So, does yoga make you slower?

**skribbble** · 11-17-2004, 02:09 PM

I realize yoga is technically cardio, but it doesnt seem much of cardio. I have the video yoga for athletes with rodney yee and it seems nothing more then just stretching. I heard cardio makes your fast twitch muscles not as fast and i usually do yoga almost everyday. I do it for about 15 minutes before i go run and after yoga i am doing plyos and dynamic flexing type stuff that makes me explod. Let me knwo waht you guys think

**kinetic12** · 11-17-2004, 10:35 PM

If stretching helps with your speed why would it make you slower

**skribbble** · 11-22-2004, 05:13 PM

exactly what i thought but i heard that aerobics takes away from your explosiveness

**dalcowbag** · 11-23-2004, 07:21 AM

i can only see it helping you bro. flexibilty means longer strides, longer strides means speed, and we all know in this game SPEED KILLS. Infact i wa TV a bit ago and saw a couple NFL teams doing yoga durring pre season camp

DCB

**skribbble** · 11-23-2004, 08:24 AM

Wow thanks for the replies. I know it helped me get even faster in summer i cant believe i let someone tell me it was gonna get me slow since its aerobic. Thanks dcb you really know your ****.

**D-END** · 11-24-2004, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by skribbble

exactly what i thought but i heard that aerobics takes away from your explosiveness

yeah aerobics do take away from your explosiveness, but yoga isn't the same kind of aerobic workout as step classes or cardio kick boxing. Yoga is done by many athletes in the NFL so I don't think it would be a bad idea. If it was they probably wouldn't do it. Yoga primarily focuses on flexibility