Exercise Guidelines; Building Muscle And Gaining Weight; Muscle Strength And Endurance; Training Intensity - Tunturi HG80 Home Gym Benutzerhandbuch

NOTE:
• Each plate weights ca 5 kg. ( 11 lbs ).
• Numbers are approximate.
• Actual weights may vary.
Values are shown in kgs

Exercise guidelines

Building Muscle and Gaining Weight

Unlike aerobic exercise, which emphasizes
endurance training, anaerobic exercise focuses on
strength training. A gradual weight gain can occur
while building the size and strength of muscles.
While developing muscle mass, your body adapts
to the stress placed upon it. You can modify
your diet to include foods such as meat, fish and
vegetables.
These foods help muscles recover and replenish
important nutrients after a strenuous workout.

Muscle Strength and Endurance

To achieve the greatest benefit from exercise, it
is important to develop an exercise program that
allows you to work all of the major muscle groups
equally.
To increase muscles strength; follow this principle:
Increasing resistance and maintaining the number
of repetitions of an exercise results in increased
muscle strength.
To tone your body, follow the principle: Decreasing
resistance plus increasing the number of repetitions
of an exercise results in increased body tone.
Once you feel comfortable with an exercise,
you can change the resistance, the number of
repetitions, or the speed at which you do the
exercise. It is not necessary to change all three
variables. For example, let's say that you are
training at 22kgs and performing the exercise 10
times in 3 minutes.
When this becomes too easy, you may decide
to move up lifting 27kgs for the same number of
repetitions in the same amount of time. Lifting
more weights fewer times most often develops
muscle strength. To gain both muscle strength and
endurance, it is recommended that you perform
each exercise 15 to 20 reps per set.

Training Intensity

How hard you begin to train depends on
your overall level of fitness. The soreness you
experienced can be lessened by decreasing the
load you place on your muscles and by performing
fewer sets. To avoid injury, you should gradually
work into an exercise program and set the load
to your individual fitness level. The load should
increase as your fitness level increases.
Muscle soreness is common, especially when you
first start exercising. If you are painfully sore for a
long time, it may be time to change your program.
Eventually, your muscle system will become
accustomed to the stress and strain placed on it
Beginning a Strength Building
Program
Warming Up
To begin strength training, it is important to stretch
and perform light exercise for 5 to 10 minutes.
This helps prepare the body for more strenuous
exercise by increasing circulation, raising your body
temperature and developing more oxygen to your
muscles.
Workout
Each workout to keep in mind that muscle soreness
that lasts for a long period in not desirable and
may mean that injury has occurred.
Cool Down
At the end of each workout, perform slow
stretching exercises for 5 to 10 minutes. Ease
into each stretch only going as far as you can.
This stage allows your muscles wind down after
training.
To provide a total workout program it is also
recommended that 2 to 3 days of aerobic exercise
is performed in addition to the strength training.
Drinking Water
For the body to function properly, it must be
properly hydrated. If you are exercising, you should
increase your fluid intake. The reason for this is
that the water you take in will leave your system
through the sweating mechanism that cools your
body during exercise. The water you lose through
exercise must be replaced so that the muscles can
recover properly.
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