Website design By BotEap.comExercises of the Royal Court?? What are those?
Website design By BotEap.comWell folks, these specific exercises are more or less a yoga-like bodyweight fitness regimen that involves 3 exercises namely Hindu squats, Hindu pushups and bridges (in 5/6 recommended positions).
Website design By BotEap.comThey have been popularized by Matt Furey, a national wrestling collegiate champion (NCAA 2, 1985) and Kung Fu Shuai-Chiao world champion (Beijing, 1997) and even the R&B singer Usher uses them. In fact, I saw the clip of him doing the Hindu push-ups and the bridge on VH1 rock bodies.
Website design By BotEap.comAnyway, the reasons why I write about them is simply because, once again, looking at them, they just remind you of yoga and its principles.
Website design By BotEap.comIn fact, bridge poses consist of the dolphin, (if you can) headstand, back bridge, and wheel poses in yoga, while Hindu pushups are basically downward facing dog to upward facing dog with the squats. being the mountain pose and yoga squats. . Let’s not forget the attached name “Hindu”!
Website design By BotEap.comThat being said, on days when you want some variety, you might want to do yoga in the morning, Hindu push-ups at night, or vice versa and swap them with the 5 Tibetan rites mentioned above, below is information on how to execute the exercises.
Website design By BotEap.comSo here we go:
Website design By BotEap.comHindu squats:
Website design By BotEap.comFolks, if you have been following my articles, one consistent feature would be that I draw on experiences and sometimes state what might have happened and how you can learn from it to improve your workouts or avoid a certain pitfall.
Website design By BotEap.comNow, the actual Hindu squats that Matt Furey describes are (no other way of putting it) hard, and dare I say, bad on your knees and thighs.
Website design By BotEap.comI’m sorry; they’re just not worth the way he describes them.
Website design By BotEap.comYou can google “Matt Furey + hindu squats” and try whatever descriptions you find, but
all i can say is good luck! Oh yeah I’ve banged 200 of these bad boys with no problem and that was after I started slow and thought ok I can do a lot of these I’m pretty fit.
Website design By BotEap.comWrong – the effect on my knees just wasn’t worth the exercise, however the idea of squatting BEFORE hindu pushups is a must, and I’ve tried what it is to go straight into hindu pushups, not a good idea . !- so you NEED to squat.
Website design By BotEap.comSo what squats do I do then?
Website design By BotEap.comFor the sake of simplicity, I’ll call them Sumo Squats.
Website design By BotEap.comThe idea is simply to have your hands on your waist, your body on your hips.
(not in your chest so there is room for your lungs to expand!) and feet wide apart (I’ll say slightly wider than opposite elbows)
Website design By BotEap.comNow take a deep breath and slightly arch your back.
-Hold that position for a fraction of a second.
-Now lower your body, looking straight ahead and exhale. (Coming from a yogic background, try to make this as quiet as possible, the forced exhalation that some sites recommend for squats is NOT necessary and could actually be harmful to your mucous membranes…again, drawing on experience here! friends!)
-Hold that Position for a fraction of a second.
Website design By BotEap.comFolks, this is a much safer alternative to the Hindu squat, it has the same effect on the internal organs and breathing and builds the lower body just as well IMHO.
Website design By BotEap.comStart slowly with at least 10-20 as a beginner working all the way up to whatever number you can halve, because you’re going to be doing half your number of squats in hindu pushups!
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