Muscle building through strength training Targeted strength training is probably the most effective way to build muscles. Training exercises with your own body weight as well as additional weights can be used. The decisive factor in stimulating muscle growth is to bring the muscle into a state of exhaustion. The body reacts to this by … Muscle building through strength training | Strength training
Strength training for fat loss Strength training is a very good way to burn fat compared to many other sports. This is based on the so-called afterburning effect. This means that the muscles continue to burn fat even after their actual effort. This effect is all the greater the more the muscles are stressed. Long, … Strength training for fat loss | Strength training
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
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 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
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
The exercise of the butterfly counts next to the bench press and the fleece as a form of exercise for the development of the chest muscles and is especially used in bodybuilding. However, in contrast to bench press, in which the triceps (M. triceps brachii) and the deltoid muscle (M. deltoideus) take over part of … Butterfly
Introduction In order to do justice to the principle of varying the training load, the chest muscle training can and should be designed variably. The training on the cable pulley can be used in addition to the normal training and serves mainly to define the chest muscles. As both arms work symmetrically and a firm … Butterfly on cable pull
Introduction A strong back is not only a sign of physical fitness but also serves to maintain physical health. Back pain is one of the most common diseases in Germany. Wrong posture and too little movement additionally increase the risk of these complaints. However not only sporty passive humans plague over back pain, but numerous … Latissimus extract
Modifications In order to make the training extensive, the exercises on the latissimus pull can be done in different ways. In order to stimulate the inner parts of the broad back muscle more specifically, a tight grip should be chosen. The hands are one hand width apart and the palms of the hands are facing … Modifications | Latissimus extract
Introduction The lateral push-ups are the most effective training for the training of the external and internal oblique abdominal muscles (M. obliquus externus abdominis), but are often overshadowed by training of the straight abdominal muscles. Similar to the Abdominal Crunch and the Reverse Crunch, no equipment is necessary for optimal training. Especially for sports that … Lateral push-ups
Training planning – How many sentences should you make? Depending on the training goal, about 3 to 5 sets of 15 push-ups each are recommended. Those who can do more than 15 should calmly push themselves to their limits in order to achieve optimal training success. Typical errors during execution Many athletes train the oblique … Training planning – How many sentences should you make? | Lateral push-ups
