Flexible resistance ... Ben Lucas and Kate Kendall of Troga. Photo: Danielle Smith

Forget Hatha, Ashtanga or Bikram there's a new form of yoga in town, nicknamed Troga, and it was developed by two Australians.

Troga combines yoga and TRX - a form of resistance training using ropes and webbing. Launching in Australia next week, I was the first to give it a go.

It's creators are former Cronulla Sharks rugby league player, Ben Lucas, who's been a personal trainer for 13 years and Kate Kendall, who has been a yoga teacher for the past five years.

Kate Kendall demonstrates Troga. Photo: Danielle Smith

It might seem unusual that a former rugby player would also be into yoga. ''In mid 2010 I was training for a 100km ultramarathon and I wasn't recovering well, so it was suggested I try yoga,'' said Lucas. ''I went from not being able to touch my toes to making it an integral part of my training process.''

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''Benny was taking me for PT and I was teaching him yoga,'' said Kendall. ''I was noticing how his training was affecting my yoga practice and making it stronger. And the yoga was making him more mobile and keeping him injury free.''

Kendall laughs about their lightbulb moment. ''We thought 'this is a no-brainer'. No one is doing this. No one is providing this complete workout. You either do yoga classes or you go and train - you don't do the two,'' said Kendall.

Troga. Photo: Danielle Smith

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