Tag: stretching

Should you count yoga as a workout

From the outside looking in yoga used to be looked down upon. I know I used to think that it was only for women because when I would look through the glass and see the people doing it that’s all I would see. It was almost considered sissy like for a man to be in a yoga class but now times have changed. Now that men are starting to see the benefits from yoga it has started too make it become more popular. Now yoga classes are very diversified and more welcoming to all ages and genders. Now the question that I have come across, is yoga considered a workout?

With the various different yoga programs out there there are numerous ways that yoga can be considered a workout. There are programs that challenge your strength and endurance. Eventually though you may want to incorporate different exercises to strengthen your upper body. One of the main downsides of yoga is it doesn’t include any upper-body pulling movements (such as pull ups and bent-over rows). Yoga may also offer balance, mobility and flexibility benefits.

Ultimately yoga can be considered a good workout but I wouldn’t rely on it for your strength training. Yoga is good for relaxing the body and allowing you to become flexible and use parts of your body you wouldn’t necessarily use during a normal workout.

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Benefits from Yoga

Going to yoga regularly can provide you with mental and physical health benefits. Yoga focuses on your body’s natural tendency toward health and self healing. At first when I went to my first yoga class I thought it was going to be very weird and strange because of the environment but once I finally realized the benefits that I actually got from it, it helped me a lot. While there are more than hundreds of different types of yoga most of them typically include breathing, meditation and holding different postures that stretch different muscle groups.

Some of the physical benefits include

  • Increased flexibility
  • Increased muscle strength
  • Improved breathing and energy
  • Weight reduction
  • cardio and circulatory health
  • Prevention from injury

Some of the mental benefits that yoga provides are managing stress better which can have a negative impact on the body and mind.Having stress in your life can cause sleeping problems, inability to concentrate and lower your immune system. Also practicing yoga can create mental clarity and relaxes your mind so you can become one with your body. When this happens you can sense things more clearly in your body so you may notice a pain in your body that you might have overlooked and you can get it taken care of. And what is good about yoga is that anyone can join. You don’t have to be a expert in it if you simply want to get in tune with your body and your inner self you can start today!