The physical and mental benefits of fitness and yoga sessions combined provide the most rounded and balanced workout for body and mind.
We spend time and effort developing strength and tone in our bodies and the short intense sessions of HIIT definitely deliver on that! The flip side is that the muscles become shorter and stronger in the belly of the muscles. By complementing the sessions with short yoga sessions, we work to lengthen and improve the tone of the muscle.
HIIT fires up the body, produces heat and sweat. Yoga provides time to cool the body, reduce tension and release tight joints allowing the body to become more fluid.
HIIT improves cardiovascular fitness. If performed regularly, it helps with physiological improvements as well by controlling blood sugar levels, blood pressure and increasing metabolism. Yoga compounds these benefits and helps to improve how we breathe, so we work towards better breath control to ease stress and improve lung efficiency (handy for HIIT!) and relaxation.
Structurally, the work achieved with HIIT increases strength in the muscles and improves the metabolism of fat, simply by drawing the fat away from the organs and the fat cells into the muscle cells. This enables it to be burned off as energy. Another positive improvement is increased bone density through both the resistance and plyometric work of HIIT and the strong yoga standing poses.
And to relax… post workout yoga, short sessions of flowing yoga, long stretches and relaxation, the perfect combination for your body and your mind. Always finish the yoga with savasannah. This relaxation flow glues it all together, body and mind, moving as one, in this space, at this time. Completing the fitness and yoga circle.