The difference between Pilates and Yoga:
1, Pilates and yoga are essentially different:
This is mainly reflected in the different sports concepts between East and West. Yoga, which originated in ancient India, pays attention to the harmony between body and nature through the practice of integrating body and mind. Pilates, which originated in West Germany, emphasizes the training of body muscles and functions, and embodies the western concept of fitness.
2, in terms of breathing, there is a big difference between them:
Yoga: Yoga focuses on breathing and meditation. Yoga needs to breathe through the chest and abdomen. This is a complete breathing method. When inhaling, the lower abdomen expands, when exhaling, the lower abdomen contracts, and the nose sucks out.
Pilates: Pilates is breathing through the nose and breathing through the mouth. It uses lateral breathing, which is chest breathing. When the abdomen is tightened, you can feel the contraction and expansion of the chest, and breathe in and out through the nose.
3. Different heat of combustion:
Compared with yoga, Pilates combines more stretching exercises, moves faster, and needs to resist more physical resistance when practicing. Pilates burns more calories than mainstream Hada yoga. Doing Pilates for 30 minutes will burn 300 calories. Therefore, if you want to burn fat to lose weight, Pilates will be a better choice.