Who says men can't practice yoga?

In addition to men's preferred outdoor sports, what other sports are men worth practicing? For example, yoga, which most men are "ashamed" to practice, is a comprehensive system that embraces the body, brain and spirit. Yoga practice is not inconsistent with other exercises and can also increase the effect of other exercises." This is a recommendation from Gui Shizhuo, a well-known yoga teacher in Beijing. As a man who advocates yoga, let's listen to Teacher Gui's understanding of male yoga.

Stress reduction: Men are accustomed to taking on pressure and lack ways to reduce pressure. Yoga can improve the flexibility of the body, enhance coordination, improve agility, create a body line that combines hardness and softness, and cultivate an elegant and noble masculinity.

Solving the crisis: Many men's health problems actually come from overload stress. Chronic stress is 6 times more likely to cause heart disease and cancer than risk factors such as smoking and high cholesterol. The great advantage of yoga is that it can maximize the role of parasympathetic nerves and fight against various health crises.

Body shaping: Men after the age of 30 have a high proportion of obesity. Practicing yoga has a special effect on reducing local fat and fat in the body and helping men maintain a normal body shape.

Increase wisdom: only when people are calm, will increase the sensitivity of intuition, yoga can increase this sensitivity, let you know what is the most important, energetic, efficient work will be very high.

Better: Men practicing yoga must first dispel the false idea that it is a female sport. In fact, yoga is a natural balance of health fitness method, for men, yoga can help change impetuous character, improve self-control ability, correct bad habits; as the depth of practice will be found, due to the increase in body flexibility, men from yoga benefits may be more, their physical strength will become better, the state of mind will be more peaceful.

When doing yoga movements, men do not pay much attention to the beauty of movements, but they can better understand the true meaning of yoga self-cultivation. In addition, although flexibility is important in the initial stage of yoga, the more difficult the movements you practice, the higher the requirements for strength. Many movements are almost impossible for women to complete, while men can easily complete them.

Fish King Style that eliminates beer belly

This pose can improve human blood circulation; massage the abdominal internal organs to regulate the functions of the kidneys, spleen, liver, stomach, intestines, and bladder; promote digestion, improve constipation, and help eliminate beer belly.

Action essentials:

Sitting posture, stretch your legs together and stretch forward, bend your left knee, step on the ground, with the soles of your feet and the ischial bones in a straight line, and place your left hand on the hip pad; inhale, extend your right arm over the top of your head and stretch upward, lengthening your spine; Exhale, wrap your right hand around your left knee, place your palm on your chest, while twisting your spine to the left, and looking back. Maintain even breathing for 30 seconds to 1 minute. The reverse side is the same as above.

Warm reminder:

Try to keep the spine vertical to the ground. Before twisting, lengthen the spine upward, expand the chest, and then twist; breathe relax, enjoy each breathing process, and feel the massage of the abdominal viscera. (Internship Editor: Li Jianhong)