Stephanie Ring – Yoga for Strength

Stephanie Ring – Yoga for Strength

Check it out: Stephanie Ring – Yoga for Strength

Yoga teacher and strength coach Stephanie (Ring) Main will guide you through these yoga sequences to develop functional flexibility and build strength to improve your performance in the gym or on the field.

If you want to make the most out of your workout — really want to make the most of it — then you need to be doing yoga.

But not just any yoga — Yoga for Strength.

Designed by California-based yoga instructor Stephanie (Ring) Main, Yoga for Strength addresses your needs as an athlete, focusing on functional flexibility and strength to improve your performance in the gym or on the field. You’ll learn how to harness the power and control of this kind of mobility and use it to improve your work capacity, lifting potential and power output — and, of course, your flexibility.

More than anyone, Main understands the needs of athletes when it comes to mobility, because in addition to being a highly trained yogi, she has an extensive sports background and is a CrossFit Level-2 certified instructor. Main knows exactly what athletes need and want in a mobility program, and she has created the ideal package to help you excel in your chosen sport or activity.

Yoga for Strength is perfectly programmed to be a beneficial, accessory activity that supplements and enhances your passion, whether it is triathlons, rock climbing, weightlifting or Spartan racing. With this course, you’ll learn how to blend yoga seamlessly into your training schedule, helping correct faulty movement patterns and increase range of motion while also improving balance, coordination, agility and lifting potential.

And best yet, you don’t need to have any yoga experience to participate. Main breaks down everything into its basics, and she offers move modifications for anyone at any level to use.

When you sign up, you’ll get the following:

• Three different sections: Warm-up and Muscle Activation, Core Strength and Stability, Strength and Body Awareness
• 13 unique modules of instruction
• Comprehensive do-anywhere workouts
• Scalable move options for anyone at any level
• Advice on how to hone mental focus and concentration to improve results
• Exclusive tips, pointers and instruction tailored to your needs

The Yoga for Strength Program

Yoga for Strength contains three sections, and each one serves a specific purpose.

Section 1: Warm-Up and Muscle Activation

These modules should be done preworkout and are designed with specific bodyparts in mind, such as shoulders, core and lower body. The exercises in this section will help prep your body to get into the positions you’re going to be using later on, such as pressing, pulling or pushing.

These moves will also help identify and correct faulty movement patterns that arise as the result of muscle imbalances and overly tight/weak areas, and regular practice will help return you to a stable, neutral position, improving performance on the field and in the gym.

There are four modules in this section:

• Module 1: Shoulders
• Module 2: Hips
• Module 3: Core
• Module 4: Full Body

Section 2: Core Strength and Stability

Since all movements — whether functional or dynamic — originate with the core, having strength and stability in this area is imperative, no matter what your sport or athletic endeavor. These functional workouts can be done before your workout or after, or even on your days off, to forge a core of steel.

The exercises in these modules target not only the abdominals but also all 360 degrees of your core musculature, including your lower back, glutes, hips and abs.

There are four modules in this section:

• Module 1: Core Strength – Beginner
• Module 2: Core Strength – Intermediate
• Module 3: Core Stability – Beginner
• Module 4: Core Stability – Intermediate

Section 3: Power Yoga for Strength and Body Awareness

Active recovery days are important for repairing and rebuilding your hardworking muscles, and this yoga flow that links your breath to your movement can be done on these days to help with focus, balance, coordination and recuperation.

A flow such as this also can help you slow down, concentrate and work on your trouble spots while improving your mind/muscle connection.

There are five modules in this section:

• Module 1: Beginner
• Module 2: Intermediate
• Module 3: Advanced
• Module 4: All Levels, Version 1
• Module 5: All Levels, Version 2

Equipment:

• PVC pipe (or yoga strap, resistance band)
• Yoga mat