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    Default Ladies How Built Could You Get From Just Doing Yoga & Palates?

    I have been doing yoga for about 4 years now. In my class tonight was a women of about 40 in age, height about 5 8 or 5 9. She was very well built, had a bugling back, with well defined and shapely muscle that easily rose above her open back workout top. Large well defined shoulder caps and very large diamond shape quads.

    I ask her after class if she lifted weights, she said not for years and all she does is yoga & palates to get that built. And she thanked me saying she was so well built. My question is, can you really get that built from just doing yoga & palates alone?

    Not that I don't believe her, but I just find it hard to believe. I mean she could have hit genetic lottery in muscle growth. I have a friend in who the same age as me and from just doing yoga she got a build of a figure person and she does not lift at all. I just wanted to hear what you all have to say here about that subject.

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    building muscle... especially as a woman.. is HARD work. if something like yoga could make everyone jacked there would be no out of shape people at my gym.. believe ur genetic lottery theory has to be correct or shes doing something that involves lifting heavy things and not telling you..

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    It could just be that she's so lean you can see her muscles better than someone at a higher bodyfat.
    You guys with the huge sponsor ads in your signatures make reading the forums annoying.

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    ^^ agree

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    Quote Originally Posted by GWHH View Post

    I ask her after class if she lifted weights, she said not for years and all she does is yoga & palates to get that built. And she thanked me saying she was so well built. My question is, can you really get that built from just doing yoga & palates alone?

    NO YOU CAN'T GET THAT BUILT FROM DOING YOGA & PILATES ALONE
    you need solid nutrition to build muscle number one
    and you need more resistance
    you can build some muscle but not what i call BUILT from Y & P alone

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    Quote Originally Posted by fitbody View Post
    NO YOU CAN'T GET THAT BUILT FROM DOING YOGA & PILATES ALONE
    you need solid nutrition to build muscle number one
    and you need more resistance
    you can build some muscle but not what i call BUILT from Y & P alone
    IDK about that. One of the big things in build muscle is controlling he negative movement. I do DC style training (as the name implies) and I have gained a lot just by doing that and controlling the negative. Yoga and pilates involves a SHITLOAD of controlling the negatives as you move in and out of movements and have to resist your own body weight. I believe it is entirely possible to get built doing shit like that, however, I do agree that you have to have the proper nutrition to go with it. If she's like a lot of yoga and pilates goers and maintains a relatively vegan or vegetarian diet, I'd say it's genetics. However, if she follows a higher protein diet and nutrition regimen, I see no reason why not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TrainDC4life View Post
    IDK about that. One of the big things in build muscle is controlling he negative movement. I do DC style training (as the name implies) and I have gained a lot just by doing that and controlling the negative. Yoga and pilates involves a SHITLOAD of controlling the negatives as you move in and out of movements and have to resist your own body weight. I believe it is entirely possible to get built doing shit like that, however, I do agree that you have to have the proper nutrition to go with it. If she's like a lot of yoga and pilates goers and maintains a relatively vegan or vegetarian diet, I'd say it's genetics. However, if she follows a higher protein diet and nutrition regimen, I see no reason why not.
    Even with that in mind you can only go so far. Muscle builds as the weight increases. Do anything with the same amount of weight over and over and you're limited.

    I bet she does something else. Maybe landscaping?

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    Also noting that "lean" people appear to "have muscle", but that doesn't necessarily mean they are building muscle.
    "The only way you can hurt the body is not use it. Inactivity is the killer and, remember, it's never too late."
    ~Jack Lalanne



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    Quote Originally Posted by sassy69 View Post
    Also noting that "lean" people appear to "have muscle", but that doesn't necessarily mean they are building muscle.
    Perfect Example of someone who is lean with pilates/yoga muscles:



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    Her head looks too big for her body.

    Damn shame... she used to be able to turn heads without even trying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SallyAnne View Post
    Perfect Example of someone who is lean with pilates/yoga muscles:



    EWWWWW!!!!! That is disgusting, Jesus Criminey, put some fucking meat on them bones!!!

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    please don't take offense to this but one persons idea of a "bulging back" is another's idea of a fitness model type body. i mean some people think britney spears have biceps to die for. soooo there's that and then there's the fact that like its been said being lean, with good genetics, proper diet, proper form you could definitely looked defined/muscular but the most important fact is that she's forty and she says she hasn't lifted for years but she could have lifted strong religiously with proper nutrition for 10 years and built a solid base, not to say she wouldn't lose some muscle but it would greatly affect her body type going forward. I stil believe genetics play the largest role... look at young gymnasts some of them have abs and quads and others just look thick...doing the exact same regimen.

    For most though I don't believe yoga and pilates alone would give you a jacked look...

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    Quote Originally Posted by SallyAnne View Post
    Perfect Example of someone who is lean with pilates/yoga muscles:


    ok coming from someone who loves lean... why does she looks like she's 73?!?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by SallyAnne View Post
    Perfect Example of someone who is lean with pilates/yoga muscles:


    This is exactly the person I was thinking of. I think Madonna is also lean from a "raw" diet and obviously she takes a lot of pride in being in incredible shape & being able to stay on top of the activity of dancing.

    I don't see that she's particularly "built" as much as just lean as fuck. Not skinny fat as if she were just skinny, but actually lean / low bodyfat, but not exactly due to a much higher lean muscle mass content as much as a low level of bodyfat.

    My parents (68 & 70, mom w/ a recently replaced hip) both do pilates and have done some yoga. I wish to God they'd both do more resistance training, but they are not "built", but they are in great shape. I've also seen plenty of tubby yoga & pilates people.

    I dunno, yoga & pilates people just don't remind me of the word "built". Lean, balanced, flexible, but not "built".
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    I am sure I read somewhere that Madonna used to lift weights before she got into yoga! That obviously would have built her muscles and she has definition from being lean! I believe that yoga keeps the muscles in the legs hard if you have previously done weights and built them up! I did yoga for a period of 3 months a few years back and didn't do any weights and my legs got quite hard but they did not grow!
    I bet Madonna is still lifting some weights though. I thought she did a variation of yoga, running and weights.

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