Category: Health
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From the “It’s never too late” files: the centenarian marathoner
Are there “windows of time” for some things in life? One of my yoga students, a runner/marathoner, hypothesized that most people’s bodies can tolerate long-distance running only for two or three decades. Those who run hard from teens to 40s often aren’t running past 50. Those who start later often…
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Are men really less flexible than women?
I recently read two articles on that apparently rare specimen: the male yoga student. In an undated Yoga Journal article, “Where Are All the Men?” Andrew Tilin, considers why men aren’t naturally inclined toward yoga. In a December 22, 2012, New York Times article, “Wounded Warrior Pose,” William Broad investigates whether men risk injury doing asana.…
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