I developed this for people who wouldn't be caught dead doing yoga," DDP said in a phone interview. He has tailored his program in a way that avoids the stereotypes that often accompany doing yoga. We literally embraced it, and it became a huge part of what we did this offseason."ĭDP used yoga to help rehab injuries he suffered during his wrestling career. It builds camaraderie, and it gets us better, and it just so happened that it was Diamond Dallas Page. "When he told us we were going to do it as a team, I was all-in. "I'm always looking for ways to get better," center Jackson Matteo said in a recent phone interview. When he told Virginia players last June he wanted them to try it, he got an immediate response. Director of football performance Frank Wintrich learned about DDP Yoga six years ago and became an avid follower, but he never had much success convincing players to do it at previous stops. The players followed along eagerly, taking their cues from a former professional wrestler turned new-age yogi.Īs more football programs have turned to yoga as a way to improve flexibility and balance, Virginia might be the only one learning from a man who once challenged The Undertaker and appeared at WrestleMania 32 with Shaq. A slimmer, trimmer DDP started doing stretches and threw in a diamond cutter or two. Forget his long flowing locks and trademark taunts. Virginia builds team unity thanks to wrestling icon DDP and his yogaĪ few times a week over the summer, Virginia football players gathered inside one of their team rooms and turned their attention to the DVD playing on the big screen.ĭiamond Dallas Page came into view.
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