DDP used yoga to overcome a career-threatening back injury.įollowing his hall of fame-worthy career, he developed and finessed his DDP Yoga (), which has helped every day folks like Arthur Boorman to legendary - and troubled - pro wrestlers like Jake The Snake Roberts and Scott (Razor Ramon) Hall. I mean, here was a man I could relate to after all, both because, as a fan, I followed his incredible career, and because he too had overcome a debilitating injury.

It was while researching for an interview with legendary pro wrestler Diamond Dallas Page about his DDP Yoga that I first began to question whether I needed to rethink my position on yoga. The bottom line for my long-term health, my knee injuries and my ball career is simple: I need to lighten the load, as they say, and take the weight off, and thus the pressure off of my knees.

(It should be noted that I’ve sought various treatments for my ailing knees, with varying degrees of relief). While my weight is again down below the 300-pound mark, and I have added some muscle, I continue to battle my knee injuries.Īs much as I love running, I’ve been limited in how much of it I can do as the stiffness and knee pain afterward usually lasts persists for a few days. Injuries and terrible eating habits, along with laziness, have caused my weight to fluctuate in the last five or so years, culminating in my hitting a new high last winter, close to 320 pounds.įollowing another gruelling slo-pitch season, in which my now seemingly chronic patellar tendonosis made playing ball nearly impossible, I decided to get back to the gym.īeginning in October, I got back to work, with moderate success to date. With the help of then YMCA trainer Steve Couto, I would lose more than 60 pounds in roughly 18 months, chronicling my journey along the way. The following January, I set out, with my bro as my inspiration, to get myself in shape again. When my younger brother died in a car accident seven years ago this month, the tragedy drove me into a funk that saw my weight balloon to just over 300 pounds. Just this week, I blended my passion - wrestling - with one of hers - yoga - and opened a new chapter in my life.Īs anyone who follows my writings with any kind of regularity knows, I have been embroiled in a nearly decade-long battle with my weight. She might as well have been telling me to stop writing about and watching professional wrestling.

In fact, I would wager to say the only times my name and yoga have been uttered in the same sentence have been by my wife, who has periodically preached the practice of yoga throughout our relationship.

The words Jan Murphy and yoga have been uttered in the same sentence about as frequently as the words bacon double cheeseburger and healthy eating.

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