The Most Important Factor For Muscles Exercise

How many instructors have told you that you can grow your muscles at a much higher pace just by knowing one simple science? How many instructors talk about the science of repetition?

Normally what people do in the gym is reps of 8 to 10 repetitions, but really no one has proven that this is the right way, the truth is that there is no real, or magic number and reps should be altered according to the conditions you're in, the nature of the exercise and what you're trying to achieve. Having said that for muscled exercise it is good to understand repetitions and to apply the right number of repetitions.

Neurological and metabolic continuum refers to the amount of weight you lift related to one repetition maximum and this determines how much tension the muscle is producing. To build strength and achieve the desired results it is important to understand the level of strain you put on your muscles. Research has proven that if you do repetitions in the 1 to 5 ranges this will increase strength but will not aid you in muscle growth, when repetitions between 6 to 15 ranges will increase strength and aid you to grow muscle.

Muscle growth is the objective for bodybuilder, but low repetition is not always the answer, research shows that it depends from the type of muscle and this needs to be understood. To produce greater level of tension low repetition can be ideal, this also leads to a higher growth reaction.

This leads us to another question, which is, Should Repetition Dictate the Weight for Optimal Muscles and Fitness Exercise Routine?

To obtain maximum results, which is what we all want when doing muscles exercises, we have to push always harder and produce maximal voluntary contractions. A muscle to grow needs a reason, so we need to overload the muscles to give it the reason to grow, otherwise the muscle will get to a certain point the will stop growing. So talking about results it is fair to say that when creating a muscle and fitness exercise routine you should decide the effect the training you are going to undertake should have, this in turn will determine the repetition style you will use. One rule that applies to the weight you should be lifting is based on the number of repetition you can do with that weight, if you can't do 8 repetitions it means that the weight is too heavy, on the other hand if you can easily do more than 12 repetitions it means that the weight is too light. Some days though we may not feel as well as others, and this is important and has to be taken into consideration when exercising, in those days we may decide not to lift as much weight as we would on a day when we feel full of energy and strength.


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