Sting workout regime

jmcdan3 · #1 01-09-2008, 11:19 PM

how did he stay so ripped throughout the years touring the world? did he run a lot? most musicians today are either fatties or EMO skinny...anyone know about Sting???

Deluge Of Sound · #2 01-09-2008, 11:20 PM

Tantric.

bluegreenturtle · #3 01-09-2008, 11:26 PM

He does yoga, which can be a very intense workout. My wife (who is a very fit 32 year old) is soaked in sweat after doing a 45 minute yoga routine.

superbassman2000 · #4 01-10-2008, 12:25 AM

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Tantric.

+1

**Pacman** · #5 01-10-2008, 05:39 AM

It's Yoga. He's written about it often.

kobass · #6 01-10-2008, 06:27 AM

Definitely the yoga. Also, I saw an interview with him on "60 Minutes" a year or two ago. He has a full-time personal chef who accompanies him everywhere-including on tour. Almost everything this guy cooks is organic and healthy. Just one of the perks of having several hundred million in the bank! At the end of the interview, the reporter said "It's good to be Sting."

Mojo-Man · #7 01-10-2008, 08:18 AM

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It's Yoga. He's written about it often.

I read where he said he does two hours a day.

stedtale · #8 01-10-2008, 08:22 AM

jmcdan3 · #9 01-10-2008, 10:58 AM

i read that he used to run 5 miles everyday before yoga. how is yoga that much better than running and calisthetics? maybe his older age led him to abandon running (hard on the joints)

bluegreenturtle · #10 01-10-2008, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jmcdan3

i read that he used to run 5 miles everyday before yoga. how is yoga that much better than running and calisthetics? maybe his older age led him to abandon running (hard on the joints)

Yoga is a complete workout that does the whole body.

armandine2 · #11 01-11-2008, 10:55 AM

Check out Dennis Potter's "Brimstone and Treacle", Sting holds his own with some serious actors. And he wrote a very readable biography and that stuff with the lute recently, I think our Sting is something of a renaissance man. I don't see him stuffing a lot of food down for lean-time insurance somehow.

Seussbass · #12 01-12-2008, 09:09 PM

The dude was nuts for steroids.

jmcdan3 · #13 01-12-2008, 11:43 PM

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The dude was nuts for steroids.

but he was very thin....not bulky like a lot of forms of steroids will do.lots of running and then the yoga apparently. what is a good yoga workout anyway and how can it make you ripped up?

arai · #14 01-13-2008, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by bluegreenturtle

He does yoga, which can be a very intense workout. My wife (who is a very fit 32 year old) is soaked in sweat after doing a 45 minute yoga routine.

tell us more about you wife

........................................ ................just joking

**Pacman** · #15 01-13-2008, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by jmcdan3

but he was very thin....not bulky like a lot of forms of steroids will do.lots of running and then the yoga apparently. what is a good yoga workout anyway and how can it make you ripped up?

There are tons of good yoga workouts, and it would take too much to go into it here. Look for a Yoga class near you, or look at any number of great videos on the subject.

Yoga makes you ripped because you're using your body weight as resistance. If stretches, strengthens and tones your muscles. All while keeping you calm and teaching you how to remain calm under stress. There are very few forms of exercise that are for everybody, but Yoga is one of them.

cheesemonkey · #16 01-13-2008, 09:10 AM

Any good sites to teach beginner yoga. The whole stay cool under stress would be good for me. Also a little excersie wouldn't hurt me. Can't really take classes spending my money of bass lessons and gear.

**Pacman** · #17 01-13-2008, 09:17 AM

My advise then would be to get a video.

These videos are really good - the first ones I ever did. They move a little fast for a beginner, but after a few tries it's simple - and there's 'room to grow' as you get more adept.

Dr. Cheese · #18 01-13-2008, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by jmcdan3

but he was very thin....not bulky like a lot of forms of steroids will do.lots of running and then the yoga apparently. what is a good yoga workout anyway and how can it make you ripped up?

Steroids do not make you big. Steroids simply allow you to recover and work much more efficiently than someone who doesn't take them. Remember, steroid using sprinters don't look like football linemen.

+1 for yoga. I hope to get into it myself soon.

cheesemonkey · #19 01-13-2008, 06:22 PM

Well all my money is spent towards bass gear and i'm a kid to young to get a job so... yeah if yall know any sites that are good for beginning yoga

ksandvik · #20 01-13-2008, 06:31 PM

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Well all my money is spent towards bass gear and i'm a kid to young to get a job so... yeah if yall know any sites that are good for beginning yoga

I would strongly recommend to first take private classes, with as small class as possible so you get the attention of a teacher. The reason is that yoga is good, but if you do the postures wrong, you could both hurt yourself (really badly, actually, speaking from experience), and you also train your body to do the postures wrong for a very long time.

As an example, forward and back bends are excellent, but if you put wrong pressure on the disks, bad things could happen -- similar to lifting the wrong way.

Also, if the body says no to certain extreme postures (such as you feel pain, not just stretching), don't do it. Pain signals you to stop doing it until you are more flexible, then things happen naturally. One problem with especially male (alpha males especially) is that it becomes a competition, to check if you are more flexible than the ones next to you. Bad things happen from this, too.

--Kent