Sumo Fitness

Are you out of shape? Sounds like you need to buy a new DVD:

TOKYO (AP) – Exercise videos typically feature svelte, muscular models. But Japan’s latest fitness program sports a figure known more for girth than grace: the sumo wrestler.

“Sumo Health Exercises,” released by the Japan Sumo Association this month, contains 12 sets of stretches, squats and splits demonstrated by professional wrestlers.

These models are a world away from rail-thin yoga instructors _ they include hefty wrestlers such as the 140 kilogram (308 pound) Wakakasuga and 116 kilogram (255 pound) Hokutosho.

Don’t let fit-bodied men like Hokutosho take all the ladies! Buy that DVD now!

2 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - August 9, 2006 at 5:55 pm

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Orchid

To be fair, though these men may be beefy, they are fairly fit under their flab. If you’ve ever been to a sumo heya and watched their practice, you’d see how tough and supple they are in addition to how much stamina they must have. The exercises allow them to stretch in ways most skinny people can’t manage unless they are gymnasts. In particularly, they can do splits and bends you wouldn’t expect from such bulky fellows. They also manage to fall on ground that is as hard as cement without breaking anything.

As long as you don’t follow their weight gaining eating habits (eat a lot then sleep afterwards), there may be some value in the exercises they do.
http://beppuhatto.blogspot.com Joel

Sounds funny but Orchid is right. These dudes are flexible. Ever see them do the “shikko” where they stick there leg way up in the air, straigten it out then stomp. Remember Terao (now Shikoriyama) ? That dude was buff!

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