HELP from a YOGA expert

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  • uniquewrapz
    uniquewrapz Posts: 160 Member

    Yes, it will make you more flexible and improve posture. But, as the PP said, you can't make your body longer than it is.

    You can, however, elongate your MUSCLES and I think that's what the OP meant. Weight training makes your muscles bulky, stretching and body weight exercises elongate your muscles.

    Yes....THANK YOU for elaborating what I meant, and in a MUCH nicer way than nit-picking everything I've said. Thanks. It is restoring my belief that not everyone is out to start a fight :)
  • mandylooo
    mandylooo Posts: 456 Member

    Yes, it will make you more flexible and improve posture. But, as the PP said, you can't make your body longer than it is.

    You can, however, elongate your MUSCLES and I think that's what the OP meant. Weight training makes your muscles bulky, stretching and body weight exercises elongate your muscles.

    Your muscle length is determined by the bones to which they are attached. You lengthen and contract muscles when you work them, but you can't increase their permanent length.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    So much misinformation.

    *sigh*
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member

    Yes, it will make you more flexible and improve posture. But, as the PP said, you can't make your body longer than it is.

    You can, however, elongate your MUSCLES and I think that's what the OP meant. Weight training makes your muscles bulky, stretching and body weight exercises elongate your muscles.

    Yes....THANK YOU for elaborating what I meant, and in a MUCH nicer way than nit-picking everything I've said. Thanks. It is restoring my belief that not everyone is out to start a fight :)


    from dictionary elongate- : to extend the length of

    you cannot lengthen muscles ...good grief
  • KristyJoy123
    KristyJoy123 Posts: 84 Member

    from dictionary elongate- : to extend the length of

    you cannot lengthen muscles ...good grief

    Good grief. Sometimes the posts on here are so rude. By "elongate" of course I don't mean make longer. I mean stretch out and make them APPEAR longer. Weight training makes the muscles fat and squat. Stretching them will "elongate" them. So, you're right, but you're also kind of a jerk :)
  • uniquewrapz
    uniquewrapz Posts: 160 Member

    from dictionary elongate- : to extend the length of

    you cannot lengthen muscles ...good grief

    Good grief. Sometimes the posts on here are so rude. By "elongate" of course I don't mean make longer. I mean stretch out and make them APPEAR longer. Weight training makes the muscles fat and squat. Stretching them will "elongate" them. So, you're right, but you're also kind of a jerk :)

    YEP....that's why I give up. Some people here take thing so freaking literally.
  • mandylooo
    mandylooo Posts: 456 Member

    Yes, it will make you more flexible and improve posture. But, as the PP said, you can't make your body longer than it is.

    You can, however, elongate your MUSCLES and I think that's what the OP meant. Weight training makes your muscles bulky, stretching and body weight exercises elongate your muscles.

    Your muscle length is determined by the bones to which they are attached. You lengthen and contract muscles when you work them, but you can't increase their permanent length.

    That's not a very good description on my part. During normal use/movement, muscles relax and contract, but their overall length is not increased by stretching.
  • tulip07
    tulip07 Posts: 167 Member
    if you are looking to lengthen muscles, try pilates. Yoga is gentle stretching and increasing flexibility

    You do realize that Pilates is based on yoga? You don't know a whole lot about yoga if you think that's all it is.

    Why does someone feel the need to attack someone? "uniquewrapz" is good at what she does and knows what she is talking about. Yoga stretches muscles and improves flexibility and posture along with a thousand other health benefits.

    OP- please try to find an experienced teacher and I think you can get a lot of benefits (this is based on personal experience with yoga). Good luck!
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    Yoga stretches muscles and hence elongates/lengthens muscles

    if the OP is asking for information and a response gives wrong information, why is it rude to point out that the information is wrong?

    isnt the point of this forum to help?

    while yoga provides many benefits and is a good stretching of tendons, etc., yoga nor pilates nor anything will elongate/lengthen muscles.

    I am sorry you find it rude to correct false information.
  • uniquewrapz
    uniquewrapz Posts: 160 Member
    if you are looking to lengthen muscles, try pilates. Yoga is gentle stretching and increasing flexibility

    You do realize that Pilates is based on yoga? You don't know a whole lot about yoga if you think that's all it is.

    Why does someone feel the need to attack someone? "uniquewrapz" is good at what she does and knows what she is talking about. Yoga stretches muscles and improves flexibility and posture along with a thousand other health benefits.

    OP- please try to find an experienced teacher and I think you can get a lot of benefits (this is based on personal experience with yoga). Good luck!

    Thanks Tulip...I appreciate the comment

    Back to the ORIGINAL post, you can do yoga the same day as lifting, but as another poster mentioned, RIGHT afterwards is not advised. I highly encourage you to go to a class or have a private lesson so you can get the proper techniques and modifications for knee injuries.

    I advised yoga for gentle stretching because of your injuries/surgeries to your knee, not because that's only what yoga is about as a previous poster accused me of. Restorative yoga is great for recovering flexibility after surgeries.

    Some poses that, done properly (with guidance from an instructor) will strengthen muscles and stretch and contract them so they remain limber for growth.

    I know I am opening myself up for more nitpicking wordsmithing here but I wanted to get away from the back and forthing and get back to your original question before I got distracted.

    Good luck! And adding yoga to your routine will help you have less knee pain if it's done properly...
  • tulip07
    tulip07 Posts: 167 Member
    Yoga stretches muscles and hence elongates/lengthens muscles

    if the OP is asking for information and a response gives wrong information, why is it rude to point out that the information is wrong?

    isnt the point of this forum to help?

    while yoga provides many benefits and is a good stretching of tendons, etc., yoga nor pilates nor anything will elongate/lengthen muscles.

    I am sorry you find it rude to correct false information.

    I don't think correcting false information is rude (if the information is false that is). But I do think there is a way to phrase that when (to your point) isn't the point of this forum to help? And if a fellow member is trying to help, why does one choose to use a phrase such as this?
    You don't know a whole lot about yoga if you think that's all it is.
  • uniquewrapz
    uniquewrapz Posts: 160 Member
    Yoga stretches muscles and hence elongates/lengthens muscles

    if the OP is asking for information and a response gives wrong information, why is it rude to point out that the information is wrong?

    isnt the point of this forum to help?

    while yoga provides many benefits and is a good stretching of tendons, etc., yoga nor pilates nor anything will elongate/lengthen muscles.

    I am sorry you find it rude to correct false information.

    I don't think correcting false information is rude (if the information is false that is). But I do think there is a way to phrase that when (to your point) isn't the point of this forum to help? And if a fellow member is trying to help, why does one choose to use a phrase such as this?
    You don't know a whole lot about yoga if you think that's all it is.

    EXACTLY

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