By: Joe Okoro
Resistance building is one of the very important exercises that those sculpting their body includes in their workout routines. It is very vital that each muscle builder understand the importance and rule of this vital workout in his body building endeavour. This information will allow him to have an informed knowledge about this activity and help him decide on the best way to allow this exercise to help him realise his goal as a body builder.
Some of the equipment used in resistance building are dumbbells and barbells. This allows the muscle sculptor to quickly give strength to his muscles in record time. Now this is the metabolic activity that goes on in the tissues and cells of the muscles when you are doing resistance training.
The cells of the muscles enlarge when a weight is applied to the muscles, simultaneously aiding contraction of the larger muscle groups. This action gives progressive strength increase to the muscles, as well as power, endurance and size. This process is called hypertrophy phase. In this process a lot of internal body activities take place. The fats in the body is burnt, heart beating and blood pressure rate reduces and a lot of energy is burnt in the process. Other consequent but positive health effects are reduction in the risks of diabetes, arthritis, and improving the immune system.
There is another process called MVC (Maximal voluntary contractions) which is exerting the muscles to its fullest limit. This leads to maximal contraction in the muscle system. This process gives staying power and strength to the muscles. In muscle training, this process is calculated in (XRM), i.e x-mount of lifts and maximum repetitions. There are formulas for them.
Ordinarily, weight lifters, who want to build their muscle mass should consider resistance building and strength training, and include progressive overloads, lifting process, intensity activities.
Much as i study and research on muscle sculpting activity, I would need experiences and success testimonies as well as reviews from those who have engaged in resistance building exercise to recommend it to anyone. In other words i would need extensive knowledge to recommend it irrespective of the fact that this exercise helps the immune systems activity to fully resist infections and diseases. For the best decision to try it out, i would suggest you see your doctor for a professional advice before engaging in this exercise.
