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Re: Squats can boost brain activity [video]

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Post by emptyfile »

bamboozled wrote: post #83
mmaunder wrote: post #6

Funny how people become obsessed with specific movements, specific exercise styles, etc. I’ve done it all including becoming obsessed with Mark Rippetoe and the derivatives, cardio like running and mountain biking, swimming 2km a day (80 lengths) etc. The one thing that has absolutely transformed my life is yoga. No more back pain, insane strength I never had, no more injuries from eg lifting a 100 lbs propane tank a…

Funny because I did yoga for years and I've never felt better since doing olympic weight lifting and other forms of strength training.

Same. I find yoga and most stretching to be a waste of time. You can do mobility work with strength exercises.

Nothing transformed my life more then serious strength training. Everything from sitting behind a desk to running uphill is a hundred times easier.

I'm sure you can achieve the same strength with yoga, but it seems to me its very inefficient. You can do strength training 2-3 times a week for an hour and it just works.

Re: Squats can boost brain activity [video]

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Post by stormdennis »

emptyfile wrote: post #91
bamboozled wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Funny because I did yoga for years and I've never felt better since doing olympic weight lifting and other forms of strength training.

Same. I find yoga and most stretching to be a waste of time. You can do mobility work with strength exercises. Nothing transformed my life more then serious strength training. Everything from sitting behind a desk to running uphill is a hundred times easier. I'm sure you can achieve the same strength with yoga, but it seems to me its very inefficient. You can do strength training 2-3 times a week for an hour and it j…

I've no skin in the game but 30 mins a day of yoga and 2-3 hours a week of weights aren't hugely different.

Re: Squats can boost brain activity [video]

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Post by bamboozled »

stormdennis wrote: post #93
emptyfile wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same. I find yoga and most stretching to be a waste of time. You can do mobility work with strength exercises. Nothing transformed my life more then serious strength training. Everything from sitting behind a desk to running uphill is a hundred times easier. I'm sure you can achieve the same strength with yoga, but it seems to me its very inefficient. You can do strength training 2-3 times a week for an hour and it j…

I've no skin in the game but 30 mins a day of yoga and 2-3 hours a week of weights aren't hugely different.

They have really different outcomes though.

There's absolutely no way you can stress the nervous system and build muscle and bone density as efficiently as with lifting weights.

Calisthenics, which is what Yoga is, body weight exercises, can never achieve the same results. You can come close in a lot of ways, one legged squats etc, but ultimately, you cannot work your back and your core as effectively as with a 1.5x body weight dead lift.

Re: Squats can boost brain activity [video]

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Post by [deleted] »

bamboozled wrote: post #94
stormdennis wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've no skin in the game but 30 mins a day of yoga and 2-3 hours a week of weights aren't hugely different.

They have really different outcomes though. There's absolutely no way you can stress the nervous system and build muscle and bone density as efficiently as with lifting weights. Calisthenics, which is what Yoga is, body weight exercises, can never achieve the same results. You can come close in a lot of ways, one legged squats etc, but ultimately, you cannot work your back and your core as effectively as with a 1.5x…

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Re: Squats can boost brain activity [video]

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Post by dspillett »

taeric wrote: post #65
mmaunder wrote: post #6

Funny how people become obsessed with specific movements, specific exercise styles, etc. I’ve done it all including becoming obsessed with Mark Rippetoe and the derivatives, cardio like running and mountain biking, swimming 2km a day (80 lengths) etc. The one thing that has absolutely transformed my life is yoga. No more back pain, insane strength I never had, no more injuries from eg lifting a 100 lbs propane tank a…

I'd wager that folks just get obsessed with what worked for them. Really, even more acutely, they become obsessed with what they are currently doing. I can't tout any of the claims I see online about exercise helping, well, anything. I do like my bike rides, though. And, the odds are stupid high that one of the first things you will learn about me, will include the type of ride I prefer.

> I'd wager that folks just get obsessed with what worked for them. Really, even more acutely, they become obsessed with what they are currently doing.

I can buy that. Running is my big thing (also HEMA), which surprised many not least myself when I realised I _liked_ it a few years ago![†]. It helps me keep healthy in body, it helps me burn off nervous energy, sometimes it is social[‡], sometimes it helps me get away[*].

[†] after losing some weight I tried various gym things to get what was left into better shape, we have heart problems in the family line and I wanted to reduce my chance of “being next”, fell into a pattern of dynamic movements to warm up, row a bit, move some weights around, then treadmill to finish, and a friend (who also runs) encouraged me to try running off the mill.

[‡] I find there is a certain camaraderie in trail events, and similarly at parkruns (a movement that has probably done significant good to overall fitness, in the UK at least)

[*] a long weekend herfing myself around the Dales while training for an event earlier this year was the most relaxed I'd felt for a prolonged time in quite a while

Re: Squats can boost brain activity [video]

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Post by FrozenSynapse »

emptyfile wrote: post #91
bamboozled wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Funny because I did yoga for years and I've never felt better since doing olympic weight lifting and other forms of strength training.

Same. I find yoga and most stretching to be a waste of time. You can do mobility work with strength exercises. Nothing transformed my life more then serious strength training. Everything from sitting behind a desk to running uphill is a hundred times easier. I'm sure you can achieve the same strength with yoga, but it seems to me its very inefficient. You can do strength training 2-3 times a week for an hour and it j…

It depends on what you want to accomplish. For me a 30 minute session of yoga is much harder than an hour of strength training. Also, they achieve different things, Yoga strenghtens your mind and your body, you touch every part of the body with yoga, weight lifting misses some of them.

Re: Squats can boost brain activity [video]

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Post by FrozenSynapse »

songzme wrote: post #9
mmaunder wrote: post #6

Funny how people become obsessed with specific movements, specific exercise styles, etc. I’ve done it all including becoming obsessed with Mark Rippetoe and the derivatives, cardio like running and mountain biking, swimming 2km a day (80 lengths) etc. The one thing that has absolutely transformed my life is yoga. No more back pain, insane strength I never had, no more injuries from eg lifting a 100 lbs propane tank a…

I want to try Yoga after seeing this. could I just find any youtube instructors and follow along, or is it important to find "the right ones"? How would you approach starting out (must be online, wife won't let me leave the house because of covid)?

I've tried multiple videos from https://www.youtube.com/user/traviseliotonline and I like them a lot

Re: Squats can boost brain activity [video]

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Post by andrepd »

mmaunder wrote: post #6

Funny how people become obsessed with specific movements, specific exercise styles, etc. I’ve done it all including becoming obsessed with Mark Rippetoe and the derivatives, cardio like running and mountain biking, swimming 2km a day (80 lengths) etc. The one thing that has absolutely transformed my life is yoga. No more back pain, insane strength I never had, no more injuries from eg lifting a 100 lbs propane tank a…

Well for what's worth I never felt as good as since I started strength training 3x a week. I'm stronger, daily activities are easier, and I look better.
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