NFL players often try several different exercises and athletics to help prepare themselves for the season. Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers decided to try yoga.
Rodgers told ESPN that he has lost 11 pounds this offseason. He’s believed to be the lightest he’s ever been in the NFL, and he says he’s working on yoga to get more flexible, which he hopes will keep him healthy.
“A lot of flexibility’s helping with those injuries as you get older,” Rodgers said.
Rodgers says now that he’s 30, he reflects on what he can to to lengthen his career, and if that means spending more time in a yoga studio and less in the weight room, that’s what he’ll do.
“I just had to rest and get into my routine when I did,” he said. “There were some things I shied away from — some heavy lifting, especially shoulder stuff in the offseason — but I did my rehab and took it slow and feel good.”
