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Rules of Contest prep
When comes time to start your prep, there is basically some rules you must focus on, in a way so to ensure the quality of your physics and mental during the process and deliver your best performance on stage.
Force, vitesse et endurance
La force, la vitesse et l’endurance sont des aptitudes importantes pour réaliser
de bonnes performances. L’aptitude dominante est celle qui est la plus importante dans le sport en question. Dans la
plupart des sports, il faut être au top dans au moins deux capacités. Les rapports entre la force, la vitesse et l’endurance
déterminent l’importance des qualités sportives [...]
Training, working and family
This is a really good question because the main reason people don’t practice a sport is lack of time. And when you want to push the activity to another level, like taking part in a fitness competition, the challenge is to carefully manage every aspect of your life.
In physical exercise, aerobic exercise is complementary to anaerobic exercise.
Aerobic literally means « with oxygen », and refers to the use of oxygen in muscles’ energy-generating process.
Aerobic exercise includes any type of exercise, typically those performed at moderate levels of intensity for extended periods of time, that maintains an increased heart rate.
In such exercise, oxygen is used to « burn » fats and glucose in order to produce [...]
DOES HIGH REP BURN MORE FAT ?
Performing lighter weight with more repetitions (15-20 reps, 20-30 reps, or 20-50 reps) does not burn more fat or tone (simultaneous decrease of fat and increase muscle) better than a heaver weight with moderate repetitions (8-12 reps). Weight training utilizes carbohydrates after the initial ATP and CP stores have been exhausted after the first few seconds of intense muscular contraction. Typically a set’s duration is 20 to 30 seconds. For the average fit person, it requires 20 to 30 minutes of continuous aerobic activity with large muscle groups (e.g. Gluteus Maximus and Quadriceps) to burn even 50% fat; fat requires oxygen to burn. Performing a few extra repetitions on a weight training exercise is not significant enough to burn extra fat and may in effect burn less fat. If intensity is compromised, less fat may be burned when light weight is used with high repetitions. The burning sensation associated with high repetition training seems to be the primary deterrent for achieving higher intensities.
The effectiveness of squat
A study from Italy’s scientist, confirm tht squating with a wide stance increases the activation of your glutes and therefore hamstring. Moreover, never forget that squat is one of the best exercices for building quads and hamstring as much as abs, back. Added to this point, as squat is a hard work exercice, it increase [...]
Aerobic training/Good or bad – Part II
In part one i enumerate numerous theorical reason why aerobic must be changing the way you train. A lot of people have been misleading about cardiovascular work. Doing cardiovascular work in the right way will enhance your ressult as fas as lowering your %BF faster. You juste have to compare : Swimmer vs sprinter – [...]
