Yoga *IS* strength training.
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Obviously, by the comments, a very touchy subject. I do think that yoga is a great workout. I've tried yoga and it is very difficult. My problem with calling it strength training is that the resistance is not being increased. Most people will either remain the same weight or lose weight. You may have better muscle endurance, but you're not really getting that much stronger. It should be listed as cardio.
Very similar to gymnastics. You can get pretty strong with just your body weight for resistance, with the right program.
At a certain point, yes, the strength training benefit will plateau. But it could be a long while for most people.
Very similar to gymnastics?! A SERIOUS STRETCH! People whose main physical activity is gymnastics and those whose main physical activity is yoga could not have less similar physiques.
If you believe your statement in reply to someone who has taken the time to patiently present a very true and valid point then you will be able to provide lots of pictorial evidence to support your opinion on physiques. Then look at pictures of the strongest men in the world and realise their physical look is not that of a bodysculturist.
Fact, most weight lifters lack condition and functional ability. Exercise should embrace all activity to create a complete package.0 -
If you are in any kind of shape at all you should be able to do at LEAST one solid push up, unless you are extremely heavy and have really long arms or something odd like that. I've never NOT been able to do a push up. I can't do a ton now in one set, but push ups are typically including in general physical fitness tests. There's a reason for that, if you are fit, you should be able to do push-ups.
You look to be someone who lifts heavy weights and is in EXCELLENT shape, not just decent shape -- and you say you can't do a ton in one set. So I maintain that this is indeed a challenging exercise.
I think the pushups required in most general fitness tests are NOT the ones where you have have to touch your chest to the group. In yoga, you do full range pushups.0 -
I had to giggle just a bit at everyone who is saying yoga is just for relaxation, or that it isn't "strength training." I've seen big, buff guys who do insane weights try yoga and fall into a huge puddle of fail. It may not work you the same way as lifting weights, but it does build muscle (and you can get VERY sore from it!)0
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Wierd. I thought yoga was a spiritual practice.0
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last week, when I was 5 weeks post surgery, so I hadn't lifted for 5 weeks, and had only returned to cardio the week before.
I did 16 pushup, wearing a military weighted jacket...wonder how many that I could have done if I wasn't post surgery0 -
WTF... why are we so hung up on pushups???
It's like any other movement - if you are trained for it, you can do them. I'm not especially strong, but I can do 50 pushups straight. Why? Because I've been doing pushups since my phys ed tests in grade school... not because I'm some bulk of a man.
Push-ups are easy for people who do them a lot (or similar push movements). They are hard for people who don't. Can we move on now?0 -
I had to giggle just a bit at everyone who is saying yoga is just for relaxation, or that it isn't "strength training." I've seen big, buff guys who do insane weights try yoga and fall into a huge puddle of fail. It may not work you the same way as lifting weights, but it does build muscle (and you can get VERY sore from it!)
Increasing strength and building muscle are two different things. I would be surprised if many people who do yoga only for their workouts would be eating at a caloric level to build muscle. It could happen, but would be a very small percentage.0 -
So why is it included only in the cardiovascular section of exercise? Here are just a few of the strengthening things we do every time we practice yoga:
-push ups
-arm balances
-one-legged balances
-sit-up/crunch poses, like boat pose
-hand stands, for crying out loud
How do I get yoga included in the strength training list?
You can add it to your strength training manually and it will be there from then on when you enter your work outs in. Just hit the "Add Exercise" button.0 -
Obviously, by the comments, a very touchy subject. I do think that yoga is a great workout. I've tried yoga and it is very difficult. My problem with calling it strength training is that the resistance is not being increased. Most people will either remain the same weight or lose weight. You may have better muscle endurance, but you're not really getting that much stronger. It should be listed as cardio.
Very similar to gymnastics. You can get pretty strong with just your body weight for resistance, with the right program.
At a certain point, yes, the strength training benefit will plateau. But it could be a long while for most people.
Very similar to gymnastics?! A SERIOUS STRETCH! People whose main physical activity is gymnastics and those whose main physical activity is yoga could not have less similar physiques.
If you believe your statement in reply to someone who has taken the time to patiently present a very true and valid point then you will be able to provide lots of pictorial evidence to support your opinion on physiques. Then look at pictures of the strongest men in the world and realise their physical look is not that of a bodysculturist.
Fact, most weight lifters lack condition and functional ability. Exercise should embrace all activity to create a complete package.
Not sure how that relates to my comment about the absurdity of comparing yoga to gymnastics . . .0 -
Not sure how that relates to my comment about the absurdity of comparing yoga to gymnastics . . .0
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Wierd. I thought yoga was a spiritual practice.
It is! It takes a lot of "spirit" to practice yoga....0 -
Strength training is included in the "cardio" section so that you can add in your exercise calories. The "Strength Training" section is simply for tracking specific workouts.0
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If you are in any kind of shape at all you should be able to do at LEAST one solid push up, unless you are extremely heavy and have really long arms or something odd like that. I've never NOT been able to do a push up. I can't do a ton now in one set, but push ups are typically including in general physical fitness tests. There's a reason for that, if you are fit, you should be able to do push-ups.
You look to be someone who lifts heavy weights and is in EXCELLENT shape, not just decent shape -- and you say you can't do a ton in one set. So I maintain that this is indeed a challenging exercise.
I think the pushups required in most general fitness tests are NOT the ones where you have have to touch your chest to the group. In yoga, you do full range pushups.
Yea I can't do a ton because it's primarily a chest exercise and as a female chest is particularlly challenging. i.e. why I can only bench 90lbs for 5 reps but can squat 170lbs for 5 reps at 112lb bodyweight.
Good for yoga peeps doing push ups, didn't say it wasn't challenging. I just believe if you believe yourself to be fit you should be able to do them. The fact that some people in some yoga classes do push ups hardly makes yoga strength training.
And I don't believe push ups to be very important in increasing a person's over-all strength, another reason I can't do a ton. I don't do them. Building up my chest isn't important to me and there are much, much better ways to train my biceps, triceps, traps, and other muscles used in stabilizing a push up. If you can do one push up and increase your reps you are primarily building muscle endurance not strength. Example (try not to over analyze and pick apart the numbers, that's not the point of the example, hopefully you'll understand) Doing 100 push-ups isn't equal to doing 25 push-ups with a weight vest on or a person sitting on your back.0 -
Really?!?! I only ask because I did 60 this morning. Maybe I'm just a freak. :laugh:
......and that was after benching 115lbs, 5x50 -
WTF... why are we so hung up on pushups???
crane pose
wheel pose
eight-angle pose
peacock pose
firefly pose
one-legged squat with leg extendedI'm not especially strong, but I can do 50 pushups straight.0 -
lol :laugh:0
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Yea I can't do a ton because it's primarily a chest exercise and as a female chest is particularlly challenging. i.e. why I can only bench 90lbs for 5 reps but can squat 170lbs for 5 reps at 112lb bodyweight.
That is ALL I was saying. This is a move that is challenging for many women from a strength perspective, and as such could be legitimately considered a strength exercise for many.0 -
Really?!?! I only ask because I did 60 this morning. Maybe I'm just a freak. :laugh:
......and that was after benching 115lbs, 5x5
You must do a lot of yoga0 -
Really?!?! I only ask because I did 60 this morning. Maybe I'm just a freak. :laugh:0
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