Whats the difference between gym and yoga?

davidche SG

I think gym is more of directly exercising and using the muscle to work for like a lot of times wheares yoga focuses on a few sets of muscles, through movements. And the action that is repeated is a whole set eg: lie down, sit, stand, sit..etc.. On the other hand, gym is more of like stand and sit and stand and sit repeatedly.

But my question is: what is the difference in the body's reaction towards these types of exercises. As in the metabolism, burning of fats, muscle building..etc..

eagle SG

Just want to mention that in Germany, I saw this Iranian who gyms normally and do yoga almost everyday. He has a extremely defined 6-pack along with other defined muscles on his body

galapogos SG

Simple. Yoga is good if you wanna improve your flexibility and isometric strength endurance. For everything else, strength training is vastly superior.

comberbache SG

Actually, yoga is rather a discipline of meditation techniques, where you adopt various poses and chant mantras in order to seek some kind of spiritual salvation, e.g. obtain release from bondage to this illusory, material world and be united with the Brahman (loosely translated, "Universal Spirit").

(Personally, I would avoid it.)

Weightlifting, on the other hand, is about obtaining a stronger, bigger, and healthier body.

davidche SG

But yoga also helps to exercise the body. I did a Anusara trial class and it was damn tough!

tut4nkh4m3n SG

no one said it doesn't give you good exercise

davidche SG

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