Hot Yoga or Bikram Yoga has become quite the craze in recent years. But a new study published in the journal Experimental Physiology has found that it doesn’t offer any additional heart health benefits compared to regular yoga.
Bikram Yoga consists of 26 poses which are done in enclosed rooms that are typically heated to about 105 degrees Fahrenheit. To conduct the study, the participants, previously sedentary adults, were divided into three groups. One group went to Hot Yoga classes three times per week.
The second group went to a yoga class that was held in a 73-degree Fahrenheit room and the third group did not go to any yoga classes. At the end of the test period, researchers measured the vascular performance of the participants. They mainly focused on how well the blood vessels are able to dilate during blood flow spikes which is also known as endothelial function.
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