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  • Being the Only (and Oldest) guy in my yoga class; Why I Keep Going

    I’ve been doing yoga for nearly two years.

    About one year in the yoga studio near my office,

    and then in the yoga class of the resident fitness center.

    I was, and I’m still the only male among 20 to 30 yoga people.

    Some are in their 20s and 50s, but most are in their 30s to 40s, and I’m the oldest and only one in my 60s.

    The fitness center is for resident only of 2,700-unit apartment complex.

    Pretty good gym with separate yoga, and some group exercise spaces.

    A simple math, here.

    Multiply 2,700 households by 2.5 or 3 people per household.

    Total number of residents may be 6,700 to 8,100 people

    Roughly 7,400 on average.

    Then one male yogi out of 7,400.

    0.00013

    One in ten thousand.

    Reasonable?

    I wonder how it is around you.

    Only one yoga guy among 7,400

    If I do yoga only without doing other exercises regularly, I may not be able to objectively say the advantages and disadvantages of men’s yoga.

    However, I’m doing yoga together with muscle workouts (with weight exercise equipments) and calisthenics(pull-ups, dips, squats, etc.) regularly. So I can say from my personal experience what the benefits of men’s yoga are.

    I was the only yoga guy in the yoga class two years ago,

    I am still, and I’ll be for a considerable period of time to come. With a high probability.

    Nevertheless, I’ll will continue to do yoga as long as my musculoskeletal system allows.

    And I’d like to recommend yoga to men from my two years of yoga practicing.

    Especially for men after middle age.

    I strongly recommend that it’s worth trying.

    Give it a shot.

  • Stuck at 11 pull-ups for nearly a year

    Have you ever been stuck at a certain number(reps) of exercises?

    For examples, squats, push-ups, pull-ups.

    In July last year, I hit my maximum record of 11 pull-ups for my life after 50.

    Since then, my numbers haven’t increased at all.

    It can be called as ‘a pull-up plateau’ like ‘a weight-loss plateau.’

    It’s been almost a year, and there hasn’t been any significant change in my weight; I have been maintaining 69 to 70 kg (152 to 154 lbs).

    My workout routine has also stayed about the same.

    1 hour of weight exercise in two days every week.

    So, what’s the problem?

    The answer might simply be that I am getting a little older every day. Actually every hour, every minute, every second.

    Occasionally, when I feel in great physical condition, I barely manage to do 12 pull-ups. Yes, literally ‘barely’.

    However, my personal standard is being able to do 12 clean pull-ups three days in a row or every other day.

    Therefore, I am currently not meeting my own standard.

    My goal is to ‘comfortably’ do ‘clean’ 12 pull-ups by the end of 2026.

    Hopefully, I can make it happen!