#2. WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus has a yoga studio
7-time WWE Women’s Champion Trish Stratus is an inspiration to many women competing in the ring today. She is one of the most influential female WWE Superstars of all time.
In 2006, she was forced to retire as the WWE Women’s Champion after being diagnosed with a herniated disc due to an attack by Viscera. After her retirement, Trish decided to stay active and started her own yoga studio:
Stratusphere came to life after Trish started doing yoga to relieve her back pain and prepare for the movie “Bounty Hunters”.
“In 2010 I was asked to do my first movie, “Bounty Hunters” in a role as a kick-ass bounty hunter. She was a Krav Maga fighter, but I had a skinny yoga body and had lost my buff Diva body. I started training at the dojo to learn Krav Maga and my body was killing me. I had to bulk up a little bit, but I didn’t want to abandon my yoga. I started integrating strength training movements and basic calisthenics into my yoga program. All of a sudden, my muscles were coming out, my “yoga booty” was coming out and my body was changing. I started showing it to my teachers and students and Stratusphere Yoga was born. I pair strength training movements with yoga poses. So you’re strengthening your muscles but also getting the yoga benefit,” Trish said.
Some WWE fans have been following Trish on her journey as a yoga instructor and taking her classes regularly. She is among the former WWE Superstars who have stayed extremely fit even after retirement.