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Power Yoga before weight lifting..
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Posted by: AKIRA
Actually, my question is more general with a specific time frame.
If static stretching is detrimental to strength when done before lifting, how long does that last?
For example, 3 days a week now, my instructor has us do some crazy yoga shit that I have never done before, so its Burn City 
But I end up going to the gym 2 hours later.
Thats plenty of time to avoid a problem in lifting yes?
At the same time, heres question 2...
If I static stretch (yoga) 2 hours before I lift, how much active stretching should be done (or at all) before lifting?
I feel pretty loose right now and kinda still warmed up. I wondered if I could just get right to the warm ups on days such as these..
Posted by: Witchblade
Two hours is plenty. I'd still do dynamic stretching beforehand. If you still feel warmed up, you don't need as much general warm-up. You don't need to do as much static stretching post-work-out either.
Posted by: AKIRA
Yeah, a lot of this shit calls upon my hamstrings which are almost always tight cuz of my disk.
Anyone ever try this power yoga stuff? This was my 4th day and its finally starting to get "theraputic."
Posted by: fufu
What is power yoga exactly? I've done Yoga before.
Does it involve more movement and less time holding poses? Like moving from pose to pose with out resting.
Posted by: AKIRA
I honestly dont know. Ive never looked into yoga before, but now that you ask, I think ill ask her!
Posted by: fufu
cool
Posted by: MCx2
Maybe she's just calling it "power yoga" because it's just a quickie little session?
Posted by: AKIRA
Possibly. Or maybe she doesnt know theres a difference?
She does know anatomy though.
Posted by: danny81
i do power yoga. its pretty good. im not getting much power out of it tho lol
Posted by: MCx2
So much for that.
Posted by: AKIRA
That reminds me of Rain Man (funny how HE made me think of it). When Dustin Hoffman wont drive while its raining.
"Come on Ray! Hey, its like going in the shower. Water doesnt hurt you in the shower!"
"The shower is in the bathroom"
"...thats the end of that conversation."
Posted by: fUnc17
yoga is a form of stretching that lengthens the muscle without strengthening it. not good pre-workout
Posted by: soxmuscle
I've done Yoga once and I did it right after I had just finished a workout, a good one at that. I didn't experience any real soreness from the workout the following day, just a little stretching soreness that was gone before I went to bed later that night. If I can afford it when I'm older, I'll be doing Yoga a couple of times per week.
Posted by: CowPimp
I'm not quite sure how long the acute response to static stretching lasts, but I imagine that two hours later you would probably be hard pressed to notice much of an effect. I would still do some kind of dynamic warm-up before the base of the workout though. You certainly don't stay warm for that long.
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