Plus-size fitness classes offer long-term health benefits, say experts
- January 21, 2016, 9:13 pm
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QUETTA: Obese or overweight people are finding increasing options for fitness classes catering to their needs, and experts say the specialty classes may encourage them to stay fit and healthy in the longterm.
Vancouver's Marta Musa was looking to take up yoga to vary her exercise regime when she came across a class specifically designed for large bodies at an east-side studio.
"I just wanted to find a venue that was going to be comfortable to start the practice in," she said. "I wanted an instructor who would be able to recommend adjustments for my body."
She'd tried yoga before, but says as the only plus-size woman in the class, she found it difficult to ask for adjustments.
"As a woman with a larger body and larger breasts, I'm more likely to suffocate than anything," she said, laughing.
When she tried the full-bodied yoga class at Ocean and Crow Yoga, she say she was inspired by what she saw the other participants could accomplish.
"It kind of gave you the ability to look around and say, 'OK, it's not because someone is petite that they can do this thing,'" she said. "You're capable of it no matter what body you're in."
