Elliott Hulse – Lean Hybrid YOGA
Are you tired of walking around feeling like a walking ball of scar tissue?
Do you want to take some time to loosen up your tight, tonic muscles while also building lean STRONG muscle?
If so, keep reading…
My name is Elliott Hulse…
I am a former professional Strongman, powerlifter, and D1 college football MVP.
I’m also at the helm of two YouTube channels, which together, have amassed a following of over 2.5 million subscribers…
And just a few years ago,
I DID SOMETHING THAT TOOK EVERYONE BY SURPRISE
I stopped posting to YouTube…
Quit lifting,
And stopped coaching clients.
Here’s why:
POP, POP, POP
You know what that is?
It’s the sound my biceps made when I was pulling tree roots out of my father’s garden.
When I grabbed that thick root with my fierce, rugged, 320 lb farmer’s carrying hands, I never imagined it would be the cause of a devastating, career-destroying, injury.
Sure enough,
I heard those cringe-inducing pops, and looked down at my arm in shock, to see my bicep balled up toward the top of my shoulder.
AND I CRIED
Not because of the pain…
I cried because it signaled the end of Strongman Competition Elliott.
I had to kill the strongman competitor inside of me.
I felt like a cowboy who had to shoot his horse because it broke its leg.
But, the injuries didn’t end there…
Few years later, I suffered another lingering injury in a freak trampoline accident,
Then I had a hernia repaired,
Then I tore my other biceps,
Then my achilles.
And for a while…
I WAS HOBBLING AROUND LIKE A MODERN DAY PIRATE
The bitter truth is,
No amount of corrective exercise could have prevented these acute injuries
I knew ins and outs of corrective exercise before these injuries came about.
Just as you probably do, I was foam rolling, stretching, and mobilizing my body.
But that couldn’t stop this plague of injuries…
Eventually, with the culmination of all of these injuries…
THEY FORCED ME TO STOP LIFTING
And in turn, hang up YouTube Elliott as well,
As I didn’t feel I was much use to the fitness world with all of these injuries.
So now, these lingering injuries not only ruined my Strongman,
But also, caused my career to screech to a dead stop.
It was a cold time…
I was confused,
I had to remove myself from the world, and did a lot of self-reflection.
IT WAS TIME TO FIND SOMETHING NEW
The ideas of calisthenics and gymnastics crossed my mind, but there were some aspects of it that I didn’t vibe with.
Then, somebody mentioned yoga…
“I can’t do yoga”
I’m a strong man, I’m too far past the point of flexibility, I’m built to lift heavy shit, not do down dogs and warrior 3s in crotch-suffocating pants.
But then,
I CAME ACROSS A MAN WITH A PAINTED FACE IN BRIEFS DOING HEADSTANDS…
It was BKS Iyengar (weird name, I know),
And in this video, this yoga master presented yoga in a way that absolutely blew me away.
He was presenting his intricate yoga moves in only his briefs, in the presence of a crowd of men in business suits, fluid as a river. And not only was he performing poses that showcased his suppleness, flexibility, and balance, but also his strength.
This would pique anybodies interest.
Soon, I began looking more into him, and his teachings,
And it proved to be the nail in the coffin, as I soon came across a video that spoke of the integration between yoga, the breath, and the mind.
Mainly how yoga can not only make you more mobile, and structurally sound, but also how it can help you breathe deeper, become more grounded, and keep you relaxed, even in the most tense times.
Something all of us could use…
But that wasn’t it…
I DID 90% YOGA FOR ALMOST 3 YEARS!
And I received some incredible benefits!
I experienced:
More Mobility
Better Awareness of My Body in Space
Less Muscle Soreness
Deeper breathing
More calm under times of stress
And most importantly…
My muscle imbalances began to resolve themselves, my injuries were dissipating, and I felt fresh and crisp as a new hundred dollar bill.
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