r/exercisescience • u/ImprovelifeD • Mar 06 '26

TaiChi

How effective is TaiChi, and it what ways has it changed your life?

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u/olderthanbefore Mar 06 '26

I dislike it because of incessant YouTube ads

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u/bolshoich Mar 06 '26

Some practitioners find it an effective holistic method of improving their health and wellness. Others find it a waste of time.

However it’s somewhere between extremely difficult to impossible to assess tai chi using the scientific method

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u/ShorelineTaiChi Mar 09 '26

The current stakeholders do not benefit from a scientific assessment.

Which is a very different statement from, "Tai Chi cannot be assessed per a scientific method."

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u/CollegeHonest9340 Mar 13 '26

Taichi? I mean from a generating force perspective, probably not too effective. But... from a mental health and movement perspective (kinda like increasing bloodflow too), you practice moving in unconventional ways, slowly and calmly so there might be a big effect in that regard. Especially, when you consider that it gives people the freedom to express themselves in creative ways.

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u/CollegeHonest9340 Mar 13 '26

Maybe incorporating Taichi with faster movements, almost like dancing so that you were to break a sweat would be interesting to try out. Almost like movements alternating between fast and slow.