在瑜伽期间燃烧的卡路里

如果你进入瑜伽,你的re on a quest for overall fitness. You know that yoga is great for restoring you to good posture, stretching out kinked up muscles and building strength through isometric exercise. So the next logical question is, how many calories can you put in the "burned" column at the end of your yoga class?

That's not the easiest question to answer because there are quite a few variables to take into account. Your calorie burn depends on the style of yoga you're doing, the level at which the class is being taught, the length of the class and your own level of intensity. In addition to the variables surrounding the type and intensity of exercise, calorie expenditure also depends on individual characteristics. Body type, gender, size and age all come into play. That said, it's possible to get a rough idea of the number of calories you expend in pursuit of the perfect Downward-Facing Dog.

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根据哈佛健康，一小时的Hatha瑜伽，这是瑜伽课程最常见的类型，将为155磅重的人烧大约298卡路里。Hatha侧重于保持呼吸意识和抱着伸长肌肉的姿势。然而，其他形式的瑜伽可以在vinyasa瑜伽中逐渐被称为vinyasa瑜伽可能更具侵略性。

例如，Ashtanga Yoga是一种连续的姿势，让您的心率升高，甚至可以赋予一些有氧效益。毫不奇怪，将卡路里抬起到同一个155磅重的人每小时烧毁的卡路里。asthanga，power瑜伽和baptiste瑜伽是vinyasa瑜伽的所有风格 - 用运动流动呼吸。一些估计表明Vinyasa风格的课程每小时燃烧高达573卡路里。

但炎热瑜伽是什么？在一个房间里做瑜伽，温度达到高达105华氏度，如在Bikram瑜伽课上，让你燃烧更多的卡路里？虽然它似乎是这样的，但没有强有力的证据表明在极端热量中锻炼更多的卡路里。

但是，Bikram课程通过两种突出的序列运行您的序列，而不会暂停暂停，它们运行90分钟。额外的努力可能会考虑为什么Bikram似乎燃烧更多的卡路里比说，Hatha Yoga，虽然估计范围很有一点。

A 2014 Colorado State University研究发现女性平均燃烧了每90分钟的Bikram课程的330卡路里和男性460卡路里。其他估计将Bikram瑜伽的卡路里燃烧为每小时493次 - 或者每90分钟的700多卡路里。

瑜伽可能不是最终的热量燃烧活动，但它似乎以其他方式有助于体重管理 - 特别是在避免中年体重增加时。

年龄在45和55岁之间，大多数人每年获得大约一磅。瑜伽已被证明可以帮助人们避免曲线。a www.fredhutch.org =“”en =“news =”“regrase =”“07 =”“yogaexercise.html”=“”> 研究funded by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center found that people who were doing yoga at the age of 45 and who were of normal body weight gained an average of 3 pounds less in the subsequent 10 years than people who didn't do yoga. Overweight people benefited even more, losing about 5 pounds compared to the 14 gained by non-yogis.

研究人员认为，体重控制源于采取更为谨慎的进食方法。这将以更好的食物选择表明，如将更多的水果，蔬菜和全谷物纳入您的饮食。此外，由于瑜伽与您的身体更接触，它可能意味着在你满满的时候少压力进食和学习注意。

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