| If you have ever watched The Biggest Loser you will | | | | familiar with, but it is the way they are linked and flow |
| know that trainer Bob Harper is a huge fan of yoga as | | | | together that make this a particularly effective fat |
| an overall great workout for mind and body. Not a | | | | burning workout. |
| season goes by without at least one episode in which | | | | Another video workout called Yoga Zone - Fat |
| The Biggest Loser participants find themselves in yoga | | | | Burning contains two twenty minute sessions intended |
| poses which call into action muscles they did not know | | | | for the beginner or intermediate yoga practitioner. It |
| they possessed while sweat rolls off them in a river. | | | | targets those areas on the body that tend to |
| That's thanks to Bob and one of his intense yoga | | | | accumulate most fat and according to one buyer, "The |
| sessions; he does it every time. | | | | tape elevates the heart rate and keeps it elevated |
| When considering the health benefits of traditional | | | | during the entire two sessions." |
| yoga you might think first about its effects on the | | | | Of the various types of yoga, some are known to |
| mental well-being of practitioners. The concentration | | | | burn more calories than others. Hatha yoga is gentle |
| and serenity required of those who practice yoga | | | | with emphasis on breathing techniques and meditation. |
| helps them tune in and understand their bodies in a | | | | It is a great overall exercise for flexibility and mental |
| way few other people can manage. And then there | | | | health but is not a great fat burner. Better is Ashtanga |
| are the commonly cited physical benefits, the flexibility | | | | Vinyasa yoga which focuses on the flow of asanas, |
| and increased lubrication of joints and muscles, the | | | | the movements between and during the poses |
| inner organ health, the detoxification, increased | | | | creating a more fat burning workout. |
| dexterity, better posture... | | | | Bikram yoga, also called hot yoga is another style of |
| Yes, the list of the physiological and psychological | | | | yoga which is said to melt away fat. It was begun by |
| benefits of traditional yoga goes on and on but one | | | | Bikram Choudray in the 1970's and is made up of 90 |
| thing that people generally do not think of yoga is that it | | | | minutes of poses and breathing exercises performed |
| can be an effective fat burning exercise. | | | | in a room heated to 105°F (40°C) and with a |
| Take the Crunch - Fat Burning Yoga video by Susan | | | | humidity of 40%. Skeptics might say that any exercise |
| Ivanhoe for example. The 45-minute tape presents a | | | | done for 90 minutes in a hot and humid room is going |
| yoga class in the vinyasa style which focuses on | | | | to sweat off the pounds but practitioners of Bikram |
| sequential poses, flowing from one to the other. The | | | | Yoga avidly support its ability to burn fat as well as |
| poses themselves are classic yoga asanas that | | | | cure or greatly improve many medical conditions. |
| anyone with any experience of yoga at all will be | | | | |