This is the App interface.DDP YOGA is a revolutionary approach to fitness that combines the best of yoga positions, sports rehab therapy, old school calisthenics and dynamic resistance to give you a complete workout that requires NO RUNNING, NO JUMPING, and NO LIFTING. I’m really enjoying DDPY and I’m in it for the long haul. Like anything else, there is no short cut to success. It’s all about finding the balance.Īnd the reason I’ve not seen the miraculous results I was hoping for? Because DDPY is a long term play. Once I finish the 13 week Advanced Programme I’ll look into the custom ones and see if I can reduce DDPY in volume while still maintaining a high enough level to progress. There are a lot of DDPY workouts in the week and its started to monopolise my training. I’ve moved into the Advanced Programme, which felt more like starting over than a transition from the Intermediate Programme. I think DDPY will bring greater overall balance to my body and provide a link between the other, very different exercises that I do. Yoga feels like it’s laying a foundation layer that will sustain both itself and my other workouts, providing longevity more than anything else. But I do feel good, better than I did before. Once I finished the 13 week Intermediate Programme I didn’t see the miraculous results that I was hoping for (wishful thinking). I don’t wear a heart monitor but I can see the importance of it if you’re starting DDPY from an unfit place, safety is important, especially if you’re training alone and at home which the app enables. DDP is also mad for his heart monitors which he wants everyone to wear. I do love how DDP always gives a few variations on moves and positions, constantly saying, “do what works for you, its your workout” – meaning he’s giving direction, but you can choose whatever suits you best, it gives you ownership of the workout and you don’t feel discouraged if you’re not at the same level as the people in the videos. Enough to be challenging, but not impossible. The progression level at the beginning was set very well. Three weeks into DDPY and I felt I was starting to get it, then week four came along with new workouts.
All of the success stories seem to be extreme cases while I’m trying to go from fit, to fitter, so maybe I’m not going to experience such a drastic change as the man who started on crutches or the massively overweight people. Admittedly, after I did my first DDPY, it was hard to see how big an effect this could really have, the testimonials on the website are obviously chosen for mass marketing effect. The App plans out the 13 week programme for you, and it was quick to call me out when I missed the first session, oops. The videos are fun too, DDP is not your average yoga teacher, and maybe thats his appeal.
It’s full of video workouts that you follow along with. I don’t consider myself at intermediate level yoga at all ,but based on the description of the intermediate level it seemed the most appropriate. I’ve never done yoga before but the testimonials for DDPY were crazy good so I downloaded the App and started on the Intermediate level. Its called DDPY (Diamond Dallas Page Yoga). I listened to one of my childhood heroes, pro-wrestler Jake “the snake” Roberts, on the Joe Rogan podcast and he had nothing but praise for the yoga teachings of another former pro-wrestler, Diamond Dallas Page (DDP).