Weight Training and Strength Training

Contrary to popular belief, lifting weights while you are still growing does not stunt growth. It was believed that breaking a bone could damage the ends of the bones that are still growing, but this is not the case. Strength training has only benefits, if done correctly, whether you are young or old.

The problem with doing any workouts on the legs is that most often people overdo it. You never really think theres a problem until somthing either gives out or becomes more than simple soreness.

The weakest part of the legs are the knees, then the ankles. doing any overstrenuous activity will cause damage to those areas.

If you do use ankle weights, be sure to increase the amount of rest you provide for your legs. Common sport injuries, when it comes to the leg deal mostly with the knees and ankles. jumper's knee, runner's knee are the most common and the ones im most afraid of.

Coming from someone who HAD jumper's knee I'll tell you that your leg muscles will ALWAYS BE STRONG.... making them stronger requires a large amount of work compared to the upper body (they are the biggest, and strongest muscles in the entire body), but pushing them further requires great risk and with that risk one must always exercise great caution.

My advice would be to go ahead and use the weights, but be sure to provide your joints and legs with enough rest, and also strengthen the muscles that support the ankles and knees.

If your trying to gain muscle, when you work out do short sets of very heavy weights as opposed to many sets of low weight. So, lift as much as you can, even if it's not for as many reps. Also, there area lot of power drinks that you can take along with workinng out that will help you gain muscle.

If you weigh 55 kilograms the weights you lift be as heavy as instructed by your trainer. Rarely will your body weight determine the heaviness of the weights to be lifted. You will start with light weights and keep adding weights as you progress.

For the inner thigh you'd want to work the adductor muscles, which are the ones that brings your legs together, and unfortunately bicycling won't reach those particularly well. Swimming, particularly the breast stroke, or inline skating would be better options for targeting those muscles.

The best way is simply to do pull-ups. If you are unable to do even one pull-up, you can either do seated pull-downs on a lat machine or support yourself a little with your legs as you do one rep. Another way is to use negatives: instead of pulling yourself up, lower yourself down. Only do the lowering part of the exercise, and lower yourself slowly. Do only a few reps, because doing negatives will make DOMS (delayed onset muscular soreness) worse. After training with only negatives for a few weeks, go back to doing ordinary pull-ups.

If you want to increase the maximum number of pull ups that you can do consecutively the "Grease the Grove" (GTG) method is the fastest way to do this. This is a proven formula used by top power lifters. Instead of doing pull ups to failure (your max reps) you only do 50-80% of your max each set and you do 3-5 sets per day every day. The concept is you do your workout with fresh muscles each time and you do workouts often. You never train to failure. After a while you take a up to a few days off for full recovery then test your maximum reps again and start your training again at 50-80% of your new max. Continue to repeat this process and you can start to add weight as well if you want to add muscle size.

If you want to increase the maximum number of pull ups in a time frame, ie maximum per hour, then you use the "Armstrong" method which is doing smaller sets more often throughout the day. Something like 3 reps every minute all day long. Of course you will not be able to do this right away but that is the general principle. You will not build your consecutive max reps doing this method much since this type of training is for endurance not strength. Under the Armstrong method you also do 3 sets of push ups first thing in the morning to failure before starting pull ups. Although push ups work the chest more they are probably required to keep your body in balance. For every muscle you work out you must strengthen the antagonist muscle as well or you will end up with injuries.

A well established principle however there are those who have other ideas. The thing is what is the alternative? You load the muscle up and ram it hard then recover this is a bulk building strategy and tears the muscle fiber so that in recovery it builds the equivalent of a callous or scare tissue that adds bulk.

yes...as long as you're alive since you smoke lol....(just kidding)..smoking does not prevent muscle building, it only affects your endurance abilitie...

You can get results in 1-2 weeks. That is, you can 'feel' some muscles growing, but dont expect to look noticably different. On the first day lift weights for about 30 mins, and make sure you lift weights that are 'reasonably heavy' but not to an extent that you are struggling after the 3rd lift (rep). Your muscles must hurt for a few days after this session, to the extent that when you extend your arm it hurts, and when you do a sit up it hurts. If they don't , you need to go back and lift heavier weights. Once you have completed this initial session, you need to increase your weights marginally each session. For toning your body you generally go for less weights but more reps. For big muscles you go for bigger weights but fewer reps. Also, make sure you rest your muscles for at least 48 hours otherwise you could actually go backwards! So on day one you might do biceps and abs, on day 2 you do chest and triceps. If you go to the gym 4 or 5 days a week, I promise you will notice some difference (or moreso 'feeling' ) in about 2 weeks. After 4 you will notice your biceps and chest musles will be bigger. After 6 bigger, etc etc. The more results you get, the more research you can do on better exercisies , diet, etc. Finally, its important to know how muscles develop: when you lift weights you are sort of 'damaging' or tearing your muscles. Your body needs to repair them, which it does in the 48 hour rest period, but actually makes the muscle slightly bigger 'just in case'. This is why you need to increase your weights marginally after each training session.

You can tone the arms by lifting weights (you can get some little ones at any store like Walmart). Losing weight all over will help as well, since you can't spot reduce (lose weight in just one spot).

Answer: 58.2 kg = 9 stone and 2.30 lbs.

Yes! if you dance and sweat, yes! of course you can loose weight! but it has to be every day for 3 or 4 months, without failing any day.And if you dance and sweat and at the other day, and then you eat pizza with coke and ice cream,and candy your diet will slowdown or might not work at all.So you need to ask yourself, (Can I Do This).You first exercise and then dance for atleast two hours then drink ALOT! of water.Then 2 things you can't eat or drink at all during your diet, would be Sodas,pizza, NO! Ice Cream! and no cakes for 3 months. I did this! i used to weight 140 pounds now i weight 116 pounds. Good Luck! :)

There is no real way to not gain weight, but the best way is to do a lot of cario work, treadmill, bikes, aerobics, etc. And use light weights with high reps. Meaning use a 10 pound instead of a 20 and do 15 of each excersise instead of 10. This will be the best way not to gain weight. But if you are healthy, it doesn't matter what you weight. unless you are concerned about making a specific weight for wrestling,boxing ect, you should not concern yourself so much on the numbers, I would suggest throwing out the scale. You can go from 160 to 190 and look lighter and thinner at 190. as far as getting tone only you can work with weights, using low weight and high reps. for example..to build muscle mass you would want to life a weigt light enough you can lift it at least 8 times and no more than 12 times in a set. for toning you want something you can life 20 to 25 times in a set. this will give you more of a tone look. throw out the scale and use a mirror and measuring tape if needed.

The heart is a muscle! A BIG MUSCLE! It isn't like the other muscles in the body because it is the thing that keeps you going. This is the one muscle you don't wanna tear ;)

gastrocnemus, erector spinae, latissimus dorsi, Gluteus maximus,medius, minimus, Biceps femoris, quadricep muscles.

The amount of calories burned lifting 5 pound weights varies depending on different factors. Gender, current weight, age, and the amount of time you spend lifting the weights are factors that need to be considered before determining the amount of calories it burns.

Fat hangs and wobbles. Muscle is tight and hard. You can get a BMI chart from either your doctor or on line. It will ask you a few numbers about yourself and you got to divide and multiply and you will come out with your BODY MASS INDEX which measures the percentage of fat on your body.

You have many advantages of being physically fit. You develop self confidence with physically fit body. You can do your work in far better way. Debilitated body can not have healthy personality. Being physically and mentally fit you can serve the society in better way as a member of the society.

According to an Australian study, potatoes have the highest rating on the Satiety Index --providing three times the satisfaction of a slice of bread.

Foods with a high satiety rating are recommended for people trying to lose weight, because they help curb hunger and keep you feeling full longer.

Hard crash. Many chills and goosebumps afterwards. Makes you feel indifferent but sometimes it may cause you to be very emotional. Worst part is that it temporarily cause a huge decrease in genital volume in men. Also involves sometimes trouble peeing.

• Keeping fit by regular exercise
• Eat a balanced diet
• Maintain ideal weight
• Practice good grooming habits
• Avoid tobacco, alcohol, and drugs
• Get plenty of rest (6-8 hours)

Exercise is very important for people with arthritis and swimming is a fantastic exercise because it is low impact on joints. As long as you aren't doing anything that is too painful it should be very helpful to keep moving.

Opportunity cost is divided in to further two cost:Implicit cost and explicit cost

Suppose there is a man who has two options to earn

1. To go abroad

2. To start a business of printing from the capital which he had in amount of 1.4million

Now if he refuses the option of not to go abroad but from economics point of view he also refuses the income which he earn if he goes abroad He tolerates this income indirectly.But if he choose 2nd option he has to pay for starting the business

In this case implicit cost is the choosing of first option

and explicit cost is the choosing the second option

In other words explicit cost can be defined as the cost which is paid for acquiring resources

It appears average height is around 5'9", and average weight is around 180lbs... but it completely varies by geography and ethnicity. You can check out my related link for a good source on average body statistics.

I've lost the manual that comes with the Curves Body Analysis Scale. How do I use it?