Hot Yoga? Anyone else?

Allegra_Williams
Allegra_Williams Posts: 31
edited January 6 in Fitness and Exercise
I recently discovered hot yoga and fell in love! (The place I found does Baptiste style)

Does anyone else here practice Hot Yoga? I'd love to hear from someone who has been practicing for a while. Do you find this to be a sufficient full body workout or do you use it as supplementary to your normal routine?

- Allegra

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  • McGruber03
    McGruber03 Posts: 113 Member
    I have just discovered Yoga at 35 years of age, and my only regret is not trying it sooner!! I LOVE it, especially HOT!!! My normal routine is to run 3-4 miles 3-4 times per week, all kinds of yoga about 5-6 times per week, and spin about 2 times per week. So, I just included it into everything else. I did read somewhere where it burns about 500 calories per hour (hot), so that's a pretty good workout for the day, IMO. Good luck! Cheers to getting stronger, leaner, and more balanced!
  • Yogi_Carl
    Yogi_Carl Posts: 1,906 Member
    I used to use yoga to supplement my other activities - now I do other activities to suplement my yoga - love it!
  • kyunda
    kyunda Posts: 340 Member
    I love it! To me it is a whole body and mind workout. My muscle are really relaxed after i'm done and i sleep like a baby!
  • busywaterbending
    busywaterbending Posts: 844 Member
    awesome <3

    there's a yoga group here on mfp.
  • gingerveg
    gingerveg Posts: 748 Member
    Yes I do hot yoga (and other types). Love yoga!
  • liftreadphilosophize
    liftreadphilosophize Posts: 180 Member
    I LOVE hot yoga! I was so bummed when we moved to a city that doesn't have a hot yoga studio. Boo.
  • amylahminute
    amylahminute Posts: 613 Member
    I did Bikram 2-3x a week all of last year (and, as a point of comparison, used to do near-daily Ashtanga until I tore my rotator cuff). I honestly have to say I didn't see any appreciable gains in strength from doing Bikram.

    Baron Baptiste leans more Ashtangi, if I remember correctly, so if you're doing a lot more full-body weight-bearing asanas in class, then you might see a lot of strength gains. Regardless, the heat and sweat alone really do hit the spot sometimes, though. :)
  • klnichols19
    klnichols19 Posts: 3 Member
    I do hot yoga too about 1-2 times a week and LOVE it! I find that it really helps my running and over all well-being.
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