When you start with exercise program and you resistance train, gaining weight is possible, you gain muscle and muscle weighs more than fat. For beginners, you will notice some weight gain at the beginning of a work out cycle because of the dramatic increase of lean muscle mass, but these will later decrease as your […]
Archives for March 2008
Weight loss is a balancing act
People are usually looking to achieve fat reduction, not a muscle reduction. You could be 120 pounds and look completely out of shape while someone who is 150 pounds and has significantly lower body fat will have a much leaner physique and a healthier body composition. Optimal combination of three key factors each dependent on […]
Why fad diets don’t work
There is very little people who hasn’t tried losing weight fast, too fast through fad diets, fasting, overly restricting their caloric intake, and other such attempts at starving themselves into thinness. There are two main problems with these approaches to losing weight. First, they seriously jeopardize our health. Second, such dieting are fundamentally counterproductive. Ultimately, […]
Abs – the keys to exceptional abdominal development
Abdominals are the focal point of a well-developed physique. A lean, muscular waistline is indicative of the active lifestyle. Here are the main keys to exceptional abdominal development: Keep repetitions between 10 and 30 Eliminate exercises that tend to emphasize the development of the hip flexors Work out from large to small (lower abdomen, than […]
Optimum fitness
There are many ways to define physical fitness. I like this one the best: Optimum physical fitness is the condition resulting from lifestyle, that leads to the development of an optimal level of cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance and flexibility, as well as the achievement and maintenance of ideal body weight. Cardiovascular endurance, also […]
How much time should you spend weight training?
It depends on your level of fitness and how many exercises and sets you are going to perform. For all body weight training per session: 50 – 60 minutes is a right time. Don’t forget, that you have to: Warm up for at least 7 min before workout Stretch for 5 min after warm up […]
Rest between weight training sessions
2 to 4 days of rest, depending on the intensity of the workout is the right time for recovery, writes Ben and Joe Weider in their book The Edge – The Weider Guide to Ultimate Strength, Speed and Stamina: The exact time it takes your muscles to fully recover from a weight training session will […]