Sounds awful. No thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:Really? No one else prefers one to the other? Should I do a different class instead - body pump or athletic interval or something similar?

I find both to be boring as hell. I'm too jumpy for them...I prefer to keep moving and not have to be in my head so much.

What do you prefer?

You should try a harder yoga class. It is absolutely impossible to be thinking about anything other than the work if you are doing it right (for everything except for pigeon-type poses and savasana).

Anonymous wrote:Really? No one else prefers one to the other? Should I do a different class instead - body pump or athletic interval or something similar?

I find both to be boring as hell. I'm too jumpy for them...I prefer to keep moving and not have to be in my head so much.

What do you prefer?

I've been practicing yoga for 15 years. I went twice at my gym and will never go again. It's just not the same as practicing at a studio.

I would happily do pilates at my gym, since that's less of a spiritual thing and more of an exercise program.

Pilates if you're looking for strength and muscle tone, yoga if you're looking for something more mind-body.

Try both. I love Pilates and yes it's almost all on the floor but the point is to work your core hence all the crunch like moves. I break a sweat but it took me a year to move up a level and then when you know the sequence and move quickly through it you get nice and warm.

Try both. Become a regular with the instructor you prefer.

Never tried pilates, but I love my hot power yoga. Not airy-fairy at all (not that there's anything wrong with gentler yoga), but an incredibly intense workout. For me, it also balances out running very well.

I prefer yoga, but I (like the other PP) do a pretty hardcore power yoga (with lots of fluid sequences, handstands, jump backs, arm balances, and challenging backbends).

I tried to like Pilates, but in all of the classes I went to, the entire class was done lying down on the floor. Sure, you get some great ab work, but I felt like I didn't get much else. And I felt like there isn't enough done to open up the psoas after all of the crunch-like moves.

For me it really depends on the instructor. I remember doing Pilates a couple of years ago, now I am doing yoga. With both, there were some instructors I liked and enjoyed the class and some I didn't and didn't like their classes either. Try both at your gym and see what you prefer and who works better with your style / need

I think it depends a lot on what you are looking for, and what specific studio you go to.

I much prefer yoga, but I do hardcore power yoga. I always break a sweat, and I never did with Pilates. I think either one completely depends on the instructor though.

Really? No one else prefers one to the other? Should I do a different class instead - body pump or athletic interval or something similar?

I enjoy Pilates more - it's more athletic. Yoga was always just a little to airy-fairy for me. Stop nattering on at me about breathing, you know?

I need some direction and I've decided to make a strong effort to take 2 classes a week at my gym. Yoga or Pilates? I used to have a regular yoga practice several years ago and while I don't think I'll have the same experience at my gym yoga as I had a a yoga studio, I think I'll still enjoy the workout. I'm less familiar with pilates. Which would you pick?