Why use yoga to rip your abs? Is it the stretching, hot room, and hot women that allow this? Well, it's more about the fact that yoga is extremely core intensive and is a great way to supplement your normal weekly workout routines.
Here are a few ways yoga helps you get a wash board stomach...
Holding Yoga Postures and the Core- Every posture in a yoga routine will work the core muscles in ways you just can't do in the gym.
In the gym you are lifting and pulsing, whereas in the yoga studio you are lifting and keeping lifted.
There are a ton of leg lifts, arm lifts, twists and compressions that are held for an extented period of time giving an intense workout of the core.
Balance Postures and the Core- Balancing on one hand and one leg in a top-of-pushup position, balancing on one leg while the body is parallel to the ground, hand stands...
these are just a few of the positions you'll find yourself in during a yoga practice.
All this balancing creates great coordination and core strength.
It's amazing how balanced your athletic activity can become with integrating yoga.
Golfers and other athletes are beginning to realize this more and more.
One Hour of Abs Work?- If you take a teacher led class of yoga, you'll find yourself working on your abs for almost an hour.
That's because each posture uses the core in so many ways.
You would never tell yourself, I'm going to work my core for an hour today, but that is what happens in a yoga class.
It's a good way to take your mind off the abs work, which we can all dread sometimes.
So there's just a few ways yoga can really help your weekly workout routine.
Yoga's not just for women.
It's not a stretching class.
It builds muscle, cleanses the body and gives you greater flexibility.