Each has its own benefits and we cannot really say one is better than the other. The gym can make you feel tired and hungry while yoga revitalises you and helps in digestion. Doing yoga will increase in the flexibility, toning and strengthening. Meditation and breathing exercises are very beneficial to your health.
Both are two different techniques which works on the body, and it totally depends on the person to choose which one best fits them and later they choose that particular technique to practice for their life time. Yoga Asanas have a deeper significance value in the development of the physical, mental and spiritual personality of a person. Pure exercises on the other hand have a physical effect on our muscles and bones only.
Physical exercises in the gym are performed quickly, with a lot of heavy breathing and exertion. The acrobatic, gymnastic exercises and weight lifting systems are suitable for healthy people to develop large muscles or flexibility. Very large muscles, in particular, require more nutrition and a greater supply of blood. Consequently, the heart and respiratory system have to work much harder. In this way, there is exhaustion of vital energy.
After doing exercises a young person may feel fit and healthy, but as he grows older, his bodily functions slow down; Problems of stiffness and rheumatism start to occur due to overuse of the cartilage in the bone joints. The overdeveloped muscles become flabby and lose their firmness and the muscle tissue turns into fat. Even a young person, if he discontinues his body building practices for a month or more, will rapidly accumulate fat in place of his bulging muscles.Yoga asanas are performed with relaxation and concentration. In this way, both the external and internal systems are influenced, so that the nervous system, endocrine glands and internal organs as well as the muscles are encouraged to function properly.
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