Source: TW
Yoga is NOT resistance training—It only involves resistance.
What yoga DOES :
It uses your bodyweight..
- To build mobility, flexibility, core control & balance
- Offers controlled movements for mind-body awareness
- It can develop muscular endurance in beginners
What yoga DOESNOT do :
- Provides no progressive overload (main goal of resistance training)
- Doesn’t generate mechanical tension and muscle fibre recruitment needed for muscle hypertrophy
- Doesn’t focus on targeted movement pattern
Yoga is complementary.
YOGA for improving flexibility, mobility, breathing and mental calm.
RESISTANCE TRAINING for metabolic health issues, insulin resistance, diabetes, higher body fat %. etc