Muscle Fiction. Helpful Things to Be Aware of
July 31st, 2009 by Home fitness specialist
If you’ve been working out, here’s a short list of bodybuilding fiction.
1. 12 Rep rule
Nearly all of weight training program involve this much repetitions for gaining muscle. Actually this method places the muscles with not enough tension for efficient muscle gain. High tension e.g. heavy weights provides muscle growth in which the muscle grows much larger, leading to the most gains in strength. Having longer tension time boosts the muscle size by generating the structures around the muscle fibers, improving endurance.
The typical prescription of 8 to 12 repetitions provides a steadiness but by simply using that program all of the time, you do not make the greater tension levels that is provided by the heavier weights and lesser reps, and the longer tension achieved with lighter weights and more repetitions. Change the amount of reps and adjust the weights to stimulate all types of muscle growth.
2. Three Set rule
Actually there’s nothing mistaken with three sets but then again there is nothing amazing about it either. The amount of sets you perform should be base on your goals and not on a half-century old rule. The more repetitions you do on a training, the fewer sets you should do, and vice versa. This keeps the whole amount of repetitions done of a training identical.
3. Three to four workouts per group
Actually this is a waste of time. Combined with twelve reps of three sets, the whole amount of reps amount to 144. If your doing this much reps for a muscle group your not doing sufficient. Instead of doing too many varieties of training, try doing 30 to 50 reps. That can be anywhere from 2 sets of 15 reps or 5 sets of 10 reps.
4. My knees, my toes
It is a gym legends that you “should not let your knees go past your toes.” Actually leaning forward a little too much is more likely a cause of damage. In 2003, Memphis University researchers confirmed that knee stress was almost thirty percent higher when the knees are allowed to move beyond the toes during a squat.
But hip stress increased nearly 10 times or (1000 percent) after the forward movement of the knee was restricted. Because the squatters needed to lean their body forward and that forces the strain to transfer to the lower back.
Concentrate on your torso position and less on the knee. Keep the torso in an upright position as much as possible when doing squats and lunges. These reduces the stress generated on the hips and back. To stay upright, before squatting, squeeze the shoulder blades together and hold them in that position; and then as you squat, keep the forearms 90 degree to the floor.
5. Lift weights, draw abs
Actually the muscles work in groups to stabilize the spine, and the most important muscle group change depending on the sort of exercise. The transverse abdominals is not always the principal muscle group. Actually for most working out, the body automatically activates the muscle group that are needed most for support of the spine. So if you focus only on the transverse abdominals, it can recruit wrong muscles and limit the right muscles. This increases the chance of damage, and reduces the weight that can be lifted.
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