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    Sunday, May 30th, 2010
    4:04 pm
    Vital wellness workouts

    Many people invest the majority of their vital wellness workout time building non-functional muscle tissues that rely on hinges and bolts to function appropriately. That's right – we are talking about operating out on bodyweight machines. Weight machines possess a robust application towards:

     

    1) Helping to present stability and assistance for a weak muscle (i.e., just starting into an workout routine or coming off a long break);

    2) Helping to provide a safe movement when balance can be a factor (i.e., people with neuromuscular deficits); or

    3) Assisting in fitness maintenance throughout an injury (i.e., performing leg extensions when rehabilitating a sprained ankle). The rest on the time, individuals who work out on weight devices are basically creating muscle that has no substantial functional application.

     

     

    By this, it means that none of the small, stabilizing muscle tissues needs to function to help the main muscle groups that are exerted through a repetition on weight equipment, since the appliance is providing the stabilization.

     

    Thus, the key muscle groups are strengthened when an individual is no longer supported by the weight machine, they purely have a muscle that can supply a sturdy contraction with little to no support in the other stabilizing muscles. Though this is totally counterproductive for an athlete, it can also lead to injury towards the average vital wellness fitness enthusiast.

     

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