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Dr Niraj Vora, the best orthopaedic surgeon in Mumbai specializing in joint replacement in India, explains the difference between gym and yoga for healthy body.
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Gym and Yoga are two entirely different methods to develop a healthy body. Choosing one among the two entirely depends on your current physical condition and your health goals. If you are leading a sedentary life either of the gym and yoga can help you improve your health. But so does a daily walk, jog or body stretch. • You do not have to join a gym or perform yoga poses for general health.But if you are serious about significantly improving your physical and mental health then Gym and Yoga can help you achieve them.So what now? Gym or Yoga?That depends on your health goals. Here are a few health goals you can aim for:Want to lose your extra weight and improve muscle mass? • Looking to improve mobility and reduce joint pain? • Or just want to stay healthy and prevent potential health problems like heart and lung problems? • Gym or Yoga, your choice just depends on your health goals. So we have decided to list-in the common health goals and the perfect choice that can help you achieve your goals.
To lose extra weight and stay lean: • You can only lose the extra weight by maintaining a calorie deficit i.e. burning more calories than you eat. So the best routine to burn the extra weight is something that burns your calories more. • Strength training in the gym due to its physically taxing workout methods in a gym is proven to burn more calories than any other program. • So if you want to lose your scads of fat, the gym is your best choice but fortunately not the only one. Here is a list of routines ranked in the order of their ability to burn fat: • Strength training • HIIT (High Intensive Interval Training) • Sprinting • Jogging or walking.
To lose extra weight and stay lean: • Strength training is the best way to lose extra weight followed by HIIT (a training protocol) and sprinting. • However if your medical condition doesn’t allow you to train, you can try a daily walk which though doesn’t burn as many calories as the ones above, it does help you lose weight slowly. • So your best choice to lose weight? • Strength training in the gym, followed by HIIT, Sprinting, walking.
To gain muscle and strengthen your joints: • Just as the name suggests gaining muscle mass is purely a department of the strength training in gym. Strength training is your go-to way to improve muscle gain. Resistance training (lifting weights) not only builds muscles but also strengthens your joints by improving the health of ligaments and tendons. As joints are also duly supported by muscles, strengthening your muscles go a long way in helping your joints.
To improve mobility and prevent joint pain: • For patients who consult an orthopaedic surgeon or a joint replacement surgeon may or may not be in the right shape to take on strength training. It is to be noted that Yoga comes to the rescue in such situations. Regular yoga practice improves flexibility, blood circulation, increases mobility, helps in muscle toning, improves joint health and also protects from the risk of injury.
To improve blood circulation and lung capacity: • Blood circulation problems and decreased lung capacity are the major causes of heart and lung problems in people today. If your health goal is to prevent such problems then you should concentrate on aerobic training which entails activities like sprinting, jogging, brisk walking or normal walking. Not only these activities reduce the risk of heart and lung problems but also helps in reducing your weight and improving your general health by a significant margin.
A perfect formulation gym plan (Strength training and aerobic training) is better than yoga in almost all parameters if you are healthy and able bodied without any physical limitations and medical conditions. But if you are limited by any conditions yoga is your best bet to reduce your stress and improve your health without physically taxing your body. • However, if you are suffering joint pains it could be difficult to adhere to either of the gym or yoga without prior consultation from a joint specialist. So if you are living in Mumbai and are looking for an expert joint replacement specialist in Mumbai or hip replacement surgeon in Mumbai, Dr. Niraj Vora is the best orthopaedic surgeon in Mumbai specializing in joint and hip replacement in India.
