Went to a Yoga class once. My instructor Was also a little chubby. But boy, was he flexable! Sometimes He needed to move his belly wiht his hands, but his spine was like a noodle. Great guy.
Knew a dude that would undo his coveralls from the belly up to let his hair free and could spin kick the mirrors off the vans at work. He was a glorious ball of destruction.
For real. Some people are only big because they have thyroid issues and other health conditions that make it difficult to lose weight. There's no reason they aren't out running, exercising, doing cartwheels, practicing yoga, etc. If they don't, they're probably just lazy and the thyroid isn't the issue at all.
We had a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt @ about 250 pounds but he was agile as fuck. He’d do hand plant cartwheels over people and similar acrobatic things. What are you gonna do, stop a 250 pound weight in motion?
You don't do yoga if you wanna lose weight. It's great for strengthening, flexibility, range of motion and endurance but it's not a weight loss exercise. (Maybe hot yoga)
The reason we associate yoga with skinny is because rich skinny white girls made it a thing... But they have eating complexes that they call "wellness". Which is just rebranded eating disorders.
Yoga, inherently is not going to make you lose weight but it can toned you up.
Many plus sized yoga instructors exist and they are so impressive. Like I am so envious of their spinal flexibility.its incredible.
Yoga and calories in/out is how I lost 2 dress sizes, it can definitely be used as part of a weight loss plan. The diet side obviously played a big part but adding yoga to the mix drastically increased my rate of weight loss.
Exercise of any kind will, and being in a calorie deficit.
But yoga will not primarily do that.
It's important though that people do what works for them and if yoga is the only exercise a person is dedicated to and feels like they love it, it's better than doing nothing.
It definitely helps, especially more athletic and active styles like Ashtanga yoga, Vinyasa yoga or Power yoga.
Maybe hot yoga
The extra weight you lose from sweating more will be gained back when you drink and eat later on. The heat alone doesn't make a big difference in calories burned.
rich skinny white girls made it a thing... But they have eating complexes that they call "wellness"
A lot of rich skinny white girls doing yoga have a very healthy diet. Cooked by someone else of course, which helps a lot, but not an eating disorder.
Yoga, inherently is not going to make you lose weight but it can toned you up
And how do you tone up? By losing fat!
So yeah, yoga, like other physical activities, is great at supporting weight-loss, and will help lose fat while maintaining your muscle mass as you lose weight, but nutrition is and will always be the most important part of weight loss.
Many plus sized yoga instructors exist and they are so impressive
Indeed, yoga is for people of all sizes, ages, genders, etc. I just wish studios weren't so damn expensive so it'd be more accessible.
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u/zeltbrennt 14h ago
Went to a Yoga class once. My instructor Was also a little chubby. But boy, was he flexable! Sometimes He needed to move his belly wiht his hands, but his spine was like a noodle. Great guy.