All of these articles (and studies!) say the same thing: that somehow yoga is a magically beneficial for of exercisehttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/893346610075156480 …
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The premise is that it's "Eastern" and "ancient", and that this somehow confers a whole heap of health benefitshttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/893347041304231938 …
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It's classic bullshit. Yoga is no better (or worse) for you than any other form of light exercise
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All of these ridiculous articles about yoga are based on studies that are either a) fucking tiny or b) don't prove yoga is better
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Hell, most of them don't even COMPARE yoga to other exercise. Many of them don't even have a control group!https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/893347577743032320 …
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So what does the literature say? There are quite a few Cochrane reviews looking at yoga. Here's one: http://www.cochrane.org/CD010671/BACK_yoga-treatment-chronic-non-specific-low-back-pain …
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In essence, they are all the same. Yoga does have health benefits, but they are precisely what you'd expect from people exercising
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Note: this holds true for lots of other kinds of exercise, like pilates and bikram yoga. It's all the same shithttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/893348080241696769 …
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If you like yoga, do it. Just remember that it's not magical and it'll do exactly what, say, going to the swimming pool would do
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Exercise is good. Yoga is exercise. It's just not BETTER than anything else. End #Thread
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Maybe it's better bc you get to take your shirt off??
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