Welcome to the Get Fit Guys quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

You know, I'll be the first to admit that I'm no yogi master.

But I've done my fair share of power yoga, hatha yoga, Bikram yoga,

and even accidental freestyle yoga when attempting to simultaneously change the diapers of my twin baby boys.

Most folks know that yoga will certainly stretch muscles, increase flexibility, and help you to relax.

But is yoga good for weight loss?

You'll find the answer in this episode.

So what is yoga? Well, I could easily write an entire article or book on the answer in this episode. So what is yoga?

Well, I could easily write an entire article or book on the nitty-gritty details of yoga.

The basic overview is as follows.

More than simply stretching, yoga is focused on creating balance, strength, flexibility,

and relaxation in the body through a series of poses, postures, movements, and breathing patterns.

Different types of yoga require different amounts of balance, strength, power, or focus.

But the concept of focused breathing while moving from one posture to the next is fairly constant.

And I do realize that by summarizing yoga in two sentences, I've probably

just risk defending passionate yoga practitioners out there. But, hey, time is limited. As you know,

the number of calories that you burn is a major determinant of weight loss, and calorie burn is highly

variable. To look at whether or not yoga can help with weight loss, let's look at the calorie burn of familiar activity modes.

Now, as I'm giving you these calorie burning numbers, remember that heavy people burn more calories because they have to carry more body weight,

and people with a genetically high metabolism also burn more calories, as do people with a higher percentage of

lean muscle fibers. So that's why there's some variation in the number of calories per minute

for the activities I'm about to mention. Here we go. At rest, you'll burn 1 to 1.5 calories per

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