Coach Thrasher

Yoga Session Results

Meredith, Tito, Bryce, Teddy, Reid, Keith, Patrick, Edward, Colin, Alex, myself (we had 11 people total) were able to attend the session. Stretching was good! Breathing exercises on our back worked our abs, as well as breathing and leg rotations. We did a lot of "downward dog", which really worked the hamstrings. We used straps around the ball of our feed to pull the hamstrings out. We did the elephant, for our hip flexors. The warrior (1), warrior (2), and warrior (3) worked our inner thighs, back, hams, and the top of the calves.

I'm really not too swift with the names of poses, but we learned many new positions. Many of the positions were very similar to our regular stretches, but with nice variations for extra support.

Everyone seemed to enjoy it, and Catherine, the instructor, kept everyone engaged. I think it's worth doing again.

Posted at 06:07PM May 09, 2006 by jason in Rowing  |  Comments[1]

Tuesday Yoga Session

I've setup an optional Yoga session for the boy's team. My hope is that they are able to learn how to improve their flexibility and balance. Yoga came as a recommendation from some of the varsity parents and I think this will be a good learning experience for everyone. It also gives us some good variation as we ramp up our rowing intensity in preparation for championships.

The time and place are:
4pm Tuesday (today)
654 High Street
Palo Alto, California 94301

See here for directions in downtown Palo Alto: http://www.darshanayoga.com/location.html

This is an optional workout that is being run as a private lesson by Darshana Yoga. As such, there is a $15.00/each fee that is charged by the yoga studio. I think this is well worth the price for the experience that we expect to have.

Please don't forget to bring $15 (cash is best)!

I'll see you there,

Posted at 12:35PM May 09, 2006 by jason in Rowing  |  Comments[0]