Exercise

Should you Stretch ?

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Stretching can help improve flexibility, and, consequently, range of motion in your joints. Better flexibility may improve your performance in physical activities or decrease your risk of injuries by helping your joints move through their full range of motion and enabling your muscles to work most effectively.

Stretching also increases blood flow to the muscle.  Increases blood and nutrient supply to muscles, thereby possibly reducing muscle soreness.

  • To reduce muscle tension
  • To increase Range of Motion
  • To increase circulation of blood
  • To increase energy levels
  • To decrease your risk of injury!

Do I Need to Lift Weights?

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Strength training is extremely important in order to promote the maintenance and production of lean muscle tissue and tone. Simply put, without regular strength training the muscles become soft and take on a flabby appearance. Furthermore, the hormonal effects associated with moderately heavy strength training are influential in the breakdown and utilization of body fat and in the retention of calcium in osseous tissue (bone tissue). Regular strength training also promotes and maintains a healthy libido.

Is Weight Gain Inevitable as You Age?

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Most people get fatter as they get older…but they don’t have to. It is a matter of reduced physical activity levels and lower metabolic rate caused by a loss of lean body mass [muscle].

The lifelong loss of lean body mass reduces our basal metabolic rate as we age. It’s a very subtle change that begins between ages 20 and 30. The percentage of body fat gradually increases, and it produces an ever-decreasing calorie requirement. That’s because fat cells burn fewer calories than muscle cells. And a lower metabolic rate means that unless you eat less, you’ll gain weight over the decades.

But exercise can mount a two-pronged attack on middle-age spread and muscle loss. Any activity makes you burn more calories (so you’re less likely to wind up with an excess). And strength-training can offset the loss of muscle mass.

Is it True That The More I Sweat The More Fat I Lose?

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Not at all!  The harder you work out, the more calories you’ll burn within a given period and thus the more fat you stand to lose. But how much you sweat does not necessarily reflect how hard you’re working. Some people tend to sweat profusely due to heavy body weight, poor conditioning, or heredity. And everyone sweats more in hot, dry weather or dense clothing than in cool, humid weather or porous clothing. (You may feel as if you’re sweating more in humid weather; but that’s because moist air slows the evaporation of sweat.)
Exercising in extremely hot weather or in a plastic “weight loss” suit will indeed make you sweat heavily and lose weight immediately. But that lost weight is almost entirely water; the pounds will return when you replenish your fluids by drinking after the workout. Further, you could develop heat exhaustion if you push yourself too hard in extreme heat or in plastic clothes. which prevent sweat from evaporating and, in turn, cooling you off.

How Do I Get Rid of Flabby Arms?

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One of the biggest exercise myths is that you can lose fat in an area of the body by strength training or exercising that specific body part. The truth is that “spot reducing” and “spot toning” do not work, because we cannot dictate from where our bodies will decide to oxidize fat, nor can we change fat into muscle. Doing triceps press-downs will not decrease the amount of fat clients have on the backs of their arms any more than doing crunches will decrease the amount of fat clients have on their stomachs.

As your clients age, their skin will become less elastic and thus conform less to their arms. So “flabby arms” are somewhat a product of age. Any exercise that decreases body fat percentage will help your clients lose fat on their arms, just as it will help them lose fat from other areas of the body.

How Long Do I Need to Be Training Before I See Results?

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Once you start being physically active, you’ll begin to see results in just a few weeks. You may feel stronger and more energetic than before. You may notice that you can do things more easily, faster, or for longer than before. As you become more fit, you may need to make your activities more challenging to see additional results. Faster result are also compounded by following  the right diet. Research shows that changes in the structure of your muscle can occur in as little as two weeks after starting a training program. How fast and how much you increase your strength depends on your initial level of strength and your potential for improvement.