How to Incorporate Yoga in Your Fitness Regimen

With the several benefits attached to yoga including increased flexibility while simultaneously increasing strength and a sound mind, its no wonder several people are interested in Yoga.

However, in spite of its benefits, several people may not want to give up on their existing fitness regimens so they ask: “Well, can I combine it with the exercise I do now?”

Sure, why not?

As a matter of fact this will not only supplement your current fitness training regimen, it will give it an all-around augmentation.

Here’s how to include yoga in your plan based on personal research and study.

First of all, to warm up for what it is you might be doing-Calisthenics, Weight-Lifting, Pilates etc, try Yoga’s Sun Salutations.

Trust me, in regards to loosening up the large and smaller muscle groups and warming them up, when practiced in high numbers such as 24 and upwards, these babies give you strength.

Hey, Bruce Lee was said to do them as well as several Eastern Wrestlers, so it can’t be wrong.

This is the very core of yoga itself.

This exercise is a combination of Yoga Poses, Breathing exercise, Sun Bathing and Prayer. It is the warm-up of a yoga class or personal yoga session and is a combination of 12 poses that are performed in a synchronized motion with emphasis on rhythmic breathing.

My next suggestion would be the yoga-esque calisthenics exercise known as the Hindu Push-Up. If one exercise could work the entire upper body, hips and depending on your execution, legs, this will be it.

However, since I said it is a yoga derivative, you could simply use its starter position, the downward facing dog, to stretch the lower body and its ending position, the cobra pose, to stretch the entire upper body.

If all else ‘fails’, hey, the simplest (yet hardest) yoga pose that could (should) be included is the ‘corpse’ or ‘relaxation’ pose. This, as the name suggests will aid in relaxing and cooling down the muscles after exercise.

There are tons of other poses that could serve as boons for specific muscle groups such as the peacock pose for arms, the triangle pose for the legs, and many more, but suffice it to say if you’re considering adding yoga to you fitness routine, it sure won’t hurt and could possibly help a whole lot.

In Friendship,

Foras

Foras Aje is an independent researcher and co-founder of BodyHealthSoul LLC. He invites you to visit his blog on Yoga for Beginners for more yoga tips today.