Body Part Isolation Training

According to scientific studies, the body does not work well when you try to do isolation exercises. It is better to perform kinetic exercises instead. This means when you are working out, you would use a large portion of your body to train the smaller portions.

If you attempt to do any kind of muscle isolation exercise, what you are really doing is performing single-joint exercises, and that will not work. The body will not function properly that way. In fact, by doing that type of exercise, you are really risking damage or injury to that body part.

In your body, everything is connected together. This means when you workout, every part of your body works out together. When you lift weights, you may do bicep exercises, thinking that will strength your biceps only. But it doesn’t. You are also exercising your triceps, shoulders, and wrists. Do you see what I mean? You are actually working out three areas or muscle groups at the same time.

Of course if you don’t care about what I say and want to end up with joint problems, tendonitis, excess body fat, and other kinds of injuries and illness, go right ahead. But if you are smart, you will understand what I am saying here and will do the right thing, and do the right type of exercise. The end result will be a lean, muscular, injury-free body that will perform at its best.

You will find when doing overall exertion-type exercise, or the type of movement that many trainers refer to as complex, you will not only lose body fat, you will also lose more calories than if you tried to do single-joint workouts. Plus, you also increase your metabolic rate, and stimulate production of more fat burning and muscle building hormones like growth hormone and testosterone.

Training Properly

The best way to train your body is by using stop-and-go movement type exercises. Something like wind sprints. If you live around hills, this is even better. Even get involved in some kind of sport. The best sports to perform are football, basketball, racquetball, tennis, and hockey, to name a few.

Do you know what another method of exertion training is? It is using weights. Weight training involves short bursts of energy or exertion followed by a recovery period.

If you have a treadmill, you can use this for exertion exercises as well. The next time you use a treadmill, try your workouts like this:

Warm-up for 5 minutes by doing a fast walk or light jog. Then run at about 8.0 miles per hour for one minute. Next, walk at 4.0 per hour for about 1.5 minutes. At this time run for about 10 miles per hour for one minute. Then end your workout session by walking at 4.0 miles per hour for 1.5 minutes.

When you do this routine, repeat it at least 4 times for about 20 minutes. You will find that in a few short weeks, your body will respond to it accordingly and your body will become healthier.

Couple your exercise with proper eating and you will benefit greatly. You will end up with a healthy lean body that will give you plenty of energy and longevity.

Best Training Strategies

If you ever been to a doctor, the first thing they do is convince you to do low to moderate intensity aerobic training. This is also referred to as cardio. They suggest you do about 30-60 minutes of steady pace cardio for about 3-5 times in a week. They claim this helps maintain your heart rate at a moderate level.

Before you get involved in such a routine, consider some recent scientific research that gives concrete facts to prove such cardio workouts may not work that well after all.

Our bodies were designed to perform physical activity in bursts of exertion followed by recovery. According to the research study, physical variety is a key variable in your training. If you examine most sports, you will find that most of them go with this burst of exertion, or stop-and-go movement, as it is also called.

Another factor to keep in mind when it comes to varying your physical workouts is the effects to your body internally. Scientists have known for years that any excessive steady state endurance exercise that is anywhere between 30 minutes to an hour, only trains the heart rate at a specific level. You don’t get the heart fully involved.

This kind of workout causes muscle wasting, and can even create a condition in your body that can lead to chronic diseases. But if you do stop-and-go type movements, you will find that your body reacts to it in a better manner. Your body will be able to increase anti-oxidant production. Your body will also provide a more anti-inflammatory affect and your metabolic rate will increase. Also, stop-and-go training trains the heart to respond to and recover from a variety of demands and stress levels.

This is what you need. The kind of exercise that trains your heart to rapidly increase and rapidly decrease is the condition that will benefit you more fully. And it has another benefit. It is much more interesting to do and has a better success rate. This means those who used this method, did not drop out.