Celebrity Biographies
Yoga: The Fitness Secret by Adam Levine
Grammy winning lead singer of Maroon 5, No Doubt has killer looks with the most muscular physique. His incredibly awesome hairstyle and amazing flair for dressing has always been a hot topic among teenagers. With countless fans around the world, the fashion icon has now made his fans know the secrets behind his perfect stud look.
Adam practices yoga at least an hour before going on stage. He feels yoga empowers him to rock out on stage. He practices different yoga postures for an hour to relax and strengthen.
Adam Levine experiences with yoga
Having the most spectacular and hottest body,Adam is a huge admirer and practitioner of yoga. For him, yoga is the essence of life, relaxing the body and mind. Adam is very impressed with the different yoga postures and their effects on the body parts and practices yoga for two hours a day.
Adam is mostly on long tours and is thinking about yogaBest for people like him who travel frequently. The undemanding yoga, where you only need a mat and a few feet of space, flatters him the most.
How does Adam Levine feel about the gym?
Before Levine started yoga, he practiced intense weightlifting for two hours at the gym. Adam himself claims that lifting weights does more harm than good to your body.
He himself had a thick neck as one of the side effects of weightlifting that made him look monstrous.
What made Adam become a yogi?
Adam was not at all tempted to swear while doing yoga. In fact, he ran away from it because he thought it was boring, with creepy clichés.
Chad Dennis, a yogi from New York, is the man responsible for redirecting Adam Levine towards yoga. While Dennis started with simple poses, he gradually increased the complexity for Adam. Chad often accompanied him to the Maroon 5 location and taught him various yoga postures along the way.
Adam Levine passion for yoga
Despite his naturally lean alignment, his physique was chronically very stiff from the lower thighs and hips. And because of that stiffness, the first few days of yoga were nothing short of a struggle for him.
But his constant effort to learn different yoga postures finally paid off. Now he can perform even the most difficult yoga poses that once intimidated him with ease.
Aside from getting relief from the back pain, yoga also gave his body great flexibility and strengthened his muscles. Adam’s commitment to yoga is truly incredible. He’s become so loyal to him that he’s vowed never to go to the gym, weightlift or anything like that again in his life.
Yoga exercises by Adam Levine
Some of the yoga postures practiced by Adam Levine are:
Sirsasana
Sirsasana is one of Adam’s favorites; he never skips this attitude. Sirsasana requires you to have your head on the floor and your legs in the air while keeping your posture straight. Sirsasana stimulates blood flow to the brain, sharpening your mind. This pose requires a lot of practice and perseverance.
Ashtanga
Ashtanga consists of eight rows of postures and is an indispensable part of Adam’s everyday life. Ashtanga helps you detoxify your body, shape your spinal cord and develop strength, endurance and flexibility in your body.
Vinyasa
Vinyasa, a more intense form of Ashtanga, involves the perfect harmony between breath and movement. Movements of the body in this yoga are faster than Ashtanga.
Vinyasa offers great relaxation for your body, mind and soul. Also, rapid movements of the body release enormous amounts of toxins from your body in the form of sweat. It rejuvenates your entire body and fills it with vibrant energy flow.
Jivamukti Yoga
Jivamukti Yoga consists of five components, namely scripture, non-violence, music, devotion and meditation. It is a blend of wisdom on all levels such as physical, spiritual and ethical.
Various stages of Jiyamukti Yoga condition the muscles of the body by stretching and giving an internal massage to the body organs. It relieves stress from the body, thus ensuring a stress-free life.