Yoga is often considered not much of a workout and a waste of
time, but it is really one of the most important workouts you can do. Yoga has
many benefits for your body, both physically and mentally. Men often especially
hate yoga because believe it is only for women. People also dislike yoga
because it’s too long, boring, and However, doing yoga is very important for
anyone involved in fitness.
When I first started P90X, I was not excited at all about doing
an hour and a half of Yoga X from P90X. I wanted to do a hardcore cardio
workout like I had been doing my whole cross country season, not some silly
stretching routine. However, after doing my first yoga workout ever, I realized
that it was not easy as I suspected, and it gave me a good sweat and felt
refreshed and energized afterwards.
I also remember my dad doing yoga with me, and he was sweating
buckets, he even had to go change his shirt half way through! Through the
course of doing P90X I have come to love yoga and it has greatly improved my
fitness. Yoga is also very important for me because I am a runner. Yoga greatly
helps me avoiding injury and staying flexible for running. So what are all the
benefits of doing yoga?
1) Increases flexibility. I have always been pretty flexible,
but yoga has greatly increased it for me. When I first started I could touch my
toes while keeping my legs straight, but now I can bring my head to my knees!
Being flexible also reduces the chance of injury and always you to perform
better in other workouts.
2) Muscle Toning. By doing yoga you are supporting own body
weight in the moves. This increases strength, which helps tone your muscles.
3) Increases core strength. Yoga requires a strong core to hold
a lot of the positions and stances, such as downward and upward dog, plank
poses, and chair pose. You may not have a great core at first, but it will
improve as you keep doing yoga. Core strength is also very important in sports.
4) Better Balance. In yoga you are often in positions on only
one leg, which requires good balance. Also a lot of the lunge positions need
balance because you are holding them for up to a minute. Balance is important
in many sports such as gymnastics and dancing.
5) Better Posture. Yoga helps give you a strong and good
posture. This helps keep you body in line and allow you to stand and sit
taller. Also better posture will increase your awarness.
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