Yoga’s low-impact workout and sheer variety can do your body minor miracles on the mat, from a lithe physique to a calmer mind. This incredible practice brought to us by the ancients is a great way to train for all the subtleties and nuances of real life, the twists and turns of the everyday, from getting in and out of the car, to reaching high up into the cupboard for your secret stash of cookies.
While yoga can be effective for sculpting muscles, helping you tone up and gain strength, many people are also now integrating it with traditional strength training, “Use it or lose it is something I always think of when it comes to our muscles,” says Rachael Sacerdoti of It’s So Simple (itssosimple.co.uk). “As we age, muscle mass naturally decreases — this is why resistance training is so important.”
But strength training may bring with it other benefits too— and there’s a lot of science to prove it.
According to research from Newcastle University lifting weights makes your nervous system stronger too — not just your biceps — while other studies show how it can likewise cut your risk of almost everything from diabetes to kidney disease.
Resistance exercise also benefits cognitive abilities like attention, reasoning and memory, says a study from the University of Alabama, Birmingham in the USA.
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