Yoga. It offers some serious benefits. And perhaps that’s why its practice is so widespread throughout the West today. I mean, 30 years ago, no one really cared about yoga. The Health Crazes of the Day were the StairMaster, Richard Simmons, and Jazzercise. But none of it really stuck. And that’s largely due to skyrocketing interest in practices like HIIT, PACE, burst training, tai chi, gi gong, Pilates, and yoga. Yoga itself has been quite noted for: Optimizing core strength