Strength training should be an important part of any fitness program. Even if your goal is not to be build muscle but to lose weight, strength training will be of great help. It does this by increasing the metabolism rate of the body, and when muscle build they push fats out of your body.
Here are 5 important things you probably didn’t know about strength training.
1.Strength training is a great form of cardio
As a form of fitness training, strength training is highly advisable for you. One of the reasons why this is important is because it improves your cardiovascular fitness. This is the fitness of the heart that allows you better stamina.
2.Reduces body fat levels
You should know that strength training done at a challenging pace requires a lot of energy. When all this energy is expended during workouts like squats, dead-lifts, etc, you burn a whole lot of calories.
3. Strength doesn’t mean bigger size
Although, it is true that you could get much bigger muscles with strength training, this is only achieved with certain nutrition and supplements. Strength training doesn’t mean you end up getting big. So the question arises, how do you increase strength without increasing size? There are combination of factors, mostly from the nervous system. When a muscle contracts, it doesn’t contract fully, and this leaves behind a percentage of unstretched muscle fibers.
The more force you apply to a muscle the higher the percentage of muscle fibers stretch, which means a greater force can be applied. The muscle adapts by allowing a greater number of the motor units in the muscles to remain available for future use.
When you train with high weight, low reps, low volume, it yields extra strength and muscle tone but very limited increases in muscle size. This is good for those that desire a higher strength to weight ratio. Whereas, if you train with moderate weight, moderate-high volume, this is best for muscle gain. By training this way you allow sufficient stimulus to be sent for the muscles to break down, which signals the body to grow more muscle in response. This process is referred to as anabolism, or muscle building. But as mentioned previously, you need the right nutrition for this to happen.
4.Strength training improves posture and balance
A lot of people suffer from poor balance and posture caused by a range of activities they perform on a daily basis. For instance, ladies wearing high heels can cause tightness in the calves, constant work at a Computer Desk, etc. Whatever the case might be, strength training evens your imbalance, strengthens a weak core, and builds a balanced posture for both sport and regular daily activities.
5.Overtraining is bad for you
Like the popular saying goes, too much of everything produces negative results. Strength training is good and improves physical body and health but at the same time you are advised to never over-train yourself.
Conclusion
Strength training still remains one the best way to workout and keep fit. The beauty about this training is that it can be done anywhere. All you need is yourself and your body….
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