Yoga: Men's Exercise and Fitness Method

Generally speaking, when it comes to yoga, the first impression is women's exercise. It seems that only women practice it. In fact, it is not true. Men practice yoga, which also has many benefits. Yoga is also a good way to exercise and fitness for men.

When I heard a male friend say that he not only practiced yoga, but also lost nearly 10 pounds in two months, I couldn't help but be surprised.

Can men practice yoga? Experts believe that yoga is a physical and mental exercise suitable for both men and women, so it is not exclusive to women. If you are confused by the surface flexibility of yoga movements, it is undoubtedly a loss for many men.

Health benefits of yoga

For modern people who are in a hurry, if they cannot learn to relax and vent, they will cause a series of psychological and physiological diseases. Diseases such as cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, cervical spondylosis, and bone spurs will also quietly come to us. Not only that, when the human body is tired, many functions will be affected, causing people to fall into a sub-health state of fatigue and listlessness. Yoga is a kind of training that consciously adjusts breathing, achieves body balance with body posture, and restores the body's ability to self-heal. The deep breathing of yoga helps concentrate attention, and complete and balanced contraction and extension movements can train the elasticity of the muscles and joints of the whole body, which cannot be achieved by a single exercise such as walking or riding a bicycle.

The benefits men get from yoga

Body resilience increases and physical strength improves

Because the yoga movements are relatively soothing and slow, the requirements for flexibility are relatively high. At the same time, yoga emphasizes more on the method of breathing and allowing the body to enter a calm state. Generally speaking, men's flexibility is not as good as women, so they are not very quick at the beginning of the introduction. However, as the practice deepens, you will find that due to the increase in physical resilience, men may gain more benefits from yoga, and their physical strength will become better and their mentality will be more peaceful.

You can understand the true meaning of yoga for self-cultivation better than women

Secondly, yoga not only sculpts the external image, but also gives people a kind of inner strength. After a period of exercise from the inside out and from the outside in, people will be surprised to find that while losing a few kilograms of weight, their mentality is also completely different. Most women practice yoga to seek a more perfect body. When doing movements, they also care about the beauty of their posture. Men do not pay great attention to the beauty of movements, but can better understand the true meaning of yoga's self-cultivation. Although flexibility is important in the initial stage of yoga, the more difficult the movements you practice, the higher the requirement for strength. Many movements are almost impossible for women to complete, while men can easily complete them.

(Internship Editor: Xiao Yu)