beef_bourito wrote:
i tried it once, i'm not sure what kind it was though. i really don't have the time, energy, or desire to do it regularly, and i don't really need to do it to stay in shape since i generally do at least an hour or two of cardio every day (3 or 4 during the summer) as part of the rowing team.
as for the health benefits, it can help your flexibility, it can probably help your posture and core strength, probably helps your heart a bit since you're doing exercise. when i was doing it, the guy up front started saying stuff about "squeezing the thyroid gland" and stuff like that, as well as their purported health benefits, which are unfounded. i don't doubt that yoga's good for you, but i wouldn't read too much into it, you're essentially just stretching and holding poses for a long period of time.
I think it definitely has health benefits which have been proven. But they will be different to the benefits a person would get from cardio and weights.
http://www.webmd.com/balance/the-health ... ts-of-yoga
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