Which Is Better To Keep Cool And Healthy Yoga|Gym

Yoga and gym both will help you to remain healthy and cool. Listed below are some gym exercise benefits and yoga benefits. Depending on your definition of coolness and health you can choose between both the forms of exercise. However the best according to me shall be a combination of both, that is yoga and gym.

Yoga Benefits -

• Yoga dominates the parasympathetic nervous system

• Yoga dominates the sub-cortical regions of brain

• Yoga helps to ease your static and dynamic movements

• Yoga helps to normalize your muscle tone

• While performing yoga there is low risk of injuring your muscles and ligaments

• Yoga can help decrease your appetite by reducing stress and thus can lower your caloric consumption. Stress can raise the levels of certain hormones in your body that are responsible for increased appetite.

• Yoga means minimized effort. You can feel highly relaxed and stress free after a yoga session.

• Yoga involves natural and controlled breathing pattern and thus can be very energizing.

• Yoga involves balanced activity of the opposing muscle groups in your body.

• Yoga is basically non-competitive and process-oriented

• There is internal awareness in yoga as its focus is mainly on breath and the infinite.

• There are limitless possibilities for growth in self-awareness as you practice yoga on regular basis.

Gym Exercise Benefits -

• In gym exercises sympathetic nervous system dominates

• In gym exercises cortical regions of brain dominate

• Gym exercises generally involves rapid forceful movements

• There is an increased muscle tension while performing gym exercises

• While performing gym exercises there is a higher risk of injury

• Gym exercises also helps to reduce the stress marginally and thus the calorie consumption is moderate to high

• In gym exercises the effort is maximized

• Gym exercises can be fatiguing  as usually the breathing is taxed

• Gym exercises may involve imbalance activity of opposing groups

• Gym exercises are often competitive and goal-oriented in nature

• In gym exercise the awareness is external as it main focus is on reaching the finishing lines for example toes or hands

• Boredom factor can be really high in gym exercises

Thus depending on your goals you may use your own discretion and decide which exercise you are keen to follow. Remember yoga can also make you feel cool and moreover healthy if practiced on regular basis.