If You Want to Lose Weight, Yoga Should Not Be Your Only Workout, According to Experts
8 years ago Lily Garner
One of the most consistent items on my personal to-do list is to do more yoga. It's always been something I wished I was more into, as I noticed my friends, who became die=hard yogis, seemed more mentally sane and physically fit. Yoga seemed like a great workout, since all it felt like I was doing for a full hour was playing an adult game of Twister. I left yoga classes feeling happy and a wee bit more flexible than when I came in.
But when it comes time to picking and choosing my workout for the day, I usually ditch taking a yoga class and take a high-intensity workout class instead with the thought that it will be more of a calorie burner and a body shaper than a Vinyasa.
I began to wonder: can yoga help with weight loss or should I stick with boot-camp-style classes instead?
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Heather L. Tyler, an NSCA-certified personal trainer, says that even a higher-intensity power yoga class won't burn enough calories by itself to reduce weight. "However, yoga is tremendously ..