Yoga and Body building

[judson_jebaraj8]

Hi all,

I'm new to Yoga, I'm doing building exercise, now I want to do yoga also. I want to do both Yoga and Building. First half an hour I'm doing Yoga and next one and half an hour I'm doing body building. If I'm wrong please someone correct me, how can I do both.

[Hubert]

If your purpose is to maintain flexibility while building up muscle, it is best to do streching after you work the muscles. But some do weight training every third day, and streching in the days between.
I realize that after a body building session, there is no energy left for yoga, because yoga is not just streching but also isometric contractions. So I'd do them on different days, if you really want to do them both.

[InnerAthlete]

There is nothing inherently "wrong" with what you are doing. It is completely about your purpose (or goals). If you share those with us it would be a pleasure to give you feedback on what you are doing relative to what you want to receive.

[Trinity]

Hi,
Yoga is a great way to balance out your body and a super way to combine with other exercises. Depending on what postures you are focusing on yoga can be great for increasing both strength and flexibility. The combination you are doing sounds perfect.

Anna

[jack02]

My friend when you do yoga consistently it can increase your strength. Strength through yogic stretching is related to your golgi tendon reflex threshold, which limits a contraction well short of the point at which the tendons would be injured. Regular stretching gives your muscles the ability to fire more efficiently without shutting down in response to stretched tendons.

[ScottHughes]

If you eat more calories than you burn, you will gain weight.

I'm not a body builder, per se. I do lift weights, though. I like doing both weight lifting and yoga exercises, because I feel I'm getting a more well-balanced exercise.

[alext]

hello, i am new here and to yoga as well. is there a yoga style that combines both body building (or simple toning) and yoga discipline? i'd like to do just one complete exercise if it is possible. thank you in advance for your response.

[yogiforlife]

Not sure if there is one specific one, I'm sure one could be designed to fit your needs. Combining some harder versions of Asanas and increasing the length of time you stay in them would tone your muscles, give you definition, not sure about size. I tried to combine Yoga with weight training years ago, couldn't do it, they seemed like opposites, creating a conflict in me, one had to be eliminated and weight training was the one.

[InnerAthlete]

Body building, not weight lifting, power lifting, or weight training, right?
In body building the goal is lean muscle mass and lots of it, usually for competition purposes.

The asana portion of yoga does not build muscle mass. Why? Because the resistance or load placed on the muscle typically doesn't vary or increase.
While it might feel good, bring health, or provide a myriad of other "benefits" it is not directly contributing to body building. There is no "style" of yoga that provides what you seek as if there were it would, in fact, no be yoga at all.

Simple toning is completely different, physiologically.
Getting this sort of thing out of an asana practice is possible. I don't know why one would take up yoga for it as it leaves about 7/8 of yoga on the side of the roadway like rubbish. Nevertheless, yes is the answer.

The friskier practices would contribute - Ashtanga, Power, Vinyasa, Flow, Bikram.

Originally Posted by alext

hello, i am new here and to yoga as well. is there a yoga style that combines both body building (or simple toning) and yoga discipline? i'd like to do just one complete exercise if it is possible. thank you in advance for your response.

[alext]

Inner Athlete, thank you for the clarification. I simply meant toning and tightening of the muscles, not gaining muscle mass. I've been doing some research on the internet and found some interesting websites on yoga poses and yoga styles. That's how I came across this site. Another one I find interesting is ABC-of-Yoga.com. They have pose by pose guides along with instructional text.

I shall take note of your advice. Thank you for your help.

[InnerAthlete]

Of course. You are welcome. It is only my perspective, however, and not the perspective of all. People come to yoga in a variety of different ways, trhough a variety of different paths, with varied goals or reasons and get varied things back from yoga. Some go onward, venturing deeper into the vastness of yoga, others do not. Both are okay.

[Mirjana]

Originally Posted by judson_jebaraj8

Hi all,

I'm new to Yoga, I'm doing building exercise, now I want to do yoga also. I want to do both Yoga and Building. First half an hour I'm doing Yoga and next one and half an hour I'm doing body building. If I'm wrong please someone correct me, how can I do both.

I was regularly jogging before yoga. And I also wanted to do both. Soon I reduced jogging until I totally quited it. I just don't need it anymore. Try and see yourself and if something doesn't fits you anymore than let it go.

[yogiforlife]

I've continued to jog despite my Yoga practice, I find the two to be more closely related than I did weight-lifting and Yoga. Not so much in the physical areas, as I am aware of how jogging tightens up many of your leg muscles but the freedom, the way you bring yourself inward and block out everything else, especially jogging outdoors, I don't get much out of treadmills.

[Hubert]

I did take a break with jogging during the winter (even if this year it really could not be called winter here), but I did start to practice yoga ... now I restarted jogging. To my surprise, I am in better shape that I would thought, and I think it's because of asana.
Still I like jogging, too, I found it builds up a certain, raw vitality in me ... mostly in the legs. It is important to strech, though, if possible right after jogging, ottherwise it makes the tighs strong but less flexible.

[d1018]

Hello everyone.....

i am beginner... everyday morning i do some deeps(simple biceps excersise)...
after that some situps
and then after 2 min shirsasana for a 1 to 2 min .. followed by tadasana....
which i read in some book.....

my question i want to go gym for body building... can i do yoga still.....?

wat will be the resultant effect....? i still not started please reply....

[Hubert]

I think anyone can incorporate yoga in his/her lifestyle.

[Shema]

as local gym provides a class called Body Balance mixture of yoga, Tai Chi and Pilates I attend this with great pleasure there is no yoga teacher.
I have gained some suppleness but after several yrs I still cannot sit in the lotus position and I do practise any suggestions.
I also attend weight lifting, vive and step classes as good health is always my aim ... maintaining fitness and good nutrition.

[InnerAthlete]

Originally Posted by d1018

Hello everyone.....
my question i want to go gym for body building... can i do yoga still.....? wat will be the resultant effect....? i still not started please reply....

Of course you can do yoga still. What is it that makes you think you could not do yoga?
However I believe what you are actually asking is "can I still do asana", the postures, right? And so I have answered that.

We could not know the "resultant effect" however there are some counter-purposes. In body building the idea is to build muscle mass. In the way that is done the muscles shorten, or put another way, contract while shortening. In asana practice the muscle(s) contract while lengthening.

Originally Posted by Shema

I have gained some suppleness but after several yrs I still cannot sit in the lotus position and I do practise any suggestions.

Typically it is external rotation of the hips (along with mobility in the ankles) that permits students to do Padmasana safely. So the work for doing "Lotus" would mandate work of external rotation. Different teachers would have different ideas about how to do that. But a teacher is best as "hips" tend to mean something different to just about every human.

[montauk]

I'm no body builder, but I really enjoy doing an an hour or two of yoga, and then same in the weight room. It often leaves my mind still and quiet and muscles happily singing (for lack of a better description). But I try to do this very early in the mornings so the weightroom is empty and quiet.

I also like yoga before running. Before I found yoga, it might take 30 minutes of running to get into the zone, so the world could turn off and my mind could just be still in the act of running. Ending yoga with meditation puts me right in the zone, so grabbing a run right afterwards is just great! almost like cheating !