Whats the difference between gym and yoga?

• davidche

  16 Sep 07, 10:01

  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

  16 Sep 07, 10:03

  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

  16 Sep 07, 12:38

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

  19 Sep 07, 13:40

  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

  19 Sep 07, 14:43

  Originally posted by comberbache:

  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.

  But yoga also helps to exercise the body. I did a Anusara trial class and it was damn tough!
• tut4nkh4m3n

  19 Sep 07, 14:46

  Originally posted by davidche:

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

  no one said it doesn't give you good exercise
• davidche

  19 Sep 07, 14:53

  Originally posted by tut4nkh4m3n:

  no one said it doesn't give you good exercise

  ... no link....