Bodybuilding Guide to weight lifting - Types of exercises

Execution: This particular exercise is performed hanging from a fix bar, hands apart at a distance shoulders broad. During exercise the legs are streched or slightly bent and crossed at the ankles level and the body is arched. This type of exercise develops the dorsal muscle, especially its upper segment. The same exercise can be executed with the arms further apart, using an end bent bar, the grip thus being on the bent ends of the bar. The more apart the hands are, the more intense the effort of the dorsal muscle during training. All types of tractions are recommended to bodybuilding trainees, regardless the age or gender. In order to stimulate dorsal muscle development, the bodybuilder should hold in position for a few seconds when the chin or the backhead reach the bar. Breathing: inhaling takes place before performing the traction while exhaling occurs when returning to the initial position.

The distance between the gym and your residence is an important factor to be taken into consideration. The shorter the distance the more time and energy you save, time and energy you could invest in your training sessions.

Fatigue has not actually been defined yet. However, there have been many theories concerning this subject. One states that the nerv is the first to weary, followed by the neuromuscular synapse. M. Secenov demonstrated that a muscle recovers faster should other muscles be active while it rests. Due to fatigue the contraction time prolongues, the strain is weaker, the excitability drops and so on.

Proper training leads to the increase of the muscle in size, due to its growth in breadth. Once the muscle grows, the conjunctive tissue and the sarcolemma develop. In order to develop the muscles, the amount of weight to be lifted has to be increased. A significant role in the muscle development is played by the blood flow, which is 30 times higher during training than its value when the body is resting. Because of this phenomenon the cells are nourished and the toxins are eliminated.