Strength Training

How can I calculate the calorie consumption during weight training? | Calories and strength training

How can I calculate the calorie consumption during weight training? If you want to do your strength training even more efficiently, you can calculate the calories consumed and supplied. Especially when building muscles, it is important to provide the body with more calories than it consumes. If you want to lose weight on your legs, … How can I calculate the calorie consumption during weight training? | Calories and strength training

Calorie intake | Calories and strength training

Calorie intake The ideal calorie intake in strength training depends not only on the number of calories, but also on the distribution of nutrients. Each of the macronutrients has its own important function in the body.Proteins are particularly important for muscle building, since muscles are made up largely of proteins. Carbohydrates provide fast energy, which … Calorie intake | Calories and strength training

Neck Pressing

Neck pressing is mainly used in various throwing and pushing disciplines in athletics and bodybuilding. However, neck pressing does not train the trapezoidal muscle that makes up the “bull’s neck” in weight training. By stretching the arms over the head, the shoulder muscles (M. deltoideos) and the arm extensor/triceps (M. triceps brachii) work. If you … Neck Pressing

Hyperextension

Introduction The most common form of back pain is in the area of the lumbar spine. Lack of exercise, incorrect posture, sedentary work and incorrect loads in sports lead to complaints in the lumbar spine area. Since these muscles are hardly used in everyday movements, they are underdeveloped in most cases. One-sided strains in sports … Hyperextension

Modifications | Hyperextension

Modifications Various fitness machines modify the exercise of hyperextension, so that the upper body and legs do not form a line on all machines, but a right angle between thigh and upper body. This facilitates movement and is therefore used particularly frequently in health training. Another possibility for variation is the use of an expander. … Modifications | Hyperextension

Neck muscle training

Synonyms in the broadest sense neck training, strength training, muscle building, bodybuilding, fitness Description The neck muscle training is an isolated training of the descending part of the trapezoid muscle. The training effort is relatively high compared to other exercises, and the percentage of muscles trained during the exercise is very low. Therefore the isolated … Neck muscle training

Six Pack with 40 | Six Pack

Six Pack with 40 Most people have probably asked themselves exactly this question before. How do I get a six-pack with 40? This question does not come out of nowhere. The six-pack becomes more and more difficult to get with increasing age. The reasons for this include metabolic processes, changes in the physiological composition of … Six Pack with 40 | Six Pack

Six Pack

The so-called six-pack is understood to be the strong development of the abdominal muscles, especially the straight abdominal muscle (M. rectus abdominis). Due to a very low percentage of body fat, the individual muscle sections of the straight abdominal muscle, which are divided horizontally by intermediate tendons (Intersectiones tendineae) and vertically by the linea alba, … Six Pack

Anatomy | Six Pack

Anatomy The six-pack consists of the following abdominal wall muscles: the outer oblique abdominal muscle (M. obliquus externus abdominis), the inner oblique abdominal muscle (M. obliquus internus abdominis), the transverse abdominal muscle (M. transversus abdominis) and the straight abdominal muscle (M. rectus abdominis). Through the interaction of several or a respective isolated contraction of the … Anatomy | Six Pack

Strength training for older people

Synonyms in the broadest sense Functional strength training, age sport Introduction Many sports providers and fitness studios have already reacted to the steady increase in the older population and have adapted their sports offer to the needs of older people. While only a few years ago it was the ambitious fitness sportsmen and leisure bodybuilders … Strength training for older people

Dangers | Strength training for older people

Dangers When training with weights, there are always a number of risks that need to be minimized when training correctly. Safety on the appliance: Always make sure that all weights are firmly anchored in the appliance and in the guide. Safety by persons: You should never do weight training completely alone. Pay attention to the … Dangers | Strength training for older people

Push-ups with the expander

Introduction as well as the training of the arm muscles, the training of the chest muscles essentially does not fulfill any health-promoting aspects. Especially male athletes hope to achieve well-trained pectoral muscles through such training. Push-ups have long been one of the best known and most popular exercises for strength training at home. By using … Push-ups with the expander