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Exercise
Exercise is fundamental to healthy living. Ask questions here about types of exercise and developing exercise habits in your life.
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What muscle groups does an elliptical trainer exercise?
The muscles that are used on and elliptical are the pectorals, triceps, and biceps when pushing or maneuvering the handles and your gluteus maximus, hamstrings, and quadriceps when moving your legs in the stair like motion that is associated with the elliptical movements.
How many days a week is it recommended that a person should exercise?
about 3-4 times a wekk depending on how hard you work out.
It depends on what kind of workout you are doing. If you target different muscle groups you can go up to 6 days. I recommend about 3 to 5 depending on your schedule and workout type. If you do full body workouts then you should leave at least a day of rest after you workout. Make sure you include cardio in your workout as well.
Working out for 3 days a week is usually seen as perfect. Mon, Wed and Fri workout and weekend rest period is good for full body workouts. The reason for this is that when you lift weight you create micro-tears in the muscle and also create new pathways for the blood to flow through. When this happens the muscle breaks down and needs time to repair; now keep what i just said in mind, imagine you fall and take skin off your knee, if you fall on it the next day it will never recover, yeah? Your muscle needs at least 24 hours to recover between workouts and after a few sessions 48 hours is required for strength gain.
Of course nutrition is a big part of this, you need protein to rebuild muscle tissue, whey protein shakes are ideal for post workout drinks but of course, not everyone can afford 30 quid a month. chicken, fish and red meats are great sources of protein. Eggs too are good but watch the fat content.
Four or five days a week
What causes loss of water and salt during exercise?
Blood is thicker therefore more difficult to pump, it takes longer for nutrients to reach muscles. Waste products such as lactic acid is not discreeted due to water conversation. Body overheats due to inabilty to sweat due to dehydration
Which of the following are good warm up excercises?
The first thing for a warm up you need to do is pulse raise, this can be done from doing star jumps, jogging and maybe a quick game of tag. This gets your blood bumping faster and all around the body. Next you need to stretch there are lots of stretches for all over your body, this prevents injury to your muscles. Now your ready to start your exercise.
A pre-exercise warm-up:
- increases blood flow to the muscles, which enhances the delivery of oxygen and nutrients;
- warms your muscles, which promotes the energy-releasing reactions used during exercise and makes the muscles more supple;
- prepares your muscles for stretching;
- prepares your heart for an increase in activity;
- prepares you mentally for the upcoming exercise;
- primes your nerve-to-muscle pathways to be ready for exercise; and
- prevents unnecessary stress and fatigue being placed on your muscles, heart and lungs, which can occur if you exercise strenuously without a warm-up.
The warm-up is widely viewed as a simple measure to prepare your body for exercise of a moderate to high intensity, and is believed to help prevent injury during exercise. Although there is a lack of clear scientific evidence that warming up prevents injuries, anecdotal evidence and logic would suggest that a warm-up should reduce the risk and, at worst, not increase it.
Ensuring an effective warm-upTo make your warm-up effective, you need to do movements that increase your heart rate and breathing, and slightly increase the temperature of your muscles. A good indication is warming up to the point where you have raised a light sweat.If you're exercising for general fitness, allow 5 to 10 minutes for your pre-exercise warm-up (or slightly longer in cold weather).
If you are exercising at a higher level than for general fitness, or have a particular sporting goal in mind, you may need a longer warm-up, and one that is designed specifically for your sport.
Warm-up optionsFollow these options in the order listed. 1. General warm-upTo begin your warm-up do 5 minutes of light (low intensity) physical activity such as walking, jogging on the spot or on a trampoline, or cycling. Pump your arms or make large but controlled circular movements with your arms to help warm the muscles of your upper body. 2. Sport-specific warm-upOne of the best ways to warm up is to perform the upcoming exercise at a slow pace. This will allow you to simulate at low intensity the movements you are about to perform at higher intensity during your chosen activity. Typical examples include steady jogging, cycling or swimming before progressing to a faster speed. This may then be followed by some sport-specific movements and activities, such as a few minutes of easy catching practice for cricketers or baseball players, going through the motion of bowling a ball for lawn bowlers, shoulder rolls, or side-stepping and slow-paced practice hits for tennis players. Sport-specific warm-ups are often designed by a qualified trainer in that sport. 3. StretchingAny stretching is best performed after your muscles are warm, so only stretch after your general warm-up. Stretching muscles when they are cold may lead to a tear. Stretching during a warm-up can include some slow, controlled circling movements at key joints, such as shoulder rolls, but the stretches should not be forced or done at a speed that may stretch the joint, muscles and tendons beyond their normal length.Another component of stretching during a warm-up is 'static stretching' - where a muscle is gently stretched and held in the stretched position for 10-30 seconds. This is generally considered the safest method of stretching.
Perform a light static stretching routine at the end of your warm-up by stretching each of the muscle groups you will be using in your chosen activity. A static stretch should be held at the point where you can feel the stretch but do not experience any discomfort. If you feel discomfort, ease back on the stretch. Remember not to bounce when holding the stretch. Don't spend so long doing your stretches that your muscles cool down and your heart rate returns to its resting level. It is better to keep most of your static stretching for after your exercise session, that is, as part of your cool-down.
Studies comparing a warm-up that includes static stretching with a warm-up that does not include static stretching have shown that pre-exercise static stretching improves flexibility, but its effect on injury prevention remains unclear.
Apart from static stretching, other methods of stretching include ballistic, dynamic and PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation) stretching, each of which is best done under instruction from a qualified fitness instructor or sports coach.
fat people die early. excess weight increases blood pressure and likelihood of diabetes as well as increased cholesterol in the body wich also increases blood pressure.... all bad for the heart the number one part in the body that fails 1st
What effect does exercise have on respiratory system?
When you are exercising your respiratory system responses by your breathing rate increases and you start to breathe heavily, this happens because your muscles need more oxygen so you breathe deep and quicker so a supply of oxygen can get to the muscles, also when you finish exercise your breathing rate will decrease and start to recover. Another response from the respiratory system is the tidal volume, which increase as a response to exercise this is because the muscle needs an increase of oxygen. As well as the breathing rate and tidal volume, the pulmonary ventilation is also a response to exercise on the respiratory system. The pulmonary ventilation increases when the body starts to do exercise, this happens because like most of the other responses the muscles need more oxygen, there is also an increase in the removal of carbon dioxide
Respiration increases as a response to exercise. The reason being is because as someone exercises the heart-rate increase, which means that the output of blood will increase. In order to provide enough oxygen for the blood produced, the respiration has to increase.
higher air flow and blood flow. As your resportary system is for oxegenating your blood. Allso it can strengthen internal muscles used by your lungs and diofram.
Do ankle weights stop your growth?
No, that's a myth. Weight training will not stunt your growth. However, that does not mean that it is advisable before the age of about 16. Then, lifting weights, when using correct form, should be beneficial. It is risky to do it any earlier unless one has expert coaching and supervision.
Height affects how you can approach the game. For instance, those who are taller will typically be dunking and scoring close to the basket much more than shooting the ball from anywhere outside of the key.
Short players, however, will generally be more likely to shoot jump shots. Their small stature poses problems when trying to drive into the lane against taller players who are generally shot blockers.
Is rollerblading a good cardio exercise?
Far more popular outside of the United States I can tell you that much. It has a massive following all over Europe, parts of Asia and then more in Australia. Rollerblading is virtually existent in most countries though in smaller quantities. Skateboarding is still, by far more popular due to it's massive advertising campaigns, visibility and representation in most media, it's more than 40 year history of existence and its attractive culture that most other sub cultures like it have several common similarities. I hope this helps answer your question.
How do you encourage people to exercise?
Have them turn off the TV, take away the phones, and computers. Kick them outside and tell them to go play. Get them involved in sports, go camping, go fishing, go bike riding.
What is 11 year old boy mile run record?
the fastest mile time run by a 13 year old was 4:26:93.... fastest mile ever ran to date was 4:04:4 by Glenn Cunningham in 1931
If you do push ups does it make your muscles bigger?
Weighted incline situps can give you very nice bulging abdomens. Doing elevated pushups with a weighted vest can give you the results your looking for depending on the goal. Different pushups work different muscles more than others. Otherwise if your a beginner start off without weights and just do regular situps and pushups until you feel comfortable enough to work with more resistance.
What are some health benefits of bike riding?
There are some key benefits that come with bike riding....
1. It's great for the environment.
2. You get the same aerobic workout riding a bike as you would jogging
3. It is much easier on the joints.
4. Save on gas.
5. Gain more energy.
6. Can be done anytime, anywhere.
7. The whole family can do it.
8. Increased heart and lung function.
9. Stronger leg muscles. (Remember to stretch before going on a serious bike ride)
10. Even those with arthritis can bike ride, and their joints will actually feel better afterwards.
How does exercise help maintain healthy bones?
The density of bone increases, due to the increases production of osteoblasts. Osteoblasts assist in the production of new bone cells, therefore, the bones will get stronger when osteoblasts are produced. As exercise leads to the production of osteoblasts, bones grow stronger with a regular regime of activity.
- It does I think because I've been swimming for 8 years and I taller than my whole family almost that's what other people say.
- Swimming won't make you actually grow, but it can help stretch your spine, much like an inversion table. Uncompressing your spine may make you 1-2 inches taller.
- No. Swimming is great excercise, and often, swimmers build and maintain "long, lean" muscles. It will not make you taller.
- No, see the related question, listed under Related Questions, for more information.
How do you increase your height after 17?
Afraid there is nothing you can do to accelerate you growth. Factors (genetics, sex, etc) will have an effect on when you start and stop growing. Men go through peak growing velocity between 15-18 and stop growing around 21. Women start earlier, around 12-15 and finish around age 17. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful but, if it happens it happens.
What are three safety guidelines to follow during strength training?
Make sure that you start with a fiveminute warm up period. Make sure that you are doing the right workout plan. Wear the appropriate clothing and most importantly make sure that you stay hydrated.
How many six up per week does it take to get a six pack?
Depends on what type of body you have and what type of body you are looking for. If you are looking to get BIG, I would suggest lots of weight exercises (cable crunches, machine crunches, weighted leg raises, etc.), however if you want the six pack abs, stick to high repitions lower weight. Make sure that every rep you feel in every fiber of your upper and lower abs! Hope it helps!
~Mason
every other day you should give a muscle at least a day of rest.
No not really.
Anaerobic Skill is used by athletes in non-endurance sports to promote strength, speed and power and by body builders to build muscle mass.
How many jumping jacks do you have to do to lose one pound?
It takes about six or seven jumping jacks for a 150 pound person to burn one calorie. Going off of the "3500 calorie rule" (which is now known to be completely false because weight loss varies depending on metabolism and body composition among other things), this means that that person would have to do about 21,000 jumping jacks at minimum to lose one pound of weight.
Of course, this isn't a hard and fast rule for everyone. A 200 pound person, for example, may burn a calorie every 5 jumping jacks, meaning only 17,500 jumping jacks are needed. A 125 pound person might need to do 8 or 9 jumping jacks to burn a calorie, meaning they might need as many as 32,500 jumping jacks to burn 3500 calories.
And losing a pound of fat isn't as simple as burning 3500 calories, unfortunately. Everyone deals with a calorie deficit differently. And the closer someone is to a sort of weight equilibrium, the less weight they will lose. That is simply a matter of diet and metabolism.
But, if you are looking for a short answer, an average person may need at least 20,000 jumping jacks before they lose a pound of fat.
There are all kinds of AB exercise equipment. Some of them are the AB Roller, the AB Rocket, AB Coaster, Body Solid AB and Back Machine, Power Systems Abdominal Crunch Strap, and Gold's Gym AB Blade.
What types of exercises are plantar flexins hip flexions knee flexions and side raises?
You lift the weight on your shoulder, behind the neck. Lift your self by planer flexing the feet. You put the chest expander on the wall and press them downwards with your heels, when you are lying supine on the floor. This will strengthen your hip extensors. You sit on the chair and pull the chest expander spring to flex your knee. Repeat the exercise with another leg. The chest expander spring lying in horizontal position in this case. To work with side leg raises, you put your both legs in elastic rings and separate the straight legs apart. Alternately fix some weight to your foot and do the side leg rise exercise.
Why do your muscles get sore after long periods of exercise?
A substance called Bradykinin is released from blood vessels and the pain receptors (the same ones that hurt if you push on your muscle) become sensitive to this and produce pain.
Muscles get sore after a workout because they have been stretched to their limits.
Sometimes you get sore because the muscle is physically stretched too far and needs to heal. Then the muscle will be sore until it has healed itself, and it is advisable not to use that muscle extensively until the soreness is gone.
Sometimes you get sore because the cells in the muscles do not have enough oxygen. When there is no oxygen, cells cannot finish cellular respiration, which produces energy. Instead, muscle cells without oxygen go through a process that does not need oxygen: Fermentation. In fermentation, cells produce lactic acid. The soreness will last until your body gets rid of the lactic acid.
