Everyone still knows something about hot yoga. Hot yoga is actually yoga performed at high temperatures. When doing hot yoga, you must first know some aspects of hot yoga, such as yoga postures and benefits, so that you can do hot yoga more effectively. What are the benefits and functions of hot yoga?
The benefits and functions of hot yoga
1. Weight loss and detoxification
It is well known that yoga can help lose weight and detoxify, and hot yoga has become a popular way to shape and lose weight in recent years. When practicing yoga in a high-temperature environment, you will find that your body's muscles are more relaxed and your flexibility is better than that of normal-temperature yoga. This is also a popular feature of hot yoga.
2. Relieve waist and leg pain and migraine
Practicing hot yoga has the effect of relieving physical illnesses. Hot yoga makes people's bodies more flexible. During the exercise, it will promote the recovery of the flexibility of the human spine and relieve the symptoms of spinal compression. It relaxes the meridians and activates meridians, and can effectively relieve migraines and cervical spondylosis. It is especially suitable for office workers who sit for a long time to practice hot yoga.
Insufficient exercise, intense mental stress and excessive weight loss will all cause a cold constitution in the human body, and hot yoga combines warmth and exercise, allowing people to brave the cold to experience the "dislocated" exercise fun of the season.
3. Exercise your heart and lungs
Through the practice of hot yoga, the body's autonomic nervous system can be strengthened, people's concentration can be cultivated, and their self-confidence can be increased. In addition, hot yoga can improve the body's cardiopulmonary function, speed up blood circulation and metabolism in the body, and help with gastrointestinal digestion, thereby improving one's immunity.
In addition, long-term hot yoga training can have a therapeutic effect on patients with long-term insomnia, cervical spondylosis, and gastrointestinal diseases.
4. Adjust pressure
Also, hot yoga can regulate people's stress, especially in today's society, where everyone is under great pressure and often suffers from insomnia at night. After hot yoga training, you can release stress and promote your sleep. At the same time, hot yoga can balance the diet of the trainer and effectively regulate endocrine.
Is hot yoga an aerobic or anaerobic exercise?
Hot yoga is an aerobic exercise that is performed with sufficient oxygen.
Aerobic exercise, also called aerobic metabolic exercise, refers to the body’s ability to use oxygenPhysical exercise when available. The benefit of aerobic exercise is that it can increase oxygen intake and better consume excess calories in the body. It is characterized by low intensity, rhythm and long duration. Each exercise is required to last no less than 1 hour and should be done 3 to 5 times a week.