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It depends on what you want to accomplish. For me a 30 minute session of yoga is much harder than an hour of strength training. Also, they achieve different thi
by FrozenSynapse 5y ago
It depends on what you want to accomplish. For me a 30 minute session of yoga is much harder than an hour of strength training. Also, they achieve different things, Yoga strenghtens your mind and your body, you touch every part of the body with yoga, weight lifting misses some of them.
- andrepd 5y agoWhat? A good weight lifting routine which incorporates squats, deadlifts, dumbbell rows, bench presses and little more, will absolutely strengthen every single part of your body. As for mind benefits, I can't speak to the scientific evidence of either, but in a physiological level I don't see why weights should be any worse.
- FartyMcFarter 5y agoWeight lifting doesn't train balance, whole-body coordination or flexibility as much as yoga or calisthenics would.
- pc86 5y agoThere's a difference between not touching something and training is less. Weightlifting touches on all three of those things ("flexibility" is usually called range of motion w/r/t weightlifting though).
- bamboozled 5y agoAre you kidding? Have you ever snatched heavy? thrown around kettlebells ?
- FartyMcFarter 5y agoI'm not an expert, but handstands and similar skills might require more precision and whole-body balance than any weight-lifting exercise?
- polishdude20 5y agoBalance is heavily trained with heavy weights as well because now, not only do you have to move and balance yourself, you need to do it with a heavy weight on your back for example. It's hard to compare the two though because one might day that, in old age, being able to do a handstand is less important than being able to haul groceries along uneven terrain standing up.
- watwut 5y agoYes, people who do yoga regularly have better balance in various odd positions then weight lifters. Yes, they do learn balance tricks (like walking on slack line) faster then weight lifters.
- slothtrop 5y agoCompound exercises do this. Flexibility can be improved with stretching.
- User23 5y agoWeightlifting trains balance extremely well. A max effort power snatch for example requires excellent balance.