fit for life-Resistance training

"While any exercise will challenge your muscles, when it comes to building (toning them), you need to add resistance training".

When you lift weights (which can also be just your body weight), your working muscles will gently tear. This “damage” to the muscle accelerates a body’s repair response which in turn thickens the muscles fibres leading to increased strength and muscle size.

Remember that everyone responds to training differently and getting good results means that you also have to concentrate on getting nourishing food and enough rest so that your body has time to recover as it is the ”quality of recovery” that the adaptation occur.

Points to consider:

• Remember your reasons for exercising; You CAN do this! Don’t give up on yourself!

• Listen to your body, start gently and slowly, consistency is the key.

• If you train consistently improvements will materialize however they don’t happen overnight. You need a system (habits) in place to achieve your goals and make movement part of your everyday living for a balanced life.

• If you don’t know how many times a week you are able to do your resistance training – include movements for the whole body.

• Gradually increase your frequency, volume, or intensity so that you can see improvements while at the same time minimising injuries.

• Rest/Recovery: If possible – try to establish good sleep patterns.

• Consuming the right foods can have a huge impact on recovery, energy levels, fat loss and increased performance. Every person has individual nutritional requirements. If you don’t know what foods are good for you, ph360 can help.