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‘Real Blokes Do Yoga’ is dedicated to lads, the fellas, the blokes, the athletes, the tradies and all the tough guys out there who are or might be thinking of taking up yoga.
On this website, we will provide ‘blokey’ orientated advice on yoga in real world applications and try to keep it as practical and down to earth as possible. Stay tuned for interviews with real blokes doing yoga, instructional videos on yoga for all sorts of applications such as golf, surfing, soccer, AFL, rugby, tennis, boxing….and the list goes on.
Yoga is being used worldwide by elite athletes and it is now considered as an essential part of their core training regimes. Some male elite athletes who use and endorse yoga include:
- Chris Judd – AFL Carlton FC captain, dual Brownlow medallist
- Harry Kewell – Socceroo, Galatasary striker
- Nick Riewoldt – AFL St Kilda FC captain, All Australian captain
- Jobe Watson – AFL Essendon FC captain
- Clint Bolton – Melbourne Heart FC goal keeper, Socceroo
- George Jelbart – Olympic Rowing Champion
- Lenny Hayes – AFL St Kilda FC player
- Tim Cahill – Everton FC, Socceroo striker/midfielder
- Ryan Giggs – Manchester United, England winger
- Dean Heffernan – Melbourne Heart FC, Socceroo winger
- Brendon Goddard – AFL St Kilda FC player
- Mark McVeigh – AFL Essendon FC player
Video – Paul Vercoe from Kozen Yoga takes you through a high plank-low plank to cobra/upward facing dog step by step.
37 year old Ryan Giggs (England & current Manchester United Winger) talks about the benefits of yoga and how it is helped him to stay so long in the game…and he doesn’t look any closer to retiring!
