Cardio

Hi Gus

Be my guest! You can be that someone! 😆

Actually I KNOW that someone did do that and they has reported using it on this forum. Just can’t recall exactly when so I can’t put my finger on it. I popped the word ‘monitor’ in the search facility I found lots of posts with that word in it and didn’t scour them for that reference. Perhaps you can try there.

I can tell you of course that thousands of people would agree that they feel that they are getting ample cardio exercise in the room!

What happens for you?

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

PS thanks for joining us at the forum!

ok ok here is the scoop ( I have one and have worn it )
I practice at home in a converted sauna
in the studio
and in norm reg condtions
what I found was pretty much what I expected based on what I felt like during and after each practice 😛
PS calories burned is based on weight and VO2 max along with many other factors so I will give comparisons…… I am 4’6 and weigh 70 lbs I burn about 330 calories during a pretty intense hour long cardio session where my heart would be about 140-creeps up and finishing at 160 ish for the final 20 mins or so (so if you weighed 140 lbs you double calories burned to 660/hr)
in my sauna I keep my conditions slightly more intense than in the studio and burn about 260 my heart rate goes up and down dramatically through out class but stays in ‘cardio zone’ for about a total 40 mins of the class
in my studio I burn about 200 230
in reg conditions its about like going for a walk
so my summary is this …. if you FEEL like you’ve worked out and your heart is pumping …. IT IS 🙂 use your perceived rate of exertion to help guide you

Hi there!

I guess the question is this: how much exercise do you believe you need and for what purpose? Are you exercising for muscle strength, for functional ability, for cardiovascular improvement, for balance, for core strength, for calories burned? The question that I can’t decipher from your post and what you imply but don’t state is one of how much of what exercise for what purpose do you believe you need to accomplish your goal (which isn’t stated).

Bikram’s Yoga is a multi-purpose exercise. It exercises all of your muscles and systems within the 90 minutes. You WILL have improved cardiovascular functioning, improved muscle strength and improved core strength and balance if you do Bikram’s Yoga regularly and frequently enough to make a difference, which is 3 or 4 times a week (just as you need to run 3 or 4 times a week to improve your cardiovascular system, for example).

So, I think your question is pretty much unanswerable in the sense that you haven’t defined what your personal fitness goals are and what your personal belief system is with respect to “required exercise amounts”. If you are looking to run a marathon, Bikram’s Yoga will get you to a reasonable start level of overall fitness for you to begin marathon training. If you are looking for gym muscles, you’ll need to lift. If you are looking for functional muscular improvement, Bikram’s Yoga will definitely help. If you are looking for improved balance, Bikram’s Yoga will definitely help. But what does it equate to? That depends on the class, how hard you work, how hot the studio is, and your starting fitness level. And for alot of people, 3 or 4 Bikram’s Yoga classes a week is more than enough overall exercise to maintain and improve balance, muscular strength, endurance, cardiovascular ability, and bone mass.

JMHO!

Freia

This is an older post/thread…… So i am not sure whether i will get an answer.

I play recreational Ice Hockey, in an Oldtimer league (35yrs+). As you may know, in hockey you go in short bursts, with rest periods on the bench. Having strong legs, and being able to do close to full exertion skating for about 45 seconds followed by rest/recovery and back over the boards…..

In hockey, some guys can skate effortlessly, and others are always laboring… Exhausted by the end of their shifts…. I fall into the latter category.

I too am wondering about the cardio benefit of Hot Yoga. Certainly the stretching, back mobility, and toning is helping my game.

I don’t know alot about fitness or exercise science, but from reading these posts, Cardio seems to be measured by heart rate….

I am wondering whether the “cardio” in hot yoga (ie.the increased heart rate) is sufficient training to get me to improve my endurance in hockey – such that i can either skate for longer shifts, go all out during my shifts, and not be so exhausted by the end of my shifts?

Intuitively, i would think i would have to either do interval running or skating, or spinning … Maybe Tabata style (HIIT High Intensity Interval Training) to get better…..

I also think that simply going jogging or running, the way i see most people doing it: shuffling along in the most efficient / least movement, would not be of much benefit for hockey….

Woild love to jear from soemone who has simlar demands….