Editor's note: This story originally ran in the Feb. 8 issue of Golfweek.
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HOUSTON — While helping unload camera equipment for a yoga photo shoot, Houston’s men’s team had one burning question:
What pose did Rice do?
It turns out that the schools’ crosstown rivalry extends to the mats, where the Cougars weren’t about to be outshone by a strong tree pose.
For those who think yoga is reserved for svelte women wearing tight pants, balled up like pretzels and chanting “om,” think again. More than 36 million Americans – more than a quarter of them male – practice yoga, up 80 percent from only four years ago, according to recent industry data.