The Iron Yoga Story
A week after racing at the 2002 Ironman USA triathlon in Lake Placid, New York, Anthony Carillo, the founder of Iron Yoga, was practicing yoga in his living room, as he regularly did 4-5 times per week.
While performing his favorite standing pose, Warrior 2, he felt the burn in his legs, and started to wonder how he could get that same muscle burn for his upper body.
Noticing his 5 pound dumbbell weights in the corner of his room, he picked them up, and began to perform a series of upper body weight training exercises while staying in his Warrior 2 pose.
Over the next 90 minutes, he combined common weight training exercises with his favorite yoga poses, and this was the beginning of what is now called "Iron Yoga."
The "Iron" refers not only to the dumbbells but also to Anthony's passion for the Ironman triathlon.