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Going on a walk outside in the morning like I do is probably better exercise than yoga.

• brodney 13y ago
  Why do you think that?
  • a3voices 13y ago
    Because your body is in motion the entire time.
    • brodney 13y ago
      I'm a little biased because I do practice yoga. But I also walk. And, for me personally, yoga is always a more vigorous workout. I can't imagine how walking could ever approach the level of intensity yoga provides.
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      • rhizome 13y ago
        Well, they're different exercises. Walking burns just about the same number of calories, though.
        • lem72 13y ago
          According to this, Yoga burns more calories at all intensity levels: http://www.weighttraining.com/features/burning-calories http://www.weighttraining.com/features/burning-calories
• grecy 13y ago
  Agree, and going Nordic skiing is better exercise than using a Nordic Ski machine. One of the massive benefits of living 60 deg. North, where it's winter 9 months of the year.
• AbhishekBiswal 13y ago
  Plus it's easier to do than yoga.
  • elwell 13y ago
    Yes, and you can combine it with other purposes (travel). I intentionally get off the bus at an earlier stop so I can walk through a quiet neighborhood to my apartment.
    • AbhishekBiswal 13y ago
      There's a difference between walking to your house exhausted and walking for no reason. I like to go for a run everyday, I feel good after it. Never tried yoga, and don't have any plans to try it.
• Arjuna 13y ago
  "Going on a walk outside in the morning like I do is probably better exercise than yoga." I also enjoy walking (and hiking). My personal take is that, rather than viewing one form of exercise as being superior to another, I view different forms of exercise in how they can serve me and fulfill me in their own, unique ways. Yoga serves me in a different way than walking does, and vice versa. By the same token, kettle-bells serve me in a different way than yoga does, or mountain biking does, or any other fill-in-the-blank exercise activity does.
• dredmorbius 13y ago
  Fitness activities are goal-dependent. There is no one "best" exercise, and generally a balance of training methods is used to achieve specific goals. There are different modalities to exercise. Many of them are complimentary. All of them hit a rate of diminishing returns in finite time. What you do (how you train / what your fitness routine is) depends on your goals and needs. Generally, there are: • Short-term energy systems training: high-intensity cardio. Characterized by high-intensity intervals, Tabata, fartlek, or similar training protocols. A Tabata workout runs 4 minutes. • Long-term endurance energy systems training: this can help train the body to more efficiently mobilize fat stores. It's what many people think of as "exercise": long, slow, steady-state activities such as walking, cycling, etc. • Strength training: high-level resistance training to near failure in the 1-20 reps range, generally. This contains within it additional modalities: strength, hypertrophy, endurance, isolation, compound, plyometrics, speed / Olympic lifts, etc. Also involves progression, periodization, and micro / meso / megacycle training variation. • Prioreception / fine motor control: not entirely the same thing, but essentially training your coordination and skills. This could be gymnastics moves involving strength and balance, pitching or tennis accuracy, or fine motor control utilized by musicians. • Mobility work: much of the asana practice of yoga delves into this, but myofascial release (self-induced or received massage), heat and cold therapy, etc., play into this. • Relaxation, meditation, mindfulness, visualization: different aspects of relaxation, many involving stilling the inner voice. The meditative practice of yoga is an embodiment of this. • Rest and recovery. Anyone training hard becomes a sleep whore. An eight hour minimum, and often sleep binges of 10-12 hours, aren't uncommon for athletes in serious training. • Diet. Fueling the engine, specific to your goals, is key. Micro and macronutrients, timing, and caloric content are the major factors. "Yoga" itself is a multi-form discipline (the eightfold path) of which asanas (poses) are only one component.