We take health and wellness very seriously, but sometimes it’s good to just sit back and laugh a little.
If there’s one thing that give me the giggles it’s setting up my yoga mat right before class and watching these big burly dudes walk into a yoga class with a cocky smile. Boy are they all in for a treat. I love that more and more people are incorporating the practice into their fitness regimens, but I can’t deny enjoying being better than them at it. Oops!
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Naturally, the majority of the classes are always females, but on the off chance that there are a few male newbies, you can see the pained expressions on their faces as we move into pigeon pose, splits, full wheel, and more. Thankfully, the folks over at BuzzFeed have documented a few men on their own journey of self-discovery… or Yoga, that is.
As expected, many of them thought it would be fairly easy. After all, boys do “manly” sports like Crossfit and weight training, right? One guy even proclaimed, “Women do it all the time!” – which we found only a little offensive, but we’ll let it slide. What happened next was seriously hilarious as they soon realized that mimicking the instructor’s movements and poses would not be as easy as previously expected.
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One of our favorite moments actually occurred when they were going into chair pose and the lucky first-timer gladly sighed that the pose was “easy”. Of course, the instructor revved it up a notch by moving into an extended side crow. Whoops! Spoke too soon. He keeled over and took it back. Watch the video below for a good laugh.
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Yoga is plain ridiculous in my mind and I definitely look JUST LIKE those men when I try to attempt yoga!