The Athlete's Pocket Guide to Yoga: 50 Routines for Flexibility, Balance, and Focus Review
This has to be the best book on yoga I've come across in years. When I'm doing an activity like yoga, I really don't want to read long prose on how to do something. I just want to see it, then do it. And that's exactly how this book is presented. There's a brief guide for absolute beginners at the beginning, a quick guide to things you might need - such as, how to pick a good mat - but then it goes into page after page of image sequences about poses (5-10 minutes), then a section towards the end on full routines that can take an hour (or more). It's a great mix&match guide to build your own routines, or use theirs, depending on your needs and skill and time restraints. It also has a spiral binding which is great to just lay open when you're trying things out. I definitely recommend this to athletes and non-athletes like myself.
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The Athlete's Pocket Guide to Yoga: 50 Routines for Flexibility, Balance, and Focus Overview
Athletes have different needs than the typical yogi. They come to the practice with more tightness from hours spent training, little time for lengthy sessions, and at the height of the season they often abandon yoga classes altogether for demanding sport-specific training. In this accessible guide, yoga teacher Sage Rountree makes it easy for athletes to reap the benefits of the practice year-round. Designed to complement a rigorous training schedule, the book includes quick, five-minute warm-ups to prepare for daily workouts; strength sessions for the off-season and base periods; flexibility sessions as training grows more demanding, including 20-minute flexibility routines to follow workouts; and focus sessions incorporating breath exercises and meditation to improve restoration and sharpen mental toughness for competition. A spiral binding makes it easy to progress through each routine, and attractive color photographs fluidly detail every pose. Tips to simplify trickier poses or vary the routine from one session to the next are included.
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Customer Reviews
Absolutely great! - Friend of Wyatt - Texas
This book is really a great addition to any yoga book shelf. Although it it does not go into as much detail on the steps of each pose as some books, if one has a working knowledge of yoga it is excellent. Compact with heavy pages it travels well, and spiral bound it remains open to accompany one along side the workout if needed. My only true complaint is that the sanskrit term is not included on the poses.
Very pleasant to handle. - Fouad Boussetta - Montreal, Qc, Canada
This book is very pleasant to handle: the pages are rigid and thick, an extension of the cover acts as a page marker, and the colors are attractive.
Also the exercises are very intelligently grouped and sequenced; this is a very practical item indeed!
Great summary - Amit Bhavsar -
Focused. Recc'd for those who are already a little familiar with yoga and just looking for ideas on specific excercises to target certain muscle groups. Works for me.
quick reference guide - AJ - Twin Cities
Great as a quick reference guide if you already know yoga. I am not a triathlete, but I bike, swim and run and was finding my muscles so tight after these activities. This helped me to quickly reference those poses particularly helpful for those activities to stretch, relieve muscle tightness, and build strength. I have practiced and taught yoga for years and have tons of yoga books, but this is my go-to guide for quick reference.
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