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Fitness and recreation has many benefits. It is important to remember a few of the basic reasons people exercise and why keeping fit and healthy is good for us. It allows us to live happy and healthy lives, it allows us to meet new people through participation in sport, spend time with friends whilst working out or playing sport, giving us an out from day-to-day life and stresses, it increases motivation, increases self-esteem and confidence and decreases obesity, depression and suicide. It is obvious there are some pretty great benefits which help us as individuals and help society as a whole.
I aim to help all types of people from children to the elderly as well as aid in rehabilitation by providing one-on-one and group personal training in Geelong, Barwon Heads, Ocean Grove, Torquay or a spot conveniet to you.
I aim to help all types of people from children to the elderly as well as aid in rehabilitation by providing one-on-one and group personal training in Geelong, Barwon Heads, Ocean Grove, Torquay or a spot conveniet to you.
People do need to be wary of the information they get or read relating to fitness advice these days. There is so much information available, so try to get it from a qualified or reliable source. In strength training and conditioning there are two types of exercising muscles. There is compound exercises which work a number of muscle groups in the one exercise and single-joint exercises which concentrate on the one muscle. A general rule to follow is to try and complete as many compound exercises as you can, this will reduce the number of exercises you are required to do for a full workout and decrease your workout time. Also, because you are working more muscle groups it increases your heart rate to a greater level and therefore will increase your ability to burn more fat. A great example of a compound exercise is Leg Squats, this exercise works many muscle groups compared to a Leg Extension exercise. However, there may be specific conditions which require an individual to complete single joint exercises. It may be a body builder needing to train and develope one specific muscle group, or someone in rehabilitation needing strength in a particular area.
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The biological make-up of each individual can determine the success they may or may not have in gaining and achieving their fitness goals. There are two types of muscle fibre, Type 1 and Type 2 or Slow Twitch (Type 1) and Fast Twitch (Type 2). People will have a make up of slow and fast twitch muscle fibres which will help determine their exercise success. This may be confusing, but it is a proven fact. For example, an individual who may 80% Slow Twitch Fibres and 20% Fast Twitch Fibres will struggle to build muscle mass and with speed events such as a 100m sprint, however their genetic make up will allow them to cope better with endurance exercises. So on the other hand, someone who may have 30% Slow Twitch Fibres and 70% Fast Twitch Fibres will be able to build muscle more easily and will usually be good in short fast events, but they will struggle with endurance type exercises. These ratios of Slow and Fast Twitch Fibres differ in each individual and as I have said, can determine the success you have to a certain extent. Therefore someone with predominantly Slow Twitch fibres will find it difficult to increase their muscle mass and bulk. It may not be because you're doing anything wrong, it is just because of the genetic make-up. This is important to remember if you're not seeing results from a particular exercise.
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