Many a times people ask me which one is better Gym or Yoga ? What we do to keep ourselves fit and healthy ? Do we join Gym ?? In this concern we sort certain differences and benefits of both :
YOGA
Different schools of yoga yield different fitness and health benefits. On the fitness front, by and large, with yoga one can expect increased flexibility, toning, strengthening to a certain degree, meditation and breathing exercises.”
- You don’t need any equipment, just some space around yourself to practice the various asanas.
- You save the travel time needed to go to a gym.
- You don’t feel the urge to bunk yoga sessions because of the convenience it offers.
- After a yoga session one feels energetic and fresh.
- It helps to get rid of fatigue.
- Yoga does not increase hunger.
- The ancient science of yoga has been developed in such a way that it acts on the internal organs of the body and benefits one not just physically, but mentally, intellectually and spiritually also.
- However Yoga is performed in fresh air.
- Through different asanas, your full body becomes toned and stronger by using your own entire body weight as ‘weights’.
- Yoga helps one control the fickle mind,regulate emotions and also bring flexibility to body. Further it helps focus on the goal in life.
- This seems to be very right from the health experts point of view. Because more than 90% of patients have disorders arising due to mental stress and emotional suffering. So performing yoga helps helps them overcome mental stress and attain inherent peace.
- Thus yoga not only burns out calories by physical activity but also helps regulate the Mind.Even the body functions like excretion, digestion, blood flow are regularized and the thought flow in the mind is stabilized.
Do you know even 20 minutes of daily yoga practice can bring a huge difference in your life, and that 20 minutes of workout works for both your mental as well as physical health, for instance it hardly takes 3 minutes to perform ‘Surya Namaskar’ properly and that is actually more than enough for you to tone your muscles.
The beauty of this art is that it is for everyone, irrespective of age and gender, unlike gym where there are strict age limitations and a minimum age criteria.
GYM
- A gym session can make you feel tired and hungry.
- A gym session may increase your hunger and lead to overeating.
- Gym sessions act more or less on the outer appearance and tone the muscles.
- A gym workout mostly has only physical benefits and rarely offers mental stimulation.
- In Gym however there is lack of fresh oxygen .
- In exercise the control is there but to a smaller extent. But if to build up your muscles then you may not be doing well with yoga as gym or other work outs are the best for the case.
- Gym classes use weights and other equipment.. By using only weights or other equipment, muscles are isolated and have to be worked individually in order to benefit, which takes a whole lot more time.
- The competitive nature of a gym along with the loud music and bright lights is more likely to increase your stress.
Conclusion
Those with anxiety and fickle mind can opt for yoga as a better physical exercise. While those with desire for better body shape and mass can go for gym.
For ideal results it is best to combine one to two days of cardio in gym with four to five days of yoga, each week. The two can complement each other nicely. Space out your workout days. Keep one day a week for resting. Watch your diet and lifestyle to derive the best results.”
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