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Yoga as a strength training? (lemm.ee)

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How do you think - can you use yoga as a strength training with bodyweight? Have you done it already? Do you find yoga boring?

.. (Yoga has a reputation of something light or relaxing, but I think it depends from a teacher. I am a PT and a Fitness instructor as first and when I call my workouts "yoga" - it´s quite far from a usual yoga session as it´s designed to be a strength training. Even my stretching workouts are partly strength trainings. And mentally it can be harder than a weightlifting. )

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[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The beautiful thing about yoga is that it can both relax you or kick your ass, and sometimes do both during the same session.

Any movement is good movement, and yoga can strengthen your body, albeit in a different way from weightlifting. You create resistance by using harder and harder variants of poses/movements, a bit like calisthenics or other bodyweight training.

Personally I try to get a yoga session (with a focus on balance and stretching) per week, on top of my strength/mobility workouts.

[–] Marina_Helena@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Thank you! Tolally agree! I also try to get at least one yoga session per week (but usually two) as a strength training mainly and also the balance, actually the balance is a great part I like the most - on feet, on arms and core 😀

[–] caesaravgvstvs 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've been doing yoga for the last six years and only started other workouts in the last two.

Yoga definitely builds strength, particularly legs and core. Arms a bit too, but not much.

[–] Marina_Helena@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

it actually does, there are good poses and movements for the arms and shoulders too - as chaturanga, dolphin, forearm plank, reversed plank, side planks variations and even upward facing dog 😃 and all the arm balances are exellent for this goal, but usually rarely done in yoga classes 😃