Diego Sanchez: The secret is Yoga
“I’ll reveal my secret to you guys. Diego Sanchez has dedicated himself back to yoga,” said Diego Sanchez. “For many years, I got away from it because of religion.”
Diego Sanchez won four Fight of the Night bonuses in his past five fights. Saturday night at UFC 171, live on PPV, he fights Myles Jury, and talks with USA TODAY Sports about it.
These fans, that’s my energy, said Sanchez. They fuel me. They drive me to be great. With that, I take every single one of these people into the cage with me, and they’ll be chanting, ‘Diego! Diego! Yes! Yes!’ come Saturday night. And I’ll tell you, you’re going to see me pounding my chest and coming forward.
I’ll reveal my secret to you guys. Diego Sanchez has dedicated himself back to yoga. I have been incorporating an extensive hot yoga program, six days a week, on top of all of my running, on top of all of my wrestling training, on top of all of my martial arts training. I have found the counterbalance to longevity and the health and healing of being a 32-year-old fighter.
For many years, I got away from it because of religion. I heard somewhere that yoga was bad for you and from the devil, and I got away from it. But the end result, God created us and said our body is a temple. This is excellent for my temple.
