Build Your Strength With Weights Flow
41-60 Minutes
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46m
Build your strength with this sequence which blends the use of hand weights with familiar yoga poses. It's really important to continue to do strength and resistance work as we get older - it helps to prevent osteoporosis and muscle loss (sarcopenia) - and incorporating it into your regular yoga practice, which already offers a good amount of weight-bearing, is an easy way to make sure you're doing enough.
Props needed: 2 light handweights or 2 small plastic bottles full of water, a belt.
Mat direction: Short edge facing the screen.
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