I was talking to a friend of mine today and mentioned I had to go to "hot yoga". He nearly fell out of his chair and then said "how about you post that on you forums?".
So I am posting.
So far so good, seems great for my core and flexibility.
Until 2 weeks ago I didn't know what hot yoga was.
I was just trying to do regular yoga and called the two yoga places closest to me. The hot yoga place called me back.
And I know none of you were in my class today because I was the only male.
cool story brah
wejo wrote:
And I know none of you were in my class today because I was the only male.
1) Confirmation there are no females in letsrun.com
2) *Discus
3) Pics?
What is hot yoga? Someone explain what the point of it is?
What are the benefits of hot yoga compared to a normal yoga class? I've never tried it because it seems gross and useless.
Have you tried Pilates? I like it much better than yoga.
Any instagram selfies to share? Did you stop for froyo after?
Hot yoga is supposed to 1) be a cardiovascualr benefit because of the heat; 2) make you more flexible than you would otherwise be; and 3) release toxins through sweat.
These are mostly BS reasons, and are mostly to get girls/guys to think they are doing more of a workout than they actually are doing because they are sweating more. Although there is some science behind just heat cardio and you are able to stretch more in a hot room than a cold room, but in some ways it's not a good thing because you can stretch to much. You should be generating your own heat.
There is regular hot yoga and bikram yoga which has a specific sequence of poses you do and unlike most yoga has mirrors.
I like yoga as a relaxing counterbalance to running. I don't use it as a workout, but as an escape. It's also fun to try and do some of the tricks. I did not like doing hot yoga as I thought I was just going to die in there (as I'm usually a little dehydrated and running hot from the daily running I do and sweating profusely in regular yoga).
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What are the benefits of hot yoga compared to a normal yoga class? I've never tried it because it seems gross and useless.
Have you tried Pilates? I like it much better than yoga.
Pilates is like how hot yoga used to be. I have no idea what Pilates is.
I have no idea why they need to heat the room. From what i can tell to sweat out toxins. The heat makes it more of a workout
Mine is like 90 degrees. Some supposedly are hotter. I think of myself as a fit individual and am surprised they heat it over 100 as I figure the average person could get in some serious trouble.
wejo wrote:
And I know none of you were in my class today because I was the only male.
The girls that post on here could have fooled you.
You can't sweat out toxins. I hope that helps.
hobbyyogger (hobbyyogaer?) wrote:
Hot yoga is supposed to 1) be a cardiovascualr benefit because of the heat; 2) make you more flexible than you would otherwise be; and 3) release toxins through sweat.
These are mostly BS reasons, and are mostly to get girls/guys to think they are doing more of a workout than they actually are doing because they are sweating more. Although there is some science behind just heat cardio and you are able to stretch more in a hot room than a cold room, but in some ways it's not a good thing because you can stretch to much. You should be generating your own heat.
There is regular hot yoga and bikram yoga which has a specific sequence of poses you do and unlike most yoga has mirrors.
I like yoga as a relaxing counterbalance to running. I don't use it as a workout, but as an escape. It's also fun to try and do some of the tricks. I did not like doing hot yoga as I thought I was just going to die in there (as I'm usually a little dehydrated and running hot from the daily running I do and sweating profusely in regular yoga).
I see. So it's a bunch of hot air, but it allows people to blow off some steam?
Isn't hot yoga just called yoga in Texas?
Hot yoga is actually passé. Now it's all about rage yoga.
http://www.medicaldaily.com/yoga-poses-swear-words-screaming-beer-381496
txscreamstache wrote:
wejo wrote:And I know none of you were in my class today because I was the only male.
The girls that post on here could have fooled you.
All the girls that post here were in the class... that is NONE.
Be careful else all the sweat and heat will cause a yeasty in your lady parts.
Hot yoga really isn't much of a novelty, fyi.
Seems to be a fad and possibly dangerous
isn't it warm to warm up your muscles, reduce injury risk
Is it more expensive than regular yoga? Someone has to pay those heating bills.
no girls on LRC wrote:
txscreamstache wrote:The girls that post on here could have fooled you.
All the girls that post here were in the class... that is NONE.
Look up!
GRV4 wrote:
You can't sweat out toxins. I hope that helps.
What about mercury?
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