Yoga

ahmadmartin32

hey guys! I'm really into strength training but yoga has caught my eye enough to want to try it...what are the benefits of yoga?

InProgressFitChick

I did yoga for about a year and stopped with my busy school schedule but I am planning to get back into it myself. There are tons of great benefits. A few for me included

-Better flexibility. This actually helps in many aspects of working out improving your range of motion.
- Improved strength. Core, legs, arms, everything
- Muscle control
- Mental strength/Focus- fell in love with meditation when I was doing martial arts so of course I appreciate this part of yoga!

Not sure if you were looking for a general or strictly male perspective, but there's an Instagram page you might like of a man that does it. If you want the name, I can message it.

yoginimary

Try it - try a couple of different styles (yin, ashtanga, iyengar, viniyoga) - see what you think.

The benefits for me have been much more mental than physical, even though I'm mostly working on the physical level.

Capt_Apollo

well, if you're like me and most other people, you're not quite as dedicated to stretching as you should be, foregoing any real stretching to just a casual couple of minutes after your workout.

I started doing yoga once a week about a month ago, and have really enjoyed it. it's an hour of stretching and quiet time. there are a lot of misconceptions about yoga, like you have to quiet your mind (you don't), or already have to be flexible, etc etc. i've gone to hatha yoga, which is a lot of seated and standing poses, holding them for a few seconds, and a power yoga class that is a little bit more intense and quick moving, but not as stretchy.

check this out. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/self/8-things-no-one-tells-you-about-doing-yoga_b_7497374.html?1433600328&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063

mbaker566

I want to preface this by saying I am an aerial yoga instructor
and there are many differnet types of yoga.
hatha is great for beginners usually as it is more posed focused
vinasyna is more flow and I have found to be more aerobic
power yoga is more focused I feel on building muscle but is still very aerobic
bikram is good but I am not a fan of hot yoga where they bump up the temperature to 90+F

Then there is restorative, which is more stretchy
Yin where you hold poses for a long time-some people find a great amount of emotional release here too

then there are others like what I do. Where we use fabric and gravity to deepen our stretches, invert, swing, etc

benefits per webmd