{"id":2082,"date":"2016-06-10T11:47:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T06:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/yoga-exercise-workout\/"},"modified":"2016-06-10T11:47:29","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T06:17:29","slug":"yoga-exercise-workout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=2082","title":{"rendered":"Arr\u00e9 Checklist: Four Reasons Yoga Isn\u2019t a Legit Workout Anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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et\u2019s talk about <\/span>yoga<\/span><\/a>, or as I like to call it, exercise for the lazy. This might disturb the chakras of those yogis who\u2019ve become Insta-famous, but it\u2019s true. It\u2019s not that the ancient practice doesn\u2019t have its health benefits, but our generation has turned yoga into a running joke. There\u2019s now a form of yoga for every occasion, and in some of them, the surya namaskars have fewer health benefits than snapping your fingers. There\u2019s plenty of examples for why I think today\u2019s yogis are in it more for the laughs than the stretches, and here\u2019s proof.<\/span>\n\nGanja Yoga<\/b>\n\nThe latest trend to make me question whether yoga was a legit form of exercise anymore comes from the land of legal weed, California. At <\/span>Ganja Yoga <\/span><\/a>classes, participants arrive whenever they want, sample a variety of <\/span>marijuana<\/span><\/a> products while mingling with other <\/span>stoners<\/span><\/a> \u2013 sorry, yogis \u2013 before commencing an hour of yoga interspersed with smoke breaks. There\u2019s another half-hour chill sesh after the class as well. This is not a workout routine; it\u2019s Snoop Dogg\u2019s Saturday evening with some stretches thrown in. I have a sneaky suspicion the only yoga being practised at these classes is shavasana.<\/span>\n\nDoga<\/b>\n\nThere are plenty of good ways you and your dog can help each other stay fit \u2013 you can go for treks, jogs, or walks. However, rolling around on the floor at home with a puppy is not one of those ways. For an example of Doga\u2019s \u201cfitness benefits\u201d, I invite you to check out the <\/span>instructions <\/span><\/a>for chaturanga asana:<\/span>\n\nStep 1 \u2013 Have your dog lay on its stomach.<\/span>\n\nStep 2 \u2013 Pet its back.<\/span>\n\nIt\u2019s that simple, people! Why not throw in some TV and work out your eyes as well while you\u2019re at it? But always remember to keep them closed during the Heart-to-Hound asana.<\/span>\n\nBeer Yoga<\/b>\n\nFor those who think that belching and controlling the urge to pee is what will take their calorie-burning to the next level, I give you <\/span>Beer Yoga<\/span><\/a>. It originated from Burning Man, where fitness levels are measured by how many mushrooms you can eat before you pass out, but is still an internationally marketed fitness trend. Some classes involve balancing bottles on your palms or head, which I guess helps improve your focus because of the fear of having to stretch on broken glass. The post-workout protein shake is replaced by a pint, because the fitness goal of Beer Yoga practitioners is presumably a dad bod.<\/span>\n\nGoat Yoga<\/b>\n\nDogs aren\u2019t the only animals who\u2019ve been dragged into this new show. <\/span>Goat Yoga <\/span><\/a>is a new form of the discipline originating out of, once again, California, which makes me wish some of their legal weed was available here. Goat Yoga is practised by humans in a room where a couple of goats have free reign to climb all over the practitioners. That\u2019s it. Not only is yoga for the lazy, now it\u2019s proponents are too lazy to even properly integrate it with a gimmick, choosing to arbitrarily throw it together with whatever comes into their heads, which in this case was goats. Maybe the person who came up with this plan will have to perform a downward-facing dog over a steaming pile of goat pellets to realise what a bad idea this was.<\/span>\n\nI\u2019m not the best person to be doling out fitness advice, but I am something of an expert on <\/span>laziness<\/span><\/a>. It\u2019s much more enjoyable when you embrace it wholeheartedly, rather than trying to fool the world into thinking you\u2019re still making an effort. Ditch the yoga as exercise pretence and come over to the dark side. We have cookies.<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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