Cross-training is athletic training in sports other than the athlete's usual sport. The goal is improving overall performance. It takes advantage of the particular effectiveness of one training method to negate the shortcomings of another.
Rowing is a sport which takes place on water and requires either a crew or a single athlete to propel a boat across water.
Unlike track and Field competition, rowers race over a standard distance of 2000 metres in combinations of 1,2,4 or 8 athletes. Races generally last five and a half to seven minutes, during which time athletes generate tremendous muscular forces to maintain an "all out" effort. The ability to maintain this "all out" effort places great demands on the rower’s muscles and joints. (Hagerman 1984) Therefor sufficient cross training is required in order to improve
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Twisting poses are known to flush out venous blood from organs and allow oxygenated blood to flow in once the twist is released. Inverted poses, encourage venous blood from the legs and pelvis to flow back to the heart, Where it then goes to the lungs to be freshly oxygenated. (Osteopathic n.d.) This then helps with recovery and the flushing of lactic acid out the blood.
Helps with Anxiety and depression
Consisting of activities such as relaxation, meditation, socialization, and exercise, yoga has been proven helpful in reducing your anxiety and depression. This is done through the fact that yoga helps regulates a person’s stress response system. The ability of yoga to reduce blood pressure and heart rate aids in the control of anxiety and depression.
Improves Balance
By continually performing yoga exercises one improves their proprioception which is crucial to balance as it is the knowledge of ones limbs and where they are in space. Yoga focuses on control and activation of muscles which will help in the development of