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A no-nonsense introduction to yoga for men who want to build strength, improve performance, and increase flexibility.Maximize your athletic performance, reduce your post-workout aches, and help prevent injuries with yoga. With more than 25 yoga routines and over 50 key postures, you'll discover how yoga can make you stronger, fitter, and more flexible. Professional athletes are making yoga a regular part of their fitness routines, and GQ, HuffPost, and Men's Health have all advocated yoga for men. Flexibility is one of the most important yet overlooked elements of fitness, and stretching has been proven to help you improve your gains in the gym, prevent and relieve injuries, and help you beat your competition on the field. If your muscles are tight, they won't let your body move as it should. Yoga increases flexibility, building a bigger range of motion and allowing you to work more muscle fibers with every movement. With straightforward language and easy-to-follow steps, Yoga Fitness for Men will teach you how to execute the key yoga postures you need for greater endurance, flexibility, balance, and strength--no chanting required. It also includes yoga routines and programs tailored to help you meet specific performance and health goals, such as increased core strength and back pain relief. You'll find that incorporating yoga into your training will help you get stronger, play harder, and feel better.
About the Author
Dean Pohlman is on a mission to help more guys realize the benefits of yoga. A former-athlete turned yoga instructor, Dean enjoyed the postures and exercises of traditional yoga but wanted to create an approach to yoga that better suited the fitness-focused guy. Dean's unique approach to yoga is characterized by his focus on (1) in-depth, proper technique, (2) modifications and workouts tailored to men's bodies and fitness goals, and (3) results-driven programs and workouts.In 2013, he founded Man Flow Yoga, and since then it has exploded in popularity. Man Flow Yoga is one of top brands of yoga for fitness for men. Through his online programs, Members' Area, DVDs, ebooks, and books, Dean has helped to improve the health and wellness of tens of thousands of men and women worldwide. Man Flow Yoga has a social media following of over 150,000 people (100k on Facebook, 40k on YouTube, and 12k on Instagram, as of May 2018) , and has been featured in Men's Health, The Ben Greenfield Podcast, Fox 13 Tampa News, and many more major media outlets.Dean's Works:Dean's first paperback book, Yoga Fitness for Men, was published in May 2018 by Dorling Kindersley (DK) Publishers, and it became the #1 New Release in Men's Health. Dean's first eBook was his self-published book, Yoga Basics for Men, which went #1 in 4 categories when it was published on Amazon in 2014. Dean is also the creator of the Body by Yoga DVD Series, including the Top 2 Best-selling Yoga Boost DVD, Yoga Strong, Yoga Excel, and Yoga for Back Care (soon-to-be-released) .Dean resides in Austin, Texas with his 2 dogs and fiancee.
