P90X is how I first learned about yoga. And I did it for about 4 years until I hurt myself really bad. I wouldn't say I was really good but I definitely was really flexible. It is just culturally appropriated swedish stretching from what I've read.
well, it sounds like you were doing pretty advanced stuff if you hurt yourself from it.
tangentially, i injured my back strength training and the nurse lady said to try yoga. yoga did jack shit for me and i still have the flexibility of a 2x4. my back hurt like hell and i could barely even do a proper downward dog. the only thing that eventually made my back feel better was doing ab and core exercises, ie training the agonist i think.
Yoga definitely made me stronger I'm not going to say it didn't but there was a lot of bad advice out there regarding it. I would do more strength training with yoga than actual the fluffy stuff that is floating around. I wasn't able to do any of the super technical things at all but I had some okay ground strength. I refuse to give up eating meat which is what a lot of them do. I just wanted to be strong I didn't need to belong to a cult. I don't miss it. I did some stretching today, doing the things I remembered from stretching before a run and some of the light yoga stuff and it felt pretty good. I just got to work on my hips and my lower back, they are really fucked.
I hear you man, I hope you find something that works
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