Exercises of the Royal Court?? What are those?

Well 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).

They 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.

Anyway, the reasons why I write about them is simply because, once again, looking at them, they just remind you of yoga and its principles.

In 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”!

That 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.

So here we go:

Hindu squats:

Folks, 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.

Now, 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.

I am sorry; they’re just not worth the way he describes them.

You 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.

Wrong – 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.

So what squats do I do then?

For the sake of simplicity, I’ll call them Sumo Squats.

The 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)

Now 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 yoga background, try to make this as quiet as possible, the forceful 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.

Folks, 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.

Start 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!

Until the next article.

To health,

Foras Aje