A workout is a workout, right? That's the general assumption that tends to come to the forefront for most people who just want to stay in shape or lose some weight.
The reality is that depending on the results an individual wants determines the type of workout they should be using. We tend to see bodybuilders, pro athletes, and the tough guys in the gym working out individual muscle groups like crazy. They're always talking about how it's leg day or it's arm day. We've all heard that repeated a million times, right?
Most girls tend to stay away from the weights and stick to cardio, ab workouts, and yoga. Lifting weights has this terrible stereotype that you will only grow huge muscles doing this causing most girls to shy away from them. They don't want to look all muscly.
This is where full body workouts come into play. They're a wonderful mix of everything without building huge amounts of muscle or feeling extremely sore the next day. A full body workout is similar to most workouts: you should workout anywhere from 30-90 minutes, eat a healthy diet, and make sure to stay hydrated. The biggest difference is that at least one portion of the workout focuses on each group of main muscles including the back, arms, and legs.
Weightlifting is involved but in a moderation that supports muscle tone more than it does muscle growth. When people workout only certain muscle groups at a time, what they are doing is breaking down the muscle and then consuming large amounts of protein to try and make them bigger as the muscle rebuilds. By spreading out the workout to other groups it allows the muscles to receive a break and not be broken down as much. The muscle becomes stronger and more toned, but at a slower rate than just a normal workout.
Depending on how much weight is used during a full body workout it is possible to use it as a body building method but results do come slower.
The reality is that depending on the results an individual wants determines the type of workout they should be using. We tend to see bodybuilders, pro athletes, and the tough guys in the gym working out individual muscle groups like crazy. They're always talking about how it's leg day or it's arm day. We've all heard that repeated a million times, right?
Most girls tend to stay away from the weights and stick to cardio, ab workouts, and yoga. Lifting weights has this terrible stereotype that you will only grow huge muscles doing this causing most girls to shy away from them. They don't want to look all muscly.
This is where full body workouts come into play. They're a wonderful mix of everything without building huge amounts of muscle or feeling extremely sore the next day. A full body workout is similar to most workouts: you should workout anywhere from 30-90 minutes, eat a healthy diet, and make sure to stay hydrated. The biggest difference is that at least one portion of the workout focuses on each group of main muscles including the back, arms, and legs.
Weightlifting is involved but in a moderation that supports muscle tone more than it does muscle growth. When people workout only certain muscle groups at a time, what they are doing is breaking down the muscle and then consuming large amounts of protein to try and make them bigger as the muscle rebuilds. By spreading out the workout to other groups it allows the muscles to receive a break and not be broken down as much. The muscle becomes stronger and more toned, but at a slower rate than just a normal workout.
Depending on how much weight is used during a full body workout it is possible to use it as a body building method but results do come slower.
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