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Should I take up Yoga like Mike Conley and Joe Johnson?

  • Yes, Yoga is the fountain of Youth

    Votes: 5 62.5%

  • No, Yoga is boring

    Votes: 3 37.5%
  • Total voters
    8
SoberasHotRod said:
When I first heard Mike Conley was doing Yoga I jokingly said that he got the idea from Joe Johnson. Turns out that is actually what happened. Then I sarcastically commented that his hamstring issues were cured. Well, it's way too early to know on that, but Mike Conley looks like a young Mike Conley.

Is Yoga the fountain of youth? I'm older than Mike Conley is currently and the age Joe Johnson was when he played here. Should I take up Yoga?

It seems so painfully boring.

(P.S. I think the Jazz should still be extremely cautious with Mike Conley and rest him more often)
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There are different types of yoga. I occasionally do aerobic yoga. Its not boring its fast paced cardio


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I do couch yoga. I stretch to get the remote when I set it too far away. Sometimes I get up and go get something from the fridge. Last night it was multiple fudgicles.
 
Yoga is awesome, my wife got me into it. It increases core strength as well flexibilty and strength at the joints. if you are doing it 1-2 times per week it’s going to likely be around 3 months before you really start to see the overall results. On top of all that, the mental benefits (similar to meditation) are awesome. Go give it a try, what do you have to lose!!!
 
Mike can do Yoga but Sting has been teaching Quin the art of Tantric.
 
The best part about yoga is the farting. So much farting. So. Much. Farting.
 
NAOS said:
You see, this kind of comment is very common, but it reveals the bias about what yoga is. It’s traditionally about breathing and preparing the body for meditation. The West has accelerated the physical-fitness image of it.

You can get into it with limited flexibility—even the physical fitness aspects—but it requires a teacher that knows a few things.... and most are pretty unimaginative
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This is the main problem I have with yoga in general, the vast majority of teachers have no clue what they are doing. It's kind of the same as personal trainers. If someone actually has good knowledge of the body and has done a decent amount of studying and practice it can be good. A good teacher at its simplest can be helpful in just making you more aware of your body.

In general a lot of people think yoga is about stretching. Stretching in general isn't going to help many NBA players, it's more likely to hurt them. As far as Conley goes I have no idea what he's doing when he says he's doing yoga. It could mean a hundred things. I've probably been to 50 different yoga teachers. I would say about 3 of them were good, 10 were fine, and the rest were terrible. I'm about to go to an ancient taoism temple in Wuhan for Christmas to do some yoga thing there. It should be interesting. Sadly yoga in China has become more like yoga in the USA. Hopefully this place isn't.
 
Wow, lots of yoga experts here, thanks for the info. I actually learned a lot. Still seems pretty boring. I also feel less confident in Mike Conley staying healthy.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
Wow, lots of yoga experts here, thanks for the info. I actually learned a lot. Still seems pretty boring. I also feel less confident in Mike Conley staying healthy.
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I actually find the very detailed breathing practices, which might appear to be the most “boring” aspects to the uninitiated, to be super challenging and interesting.

And I think you can have some confidence that this is helpful for Mike if he’s working on his hips (which he most certainly is), because that kind of work would help virtually everybody.
 
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