Yoga vs Boxing

I WISH boxing was an option at my YMCA!!! Yoga and I do not mix, I am way to clutzy. I have tried...and failed, sadly.

oh, hai ladies

I actually like both! Yoga is a great compliment to stregth training and other strenuous workouts (like boxing). Stretching and balance is very important in all aspects of working out!

I train kick boxing three times a week. I had problems with side kicks, my adductors were pulling me back to the point where it really hurt sometimes. I dug out yoga from long forgotten P90X and wheee! It's amazing what yoga does to opening up the joints. Boring? Well, if you really have time to be bored when you're balancing on one leg having the other and both arms up in the air...

with my fibromyalgia, i have to do both, every day: bash the muscles, break them apart (my 'boxing' is running and longboarding) then smooth and soothe them (yoga, pilates, stretching). one without the other is just half the story. and in my case the results of imbalance between them are immediately apparent: i have more fibro pain, sensitivity, and fatigue. that's not even mentioning the fact that longboarding is how i healthfully release huge amounts of stress and agression (exhale) and yoga is how i meditate and refocus (inhale). both are forms of physical and mental relaxation, but one is more 'yang' and one is more 'yin'. one deconstructs, the other constructs. i need them both.

As a woman, a lot of people tell me I need to/should do yoga. A good friend of mine is a Yogi and even did private sessions with me (God bless her). The problem is that I just don't like it. It's not for me. I gave it my all - an honest effort. I get it. I see the benefits, but .... MEH. :indifferent:

I enjoy boxing. :happy: Beating that bag like it stole my lunch money is MY zen. Getting rhythm with a speed bag, putting a face on it & punching the **** out of it! Now, THAT'S RELEASE! OHHHHHMMMMM. Namaste beaatch! :happy:

Which do you prefer? Calming, fluid activities or beating the stuffing out of something? Maybe even a little of both?

Yoga growing up for me pretty much was a lifestyle, a way of life (with much disapproval from the observing surrounding community, frowning upon what they'd interpreted as very unChristly ~ a practice of a demonic faith). Later it progressively became my go to for my meditative purposes (i) before an exam (ii) interviews and of course (iii) stress management. What I'd never realised I'd especially love about it, is how it balances my overall wellbeing symbiotically ~ the positive use and the redirection of my energy fields through the disciplines of the practice throughout my day and my life, with how I choose to consciously detemine my "Yays" and my "Nays."

Boxing which I'd started with pretty early, is therapy for me; I'm a hot-head so it's an avenue that has pretty much evolved into being more than just boxing, benefitting my other combat training workout routines.

ETA: Yoga is Anger Management & Boxing (plus other forms of combat) is all about survival. My world was such that you'd needed to know how to reign it in (when purposefully agitated) ONLY you'd better have mastered self-defence or the crowd will take you out. It wasn't about choice when I'd started with either ~ they were mandatory for the increased chances of my self-defence and survival when it came down to it.

Honestly, I think I would get bored with yoga. I would rather kick and punch haha! I like the intensity, plus it definitely helps release stress.

I love yoga. Never tried boxing but it seems like something I'd enjoy also as I like a balance between high energy and calming.