Is yoga an aerobic or anaerobic exercise?

Yoga is a very popular health-preserving exercise nowadays. It can help us achieve the effect of weight loss and body shaping on the basis of health preservation. There are many types of yoga, and different types of yoga are available for different people. Many people want to know whether yoga is an aerobic or anaerobic exercise when doing it?

Let’s now understand what aerobic exercise and anaerobic exercise mean.

Aerobic exercise, also called aerobic metabolic exercise, refers to physical exercise performed by the human body with adequate oxygen supply. The benefits of aerobic exercise are: it can increase oxygen intake and better consume excess calories in the body. It is characterized by low intensity, rhythm and long duration. Each exercise should last no less than 1 hour and should be done 3 to 5 times a week.

Through this kind of exercise, oxygen can fully break down sugar in the body, consume body fat, enhance and improve cardiopulmonary function, prevent osteoporosis, and regulate psychological and mental state. It is the main form of exercise for fitness. Common aerobic exercises include: yoga, walking, jogging, skating, swimming, cycling, Tai Chi, fitness dancing, rhythmic gymnastics, etc.

Anaerobic exercise refers to the high-speed and intense movement of muscles in a state of "oxygen deprivation". Most anaerobic exercises are high-intensity and instantaneous, so they are difficult to sustain for a long time and fatigue is eliminated slowly.

Anaerobic exercise is relative to aerobic exercise. During exercise, the body's metabolism is accelerated, and accelerated metabolism requires more energy. The human body's energy is obtained through the metabolism of sugar, protein and fat in the body. When the amount of exercise is not large, such as jogging, dancing, etc., the body's energy supply mainly comes from the aerobic metabolism of fat. Exercise that uses aerobic metabolism of fat as the main source of energy is what we call aerobic exercise. When we engage in very intense or rapid sports, such as weightlifting, 100-meter sprint, wrestling, etc., the body needs a large amount of energy in an instant. Under normal circumstances, aerobic metabolism cannot meet the body's needs at this time, so sugar undergoes anaerobic metabolism to quickly produce a large amount of energy. Exercise in this state is anaerobic exercise.

What do you need to prepare before doing aerobic exercise?

1. Eat some foods rich in amino acids. While fat is burning, muscles will tighten and become sore. Eating amino acid-rich foods such as seafood rice balls or mapo tofu before exercise can better relieve muscle soreness and stiffness.

2. Drink a cup of hot drink before exercise. It can effectively promote metabolism, warm up the body in advance, and achieve the best effect in the shortest exercise time.

3. You should do relaxation exercises after exercise.

4. It is recommended to do warm-up work before or after exercise to ensure aerobic exercise and avoid the discomfort caused by lack of oxygen.

Through the introduction of the article, we can understand that yoga belongs to aerobic exercise. Of course, in the article we also popularized what preparations we need to make before doing aerobic exercise. Making these preparations can make us achieve better results when doing aerobic exercise. And it will not harm our body.