Stick figures fitness form a thumbsup6/17/2023 ![]() The class is scheduled to run at eight o’clock in the morning. The class mimics things that would happen in a heavy metal environment, so the stage dive that the band would do, becomes a back bend in yoga!” Telling me he used to be a metal fan himself, Ben says: “There’s a lot of air guitar in heavy metal, and we can use that in yoga to mobilise the shoulders. The horns aren’t the only nod to the metal theme - instructor Ben throws out the odd reference to air guitar and stage dives, as he takes us through the positions. I constantly forget which fingers to fold, and have an uneasy feeling that my “horns” represent something rude. This consists of tucking in the middle finger and the ring finger, leaving the little finger and the forefinger poking up like horns. – but where possible, we sport the “rock on” sign with our hands. ![]() It consists of all the usual yoga moves – Downward Dog, Tree Pose etc. The class is done to a carefully chosen metal soundtrack. Pre-slashed at the cleavage, it looks like something Goldie Hawn might have worn in The Banger Sisters. Unfortunately, their only tattoos declared, “I love Justin Bieber” but I finally tracked down some quality metal clichés, and adorned my thighs with a melee of hearts, skulls, guns and roses.Īt the press preview, I’m pleased to see I’m not the only one to embrace the theme, although I do feel my Guns N’ Roses merch is showing a bit too much of my boobs for a yoga class. So when I was invited to the preview of Heavy Metal Yoga, I thrashed through the crowds in Primark to buy a Guns N’ Roses leotard and some stick-on tattoos. I’ve previously been persuaded to put myself in the sweaty hands of other gym-goers at a crowd-surfing class, to emulate a Yummy Mummy workout using my niece and nephew as resistance, and to do yoga in a pop-up purple womb-like tent. But while I’m not a head-banging banker, my spine demands a daily dose of yoga, and I love a gimmick. So I might not be the target market for Stubhub and Gymbox’s Heavy Metal Yoga class, launching in the City, later this month. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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