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amy a
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 Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:12 am Post subject: Can Yoga and Pilates be just as effective to lose weight as cardio and weight training? |
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| If you only have a choice of one of the above..which is best for overall conditioning? |
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adryn j
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:15 am Post subject: |
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| if you need to loss fat then a cardio workout is best. If you are just trying to tone and Length muscles than yoga should do the trick. |
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Veronica The Great!
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:16 am Post subject: |
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| cardio is mostly the key to burning fat because it gets your heart rate at a target level which is conducive to burning fat and therefore burining calories. The yoga and pilates build muscle and tones. This is great because the built up muscle burns more calories than just losing fat does. |
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me
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:17 am Post subject: |
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| whichever one you like doing more cause you will do it more often if you like doing yoga/pilates do them and then if you like doing other stuff like bike riding in the summer then do that good luck |
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Lace
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:20 am Post subject: |
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| Palates is awesome... it uses your core muscles in every move and i love the stretches... I hated yoga though... could have been my teacher but it felt like we just sat there and meditated the whole time... not for me |
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blondiespam
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:40 am Post subject: |
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| OMG totally....Pilates looks silly and useless laying down on the mat but you break a sweat fast and it is cardio I SAY YES> I love my pilates it works it works |
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Lenalena
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| I have lost 30 pounds in the space of a year doing yoga and only yoga and not even a very past paced type of yoga. And no diets, just sensible eating and portion control.Some people say that only cardio work will burn fat and that is is, while true in itself, not the whole picture for many of us. What puts weight ON a lot of people is stress. Check out this article in the American Journal of Epidemiology: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/conten...Stress upsets your hormonal balance so that it will be geared towards fat storage in more than one way. Yoga is a very, very, effective stress reducer and that is why many people end up losing weight even while doing only gentle yoga. Check out these Yoga Journal articles too: http://www.yogajournal.com/health/1694..... http://www.yogajournal.com/health/1933For weight loss I would recommend doing yoga at least 3 to 4 times a week and to do a combination of styles: slower, gentler classes with lots of stretching for the stress release and overall feeling of well being and a few harder classes either faster paced or geared towards strength to get in your cardio too while busting stress (Vinyasa, Power Yoga or Ashtanga). Between Yoga and Pilates I personally like the former best. While Pilates gives me a good (core) workout, it doesn't 'satisfy my soul' the way yoga does. |
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