Premier Yoga Teacher, Adam Husler Explains How He Builds His Body
Adam Husler is bending over backwards to dispel the notion that yoga is just for girls. Follow his lead and stretch towards a new goal
By Ted Lane Tom Watkins
You might assume that the ability to contort yourself into mind-bending positions requires a lifetime of practice and discipline. But Adam Husler’s journey has been circuitous: he began in the karate dojo and digressed to the boxing ring and squat rack, before settling on the yoga mat.
“If I was going to describe yoga to an Uber driver, I’d explain it as an antidote to the other stuff you’re doing,” says Husler, who is now one of London’s premier yoga teachers and a member of the pioneering Boys of Yoga collective. “That could be spending all day hunched over a desk, trying to lift PBs in the gym, or going for PRs at races, where the key objective is success.” The beauty of yoga, he says, is that there is none of that. “There are m