Golfers – Drive Farther
A runner’s linear motion pattern is
and Get an Edge
well complemented by dance workouts, Additional Yoga
which are loaded with opposing lateral
Golf has seen a significant surge in
and Pilates Resources:
(side-to-side) and multidirectional
cross-training, due to high-profile
movement, says Moreno. Try a dance-
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advocates like Tiger Woods. Yoga is one
fusion workout to get the benefits, (see pg 31)
discipline now commonly used to boost
without an overdose of tricky, complex
performance and mental stamina in this
dance steps.
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technical game.

(starting on pg 32)
“No other sport requires the body
to move in all three planes simultane-
Yogis – Become Stronger
ously from a static position—while
and Boost Endurance Everyone – Achieve
accelerating club speed to 90 miles per
While yoga is often recommended as Satisfaction
hour in under two seconds,” observes
a cross-training discipline for other
Achievement is about more than rack-
Yoga for Golfers author and trainer
sports, devotees of all yoga styles also
ing up miles, laps or mat time. Cross-
training
Katherine Roberts, noting that yoga
can benefit from intentional cross-train-
training in new ways can prolong your
can help offset that sheer pressure and
ing. Yoga enthusiasts’ most injury-prone
ability to participate in the activities
torque on the spine.
areas include the hamstrings, knees,
you love most and render the satisfac-
After 14 years of yoga practice,
lower back and wrists, says Jen Weller,
tion you crave from your core sport.
Roberts says the increased flexibility
a Vinyasa instructor for Maya Yoga Stu-
and range of motion she’s gained from
dio, in Maui. Strengthening lesser-used
Julie Kailus is a freelance writer
yoga as a cross-training technique has
muscles in those areas can take yoga
in Evergreen, CO.
translated directly into how far she
practice to a new level.
drives the ball off the tee. Other benefits
“Injury risk occurs when people
include better swing balance, more
are on their hands and they’re tired,”
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core and lumbar support, increased
remarks Moreno, a certified yoga Lawrence Attile (see ad pg 8)
endurance and a mental edge gained
instructor and fitness trainer. “It’s smart
Philip Sobul (see ad pg 30)
from yoga’s ability to quiet the mind.
to develop strength in the upper body.
Roberts suggests starting with simple,
You have to get out of the yoga room to
yet targeted, basic yoga poses, such
develop those supporting muscles.”
as downward dog, cat-cow, modified
cobra, revolving side angle, tree pose
and warrior III.
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Cyclists and runners –
Moreno points out that because
Get Greater Ped-power the element of endurance is missing
Distance cyclists may benefit from
in yoga, cardiovascular workouts can
supplementing endurance training
benefit many a yoga lover; “Once you
with anaerobic cross-training, to
create more endurance through cardio
develop better muscle endurance in
work, you can hold and sustain a pose
key support areas, such as the lower
longer and increase your ability to
back, quadriceps and shoulders, advises
move from pose to pose.” She counsels
Moran. He advocates using a targeted
students to try a yoga fusion workout
strength training program and a low-im-
that marries flowing yoga poses with
pact, but high-intensity, cardio routine,
high-energy moves that boost heart rate
or a comparative workout on a cardio
beyond that achieved by yoga alone
machine, such as a stair climber.
(even “sweaty yoga”).
Moreno says cyclists should
If you’re on the mat more than a
try kickboxing as cross-training to
few hours a week, Djelevic suggests
improve core strength. This translates
cross-training with running or swim-
into easier hill climbing, through
ming, “so that the stretching of muscles
increasing power available from the
is balanced with a strengthening and
torso and hamstrings, both crucial to
explosive discipline.”
propelling the bike up a mountain.

June 2009
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