{"id":317,"date":"2020-11-23T21:15:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T21:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mysimpleworkout.com\/blog\/?p=317"},"modified":"2023-02-25T19:36:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T19:36:42","slug":"combining-yoga-with-resistance-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysimpleworkout.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/23\/combining-yoga-with-resistance-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Combining Yoga With Resistance Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video is-style-bb-background\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" autoplay loop muted src=\"https:\/\/mysimpleworkout.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/production-ID_4265364.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When thinking of yoga, I used to ask the question:  &#8220;Isn&#8217;t this just stretching?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reality is that yoga is also great for isometric strength and balance.  I&#8217;ve had a lot of muscular imbalance issues between my right and left leg, and yoga combined with <a href=\"https:\/\/mysimpleworkout.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/26\/single-leg-training\/\">single leg training<\/a> has done much to offset these imbalances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other great thing about yoga is you can jump right into the simplest poses without any warm up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may already be performing stretching before your resistance training workouts, but you should consider adding or replacing your stretches with some yoga poses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I like to start with simple stretches that don&#8217;t require me to push my flexibility too hard, then I begin to perform harder stretches; and as I perform harder stretches, I like to mix in some single leg balancing poses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I continue in this manner until I have stretched my hips and shoulders in every major direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Usually toward the end, I will do a dynamic stretch by keeping my legs straight and repeatedly try to touch the floor then returning to an upright position.  I get closer and closer to touching the floor with each try until I touch it.  I move in a controlled manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once I&#8217;ve completed this series, I begin a resistance training workout.  These days it is mostly calisthenics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/video\/women-practicing-yoga-with-face-masks-4265364\/\">Video\/Image Credit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When thinking of yoga, I used to ask the question: &#8220;Isn&#8217;t this just stretching?&#8221; The reality is that yoga is also great for isometric strength and balance. I&#8217;ve had a lot of muscular imbalance issues between my right and left leg, and yoga combined with single leg training has done much to offset these imbalances. 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