Squats can boost brain activity [video]

Post by andrepd » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 10:42 AM UTC

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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.

Post by andrepd » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 10:47 AM UTC

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Interesting- The benefits you mention are primarily physiological. I would argue that if building strength, clarity, and focus is someone's main goal then this could be just as easily achieved by regular routine exercise like a calisthenics or bodyweight program with a healthy diet to boot. At least this way you can realise the benefits much quicker than a year or two. I can't speak to the rewarding 'zen' nature of Y…

Oof. Watch out for anything with 'zen' in it. There's a lot of bull around yoga classes and yoga people. If you just do yoga, breathe and focus on the breath, you are meditating. Simple as that. The rest is just branding and bullshit, to be avoided. As someone who used to lift and absolutely loved it, I wanted to try to explain the difference between lifting and yoga. Lifting is awesome and I used to absolutely love…

Post by andy_ppp » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 10:51 AM UTC

bamboozled wrote: post #94

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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…

Post by throw0101a » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 11:14 AM UTC

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most yoga does plenty of things not accessed by 99.9% of bodyweight and calisthenics

That's a pretty strong claim. Actually that's kind of an absurd claim since yoga is calisthenics. Can you be more specific as to what you mean?

Post by stayfrosty420 » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 11:27 AM UTC

bamboozled wrote: post #94

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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…