Yoga for Regular Guys: The Best Damn Workout on the Planet!

times per week—and trust me, you can do it—then it MUST be done. If you made a real decision and saw the goal in your mind, then you already know that anything is possible!
    Last but not least, remember to write down all of your goals. I can’t express to you how important this is. Take again, for example, that your goal is to lose weight by practicing your YRG, and of course you have to eat right, too. Write down how much weight you want to lose and in what period of time because this makes you accountable to
you
. Take pictures of yourself from all sides, and measure your body everywhere. (Well, okay guys, maybe not everywhere, but you get the picture.) You want to keep a visual record because, as time goes on, at some point you are going to stop losing weight. Your weight is going to turn to muscle, and you’re going to get a little heavier. But that’s not a bad thing; it’s a good thing, because muscle is more dense and weighs more than fat. The bottom line is that you’re going to lose inches, and you’ll look and feel better. You’ll watch yourself lose weight, get in shape, get flexible, and stay hard.
    If you make some real changes, send your testimony to www.diamonddallaspage.com , and we will post your story. You can e-mail me your YRG questions by clicking onto the “Regular Guys Yoga Gurus” section. We will have a running list of the most frequently asked questions on the site, and if yours is a new one that we haven’t already answered and it is even semi-intelligent, we’ll post it.

REGULAR GUYS WHO AIN’T SO REGULAR

    The number one Regular Guy who I would think would never be caught dead doing yoga (besides myself, of course) wrote the foreword to this book. And believe it or not Rob Zombie is a “Regular Guy” who just happens to be a self-made superstar. I know most people would never in a million years think of a guy like Robbie Z doing YRG—and that’s the whole point of this book. It’s funny, because after a few months of doing YRG with me, people started to notice a difference in Robbie Z’s body. People would say, “Damn, Rob, you look great—what are you doing?” He is quite the prankster, and he would milk his answer for all its worth. He would take his time and say, “Well, I’m doing yoga,” just waiting for their reply.
    “Yoga???” they would ask. “Yeah, yoga.” His buddies’ replies would almost always be the same: “Isn’t that sweeeeet …” RZ would pause a moment or two, and then he’d say, “Yeah—yoga. I’m doing yoga with DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE!” And that would always get the same amazed response: “You mean the
wrestler
Diamond Dallas Page teaches you yoga?”
    Absof**kinglutely. I did teach Robbie Z YRG.
    I’ve gotten superstars who also happen to be Regular Guys from all over the world into YRG. Two more of my favorites are the boys from the band Trick Pony. They are the first good old boys I got doing YRG—Ira Dean and Keith Burns. What’s great about the boys from Trick Pony is that they came supplied with Heidi, their own yoga-babe, and she is hot. I first met the boys and Heidi back at the best golf charity on the planet, the Price Oil Celebrity Golf Tournament. They were unknown at the time, but today, they are one of country’s hottest groups. Ira and Keith were some of the first Regular Guys to get into YRG—it’s what keeps them mean and lean.
    The Georgia Tech men’s basketball team has been doing Yoga for Regular Guys with the Yoga-Doc since the 2001–2002 season. When these guys began, they were cramping up and falling out of their yoga positions. Then DDP and the Yoga-Doc teamed up to give the Yellow Jackets one slobber knocker of a workout! Now they are strong, flexible, balanced, and focused. No wonder they’re so successful!
    New York Mets Pitcher Kris Benson began doing Yoga for Regular Guys with the Yoga-Doc shortly after the 2004 baseball season. He took to it right away, and is now able to do some seriously strong yoga positions. By the time Kris reported to spring training, he was lean, mean, and ready for a great season ahead!

CONGRATULATIONS
    Congratulations! You have finished learning what you need to start a healthier and more fulfilling lifestyle. Now put down this book, get your ass up, and
get to work
. Of course, you’re going to have to pick this book back up from time to time to remind yourself about what the hell you’re doing, but that’s all a part of the process. Have a great time, and