For many of us, the New Year brings with it a renewed determination to get back into shape. And for some to achieve a level that you have never had before. There is often an urgency to make up for missed workouts and for splurging on excess calories. The key is to implement methods that will increase your metabolism and muscle tone without incurring an injury or a loss of motivation.
There are many tactics that can enable you to get the desired result from your body that will minimize the risk of injury or become bored or over-trained from your exercise program. Here are just a few:
Slowing down your exercise repetitions. When resistance training, momentum is the enemy. Muscle responds best to time under tension. By slowly lowering your repetitions (5-10 seconds per repetition), you can increase your exercise intensity and progress.
Shorten the rest between sets. By reducing the amount of time between sets of each exercise, you will burn more calories and use more body fat for fuel, and make the muscle work harder.
Link adjacent muscles together. By combining linked muscles such as chest and back, biceps and triceps, and quads and hamstrings, etc., you are able to work a lot of muscle in a short period of time. You will also be able to burn more calories and stimulate deep, previously unused muscle fibers.
Increased cardio vascular exercise intensity. To increase cardio vascular exercise intensity, you can increase the length of time you do cardio or you can increase the elevation, tension, or effort of the exercise. The longer you go, the more fat calories that are burned. The harder you train,the more you fatigue the target muscles.
By Larry Schweer
Certified Personal Trainer
National Level Competative Bodybuilder
Email Larry Questions at: Guru@Paramount-Supplements.com
There are many tactics that can enable you to get the desired result from your body that will minimize the risk of injury or become bored or over-trained from your exercise program. Here are just a few:
Slowing down your exercise repetitions. When resistance training, momentum is the enemy. Muscle responds best to time under tension. By slowly lowering your repetitions (5-10 seconds per repetition), you can increase your exercise intensity and progress.
Shorten the rest between sets. By reducing the amount of time between sets of each exercise, you will burn more calories and use more body fat for fuel, and make the muscle work harder.
Link adjacent muscles together. By combining linked muscles such as chest and back, biceps and triceps, and quads and hamstrings, etc., you are able to work a lot of muscle in a short period of time. You will also be able to burn more calories and stimulate deep, previously unused muscle fibers.
Increased cardio vascular exercise intensity. To increase cardio vascular exercise intensity, you can increase the length of time you do cardio or you can increase the elevation, tension, or effort of the exercise. The longer you go, the more fat calories that are burned. The harder you train,the more you fatigue the target muscles.
By Larry Schweer
Certified Personal Trainer
National Level Competative Bodybuilder
Email Larry Questions at: Guru@Paramount-Supplements.com
