Top athletes don't want to let out their secret for their competitive edge -- yoga. Yoga will help to increase your strength at the same time lengthening your muscles. The increased blood flow and oxygen to the muscles will help to grow and heal muscles and wash away lactic acid, a by-product of muscles exertion. Jocks get banged up a lot and the increased circulation will aid in the recovery process. Muscle extension adds to leverage or range of motion allowing pitcher's shoulders to rotate, golfers to lengthen the arc of their swing, basketball players to reach and dunk, goalies to splay open their lower legs to block shots. Yoga can improve your athletic performance, raise your energy level, alleviate back pain, calm you down, and train you to focus and concentrate so you can perform at your peak and reduce your injuries.

The following sites are ones that I have found to be particularly useful:

• Baseball All-Star Lieberthal & Yoga
• Basketball & Yoga
• Bodybuilding and Yoga
• MSNBC - Real Men Do Yoga
• Sports & Yoga
• Tennis and Yoga Hit It Off
• Workday Joes Become Yogaholics
• Yoga for Golf
• Yoga for Golfers & Athletes
• Yoga for Tennis
• Yoga It's a man thing
• Yoga Man and the Running Back