga also helps your flexibility, which (for certain body parts) can also help your swimming.
Matt S
glad to see someone didnt mention bEER:D
but maybe we should make a thread called Beer and Swimming
or maybe Beer and Yoga:D
anyway i agree that without Yoga the risk of injuries are greater
but the reason i started this thread and the main reason i cant conect Yoga and Swimming is --as i wrote in the last posts
breath control. Just wanted to see other peoples opinions on that cause i thought that if other practised Yoga there must be similiar problem. Flexibility is not an issue. But no one didnt even mention so i asume that NO ONE has the above mentioned problem.
