Weight lifting and yoga?

Yogi_Carl

I lift and I do yoga. I'm getting stronger and more flexible.

I would say that yoga does the opposite of "undoing" lifting results. It does increase muscle strength. The poses are causing you to support your body weight with your muscles. When you do a Tree, all your weight is on one leg. You make that leg stronger just by holding that position.

That's a good point, because you are not just standing on one leg, you are having to hug all the muscles, quads, hamstring and all the supporting stabiliser muscles into the bones to stay in balance, so it's a great isometric exercise and at teh same time you are having to relax into the pose so you are tensed but relaxed - now how can that be, but it is!

rybo

Some of the advice & theories in this thread are real head scratchers. That said I do enjoy yoga no matter what other forms of exercise I am also doing. I like the way yoga feels & how it relaxes me at the same time it challenges me. I don't feel it has any significant impact on the physical appearance of my body as strength training or running does.

sjohnny

I lift and I do yoga. I'm getting stronger and more flexible.

I would say that yoga does the opposite of "undoing" lifting results. It does increase muscle strength. The poses are causing you to support your body weight with your muscles. When you do a Tree, all your weight is on one leg. You make that leg stronger just by holding that position.

That's a good point, because you are not just standing on one leg, you are having to hug all the muscles, quads, hamstring and all the supporting stabiliser muscles into the bones to stay in balance, so it's a great isometric exercise and at teh same time you are having to relax into the pose so you are tensed but relaxed - now how can that be, but it is!

I wouldn't go so far as to say tensed. Engaged, yes. But not tensed.

Yogi_Carl

I lift and I do yoga. I'm getting stronger and more flexible.

I would say that yoga does the opposite of "undoing" lifting results. It does increase muscle strength. The poses are causing you to support your body weight with your muscles. When you do a Tree, all your weight is on one leg. You make that leg stronger just by holding that position.

That's a good point, because you are not just standing on one leg, you are having to hug all the muscles, quads, hamstring and all the supporting stabiliser muscles into the bones to stay in balance, so it's a great isometric exercise and at teh same time you are having to relax into the pose so you are tensed but relaxed - now how can that be, but it is!

I wouldn't go so far as to say tensed. Engaged, yes. But not tensed.

Thank you - ENGAGED was the word I actually needed to use there. You should never be tense in yoga! thanks.

GiddyupTim

Some of the advice & theories in this thread are real head scratchers. That said I do enjoy yoga no matter what other forms of exercise I am also doing. I like the way yoga feels & how it relaxes me at the same time it challenges me. I don't feel it has any significant impact on the physical appearance of my body as strength training or running does.

Bingo !

sjohnny

I lift and I do yoga. I'm getting stronger and more flexible.

I would say that yoga does the opposite of "undoing" lifting results. It does increase muscle strength. The poses are causing you to support your body weight with your muscles. When you do a Tree, all your weight is on one leg. You make that leg stronger just by holding that position.

That's a good point, because you are not just standing on one leg, you are having to hug all the muscles, quads, hamstring and all the supporting stabiliser muscles into the bones to stay in balance, so it's a great isometric exercise and at teh same time you are having to relax into the pose so you are tensed but relaxed - now how can that be, but it is!

I wouldn't go so far as to say tensed. Engaged, yes. But not tensed.

Thank you - ENGAGED was the word I actually needed to use there. You should never be tense in yoga! thanks.

No problem.

This thread actually inspired/reminded me to do a few sun salutations and a couple of other poses after my run today. Felt good. I need to get back into practice.