2007-01-06 02:08:38 · 5 answers · asked by Gypsygrl 5 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
The purpose of lifting weight or any strenghtening activity is to create damage to the muscle fibers throughout the lenght of exercize. The body will then start "healing" itself and repairing the damage by creating even more muscle fibers That is how the muscles develop.
Yoga does not have the same action on the muscles. It will condition and care for the body and uscles by keeping a constant blood flow, certainly muscles are involved but at the same level.
2007-01-06 02:13:23 · answer #1 · answered by GuyNextDoor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the type of yoga, just look at Madonna. She does Ashtanga yoga. I'm not an expert but I would say that yoga isn't so comparable to weight lifting until you get into advanced yoga.
2007-01-06 02:15:17 · answer #2 · answered by Idaho 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yoga is very good at helping to tone your body. It is not the same as weight training, but it can be incorporated into a weight training program.
2007-01-06 02:17:34 · answer #3 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you use weights. you can use light weights doing yoga that will give you pretty much a nice toned shape but it won't bulk up like lifting weights can do to you
2007-01-06 02:10:59 · answer #4 · answered by Toripori 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yoga practices were not developed for wrestlers. They were meant for keeping the body and mind fit more specifically for saints.
2007-01-06 02:42:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋