059: Why Yoga & Weight Training is The Perfect Marriage
The Better Man Podcast
How to Keep Your Body Feeling Strong
I would lead with whatever you are most excited about when it comes to your fitness because you don't want to dread your workouts. I think there should be like a fair level of consistency for a duration of time, so I would stick with things for at least four weeks. Weightlifting, you really don't need to do more than two or three times per week. And yoga is cool because you can do it multiple times per day and your body feels better the more you do it depending on the intensity.
I’ve gone through several different “phases” of my fitness routine over the years. I’ve done both weight training exclusively and yoga exclusively, and each of them caused their own set of problems:
Only lifting weights impacted my mobility, and led to more frequent injuries. While only doing yoga hurt my muscle mass, and caused me to develop weakness across various muscle groups.
But for the past 3 years, I’ve done something different than ever before: I mixed weight training with yoga, and my results have never been better.
Weight training keeps me strong, but yoga keeps me mobile and reduces my chance of injury.
In this episode, I peel back the curtain for you so you can decide which type of workout routine works best for you.
We also cover…
- Is fluctuating with your fitness goals or routines optimal?
- The easiest (and most effective) way to decide which type of workout you should do
- And what my current fitness “stack” looks like today, so you can mix yoga with weight training in the most effective way
Listen now.
Show highlights include:
- The REAL cause of knee pain (hint: it has nothing to do with your knees…) (5:58)
- Have a knee or hip surgery scheduled? Listen to this first… you may not need surgery at all (6:38)
- Why mixing weight training with yoga unlocks the best injury-prevention benefits (12:35)
- How Man Flow Yoga speeds up your recovery process and can get you back in the gym within 3 months (16:38)
- The perfect balance between weight training and yoga (and why only doing one prevents you from reaching your fitness potential) (21:10)
- Why you only need 2-3 strength training sessions per week for your muscles to reap the most rewards (25:59)
Resources mentioned in this episode:
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