Blast 500+ Calories Doing Yoga
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- Lose Weight with Yoga
- Sun Salutation (Main Series)
- Add On: Half Push-Up Series
- Add On: Lunge Jump
- Add On: Warrior Series
- Add On: Chair with Twist
Lose Weight with Yoga
How much can yoga really do for you? A lot. Cyndi Lee, founder of OM Yoga in New York City, has designed a total-body routine that is a mind and body booster. The workout is built around the classic sun salutation series, with challenging core and upper- and lower-body variations added for a fat-blasting twist. Do the entire sequence four to five times through (keep at it for an hour) and you'll burn off the calorie equivalent of a banana split while sculpting your arms, chest, abs, butt, and legs and improving your flexibility.
How it works: Start and finish each circuit with a sun salutation, a four-move series done forward and in reverse that is the foundation of the workout. Every time you do this main series, you'll add a challenging variation to keep your heart rate elevated while toning your whole body. Each sun salutation, plus all of our variations, should take about 15 minutes.
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Yoga can be a great way to burn calories and lose weight. One of the best ways to lose weight and to keep your weight under check is some kind of an outdoor sport. Here is more on how to burn more calories: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1qaZbmIasM
12/4/2011 09:35:41 PM Report Abuseit is very tonifying, but only by running and moving fast the body , as said: increasing movment you burn ore calories. I love yoga, and I am skinny, but I use to run and only if and when I run a lot I am even skinnier.....sorry 500 ..I do Vyniassa Yoga and yes it is great, but 500 calories.....NO!
8/23/2011 01:51:05 AM Report AbuseI do 90 minutes of P90X Yoga which is a REAL workout that does all these moves plus others targetting the abs. Yet the count I've been plugging in is only 173 calories for the entire 90 minute workout based upon calorie burn value I read online. The workout is REALLY hard but I doubt seriously that it burns 500 calories. I would like to know what this is based on so I could trust it.
8/22/2011 10:09:00 PM Report AbuseI love yoga, but the problem I have with it is its low caloric burn. But wow... is this routine really possible? (Does it really burn 500 cals?)
5/21/2010 07:57:41 PM Report Abusethis routine really does work I do this 4x a wk mornings and feel and look great all day. of course sensible eating and water are important too
3/15/2010 08:01:11 AM Report Abuse