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[E306]Essentials Of Strength Training

by Mark Kimathi, Mar

Probably the first and most significant importance of strength training in weight loss in particular is the ability to boost metabolism. Though it is not clear how, but strength training is found to significantly increase your resting metabolic rate hours after exercising. This is unlike other exercise regiments like aerobics, whose effect only last during and an hour or two after execution.

You have probably seen advertisements about products that claim to burn fat even as you sleep; strength training is proven to do exactly that. Infact it is the technique employed to revamp weight loss when your progress in dieting stalls.

In a weight loss journey and particularly towards your goals, your body seems just not able to lose any more weight, whatever you do. Strength training both starting a regiment if you were not using one or changing form and technique used if it was already included, is used to break through this platue.

The introduction of strength training results to an increase in RMR, which in turn results to more calories being burnt. This introduces significant calorie deficit that allow you to lose more weight faster.

But this is only but one of the many advantages of training muscles. With the use of weights, the body tends to increase the density of your bones to be able to carry the weight. This has the advantages of dealing with one of the common bone disease that accompany obesity; osteoporosis.

It further strengthens your joints and back which are both primary problem areas in people who are overweight. Your joints get well "lubricate" and torso gets strengthened.

Other problems training muscles helps neutralize in overweight individuals is blood pressure problems and heart problems. By increasing muscles tone for example in your legs, it helps in pumping blood back to the heart reducing risk of heart problems duet to stress.

Also with proper strength training you can get to sculpt a sexy body. Training muscles firms your body muscles giving a shapely figure as you reduce body fat percentage.

Everybody loves the celebrity figures we see on red carpets. What we probably do not know is that nearly all of them have a fitness trainer in their employ to help them attain these figures.

Good for you, you joined a gym or committed to a new fitness routine.Â Chances are, you might not be able to afford your own personal trainer so you have to be your own cheerleader.Â It is best to have a goal in mind with a specified plan for all things in life, especially exercising.Â This article will introduce you to the fundamentals of a successful strength training routine.

Perform strength training exercises two times per week and incorporating every major muscle.Â In case you forgot, they include: buttocks, thighs, calves, abs, lower back, upper chest, shoulders, and arms.Â Always use the correct technique and if you are not sure, just ask a staff member or reference a web site.Â Make sure you give yourself one hour of rest in between workouts or alternate consecutive days with upper body one day and lower body the next. This will help eliminate possible injuries and soreness which will bring your routine to a halt until you feel better.Â

It is best to lift weights before aerobics to ensure you have enough energy left to finish your reps.Â Â Your routine should leave you feeling more energized and wanting more.Â Start a new one every 3-4 weeks to prevent your body from getting used to the same thing and work out different muscles.Â Also, resting for a week every month or so can actually make you feel stronger when you start up your fitness routine again.Â If you only workout twice a week then you should do strength training exercises each time.Â

There is a common myth that you have to lose weight before weight training, but it's not true.Â Write down your exercises and goals on a piece of paper so you do not "forget" or drift away from your path to success!Â Work out with a friend or make friends at the gym to motivate you.Â Bring an Ipod or portable cd player with your favorite music to get you pumped up!Â Most important of all, try to have fun!

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