Fact&Tips On Exercise and Fitness

Reading your body can sound frightening at start but after some experience it will soon become routine. Today I would like to start by giving you a few simple facts which you may consider in order to speed recovery and exercise more efficiently.

1. Each pound of muscle (1 pound = 0.45 kilograms) burns 75-100 calories every day simply by being.
2. A pound of body fat stores 3500 calories.
3. Your muscles do not grow during exercise. Exercise is only the stimulus. The body strengthens the muscles while you are resting.
4. The amount of rest needed in order for muscles to grow depends on their current size. The larger it is, the more it needs to rest. Gym beginners should rest at least two days between exercise. After a year in the gym you should probably rest three days. And so on. By exercising every day you are hurting your body and retarding muscle growth!
5. The only way that you can know that you have stimulated the muscles enough is to train to failure. If, after some number of repetitions, the muscle is unable to move for 15 seconds even though you are willing it to, then you know that you have provided maximum stimuli.
6. Your body doesn't care if you muscle failed after five repetitions of an exercise or after 50. Use the weight that allows you to do 4-8 repetitions for maximum safety and time efficiency. And there is no reason to do more than one set.
7. You should record your weight prior exercise and post. It is recommended that you drink 1 litre of water per every kilogram lost.

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