Originally Posted by
Noonievut
CFB - thanks for the tips. I have Core Advantage and just started reading it a few days ago. I have some light free weights at home so I'll see what I can do without going to the gym. May get around to inquiring with a gym, but not right now.
Heath - I'm going to yoga tonight with my wife. I've only ever done it once, and it was good. This is a hot yoga though so not sure I'll like that (though it's like -20 something here so may appreciate it).
My yoga teacher (Iyengar style) says that the heat of Bikram yoga serves to loosen the tension of joints and enable you to stretch deeper. But at the same time it is possible, and here more possible, to over extend (probably not the correct technical term) joints and perhaps lead to injury.
I don't have any evidence or even anecdotes about it, just the teacher's cautionary words.