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Originally Posted by gsxrken

Getting DOMS can happen even if you train all the time but throw something new in. And it can be comically painful, as you described! Lunges with a light barbell destroy me when the rare time I do them comes around, and I train legs every week. Same thing with yoga. Sore as hell afterwards… and someone mentioned balance? Yoga shows me how far I’ve regressed balance wise when everyone but me is standing on one leg without flailing. I’m getting better at that after 6 classes over the last month or so, but still terrible. I wouldn’t have known this as I have no issues in day to day.

Yeah, I can do squats all day (may be a slight exaggeration), but lunges are quite a bit tougher for me as well. I'm assuming that the muscle recruitment between the two is very different (despite seeming like it should be nearly the same mix of quads and glutes).

Yoga is awesome! And one of the reasons why is because it works on balance so much. And, IMO, a lot of it, because it's unusual positions engages more muscles than a similar weight lifting exercise. I feel like a squat really focuses an a couple of very large muscles, but some of the standing balance poses in yoga engage those same muscles, plus a dozen other smaller muscles that didn't come into play in a regular squat. The only things that I feel like are a bit neglected by yoga are the biceps and lats, but it gets everything else.