What is DDP Yoga?

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Yoga is all the rage among millennials nowadays, given its effective, long- term benefits for the body and ease of performance, no matter where you are. It has been a favourite fitness regime among women for a long time. Of late, you also have men showing an increasing interest in yoga as part of their fitness routines, leading to the growth of male orientated yoga regimes that claim to be tailor-made to cater to men’s fitness needs. The most popular name for this new brand of ‘men’s yoga’ is that of ex-pro wrestler Diamond Dallas Page, who has curated a pragmatic and efficient programme, under the name of DDP yoga.

What is DDP Yoga?

The program, available in a DVD set of four series, is a compilation of 11 workouts routines. They span a range of difficulties - the beginner level is a mellow 10 minute routine while the advanced level features strenuous 40 minute workouts.

The program is designed for a period of 13 weeks and takes a user through the beginner, intermediate and then advanced stages. What makes the program wholesome, is that it comes with a nutritional guide that ensures that the effects are holistic and long lasting.


How Is It Different?

Page has given a new-age twist to traditional yoga routines and tweaked them to give the user ‘ripped abs’ and a ‘shredded body’, as the program promises. Other than renaming some familiar poses, he has also added strengthening moves to some others, to function as an effective resistance and strength building workout.

The toning benefits of the workouts can be vouched for, as they rely on some long and popular tested methods like planks, push- ups and lunges that build your core muscles and tone shoulders, arms, quads and chest. The program, however, makes a tall claim regarding cardio and weight loss benefits.

Studies have shown that vigorous yoga can have cardio benefits comparable to brisk walking, however running or swimming are still better methods of attaining improved results. DDP’s routines have almost no rest time and are therefore rather strenuous. They can help to moderate weight loss, but anything more dramatic is uncertain.

What are the Benefits of DDP Yoga?

In the spirit of an experienced instructor, Page includes modifications to the most complex poses and routines in his program. This caters to the different levels of experience and strength that his users are capable of.

He also suggests that users listen to their bodies and take appropriate breaks rather than pushing themselves to their breaking point.

Therefore, it can be concluded that DDP Yoga is a comprehensive fitness program that is designed to break the myth that yoga is an only a soft and spiritual art, that cannot be used for high intensity and strength building. The only shortcoming of the program seems to be the uncertainty of results in terms of weight loss. That said, this is a holistic programme that can be incorporated into one’s weekly regime to obtain lasting results. 

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