What is better: to do yoga before the exercises or after exercises? What yoga workouts will create the better effect on my body?

Welcome everybody, my name is Silva. To be honest, I see that I can combine both yoga and exercises at the same time, but I have enormous doubts about whether it is healthy to do this combo or not. My first doctor said that I could do exercises after yoga, and it will be like a warm-up for me, but my second doctor (and at the same time my best friend) told me that it doesn’t matter when to do yoga, I have just to do it, and that’s all.
So, what can you tell about this situation? When should I do? What is better: to do yoga before the exercises or after exercises? What yoga workouts will create the better effect on my body? Are there special sets aimed at warm-up before training and post-exercise stretching? What types of yoga exercising can you recommend me for stretching my muscles? Which of them will help to make my body more flexible?
Thanks for the help!

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Hello Silva!

I recommend you to try this workout, it is very helpful:

  • Child’s Pose — 5 breaths (One breath means a complete breath in and out.)
  • Downward Facing Dog — 5 to 6 breaths
  • Rag Doll — 5 to 6 breaths
  • Sun Salutation A — 3 reps
  • High Plank — 10 to 15 seconds
  • Chaturanga Push-Ups — 3 reps
  • Upward Facing Dog — 1 full breath
  • Weighted Squats — 1 minute
  • Weighted Lunges With Biceps Curls — 12 reps each side
  • Lawnmower Rows — 12 reps each side
  • Oblique Twists — 16 reps
  • Glute Bridges — 8 reps each side
  • Chest Fly — 10 reps
  • Weighted Crunch With Oblique Twist — 20 reps alternating sides
  • Leg Lifts — 12 reps
  • Figure Four — 30 seconds each side
  • Reclined Spinal Twist — 30 seconds
  • Savasana — 30 seconds to 2 minutes
Before or after? Well, Silva, it certainly depends on a kind of yoga… Intensive one? Bedtime sequence? Breathing for relaxation? I`m not really an expert but I can share my favorite way of combining yoga and running. I do yoga to wake up and warm up, then I run, and cool down with yoga sequence too. I feel it is right, it makes me feel good and enjoy my morning. I also do some long intensive yoga routine 2 or 3 times per week but that`s another topic. Good luck 🙂 
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