I Am Not Enlightened

I end up seeing links to silly stuff. Today I followed a link to a yoga site aimed at getting guys to do yoga. There was a list of 10 reasons why guys should try it including:

3. Yoga gives you a boost of self esteem
“There’s nothing like seeing yourself improve day by day and that’s what happens every time you step onto the yoga mat. You see, performing yoga helps you learn more about your body, in order to better yourself as a whole. And when you are doing yoga you learn to get out of your own way, and let your body learn and explore like it was meant to do. With this comes new, pleasant surprises and a better you. Bam! Instant self esteem builder.”

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That made me chuckle. Just to clarify, I don’t intend our programming to “give you a boost of self esteem”; as if it were a supplement or something. What I do intend is that by lifting heavy things, doing more work in less time and trying stuff that makes you a little nervous you will be challenged, fail from time to time and come back and try harder the next time. When you are not in the gym, I expect that the strength you build in the gym will set you apart from the people you hangout with. Whether it’s an impromptu game of football, lifting a heavy couch or looking good in your jeans I want you to outperform them. Then, you can be thankful that you are strong and the let self esteem crowd watch Oprah.

Keep in mind that I tend to get cynical (which really is an ugly quality) and don’t have a lot of time for touchy feely.

9. Yoga can make you enlightened!
Diligent practice in the 8 limbs of yoga can help you on the path to enlightenment.

Diligently getting under a loaded barbell will make you strong. And with that said, I need to stop now.



As an aside: I bet Sara felt pretty darn good when she climbed the rope last night. I bet all the PR deadlifts felt nice on Monday (Bret-287, Marilee-232, Cara-232, Debra-210, Steph-210, sorry if there were more!) all felt really great.