Health Tips
How to Lower Your Cholesterol – Follow This Advice
If your doctor has told you that you need to improve your cardiovascular health, it is likely that you need to learn how to lower your cholesterol. High LDL cholesterol, or ‘bad’ cholesterol and low HDL cholesterol or ‘good cholesterol’ is a sign of cardiovascular disease in the making. Fortunately, there are many things you [...]
The Specificity Principle and Exercise
It’s generally accepted that when it comes to training athletes to improve in a specific sport or function, the best from of training is that which mimics that sport of function. This is known as the Specificity Principle. Performance is enhanced by specific training that matches the requirements of actual performance. It’s also accepted that [...]
General Adaptation Syndrome: How the Body Responds to Stress
There are many types of stress, but the type we’re concerned about here is physical stress as it relates to exercise and fitness. Hans Selye was a famous researcher who examined the effects of stress. Known among his peers as Dr. Stress, he determined that the way the body responds to stress is similar no [...]
The Principle of Use-Disuse
Here’s another basic principle of weight training that should be pretty obvious. Nevertheless, it’s been identified and named and explained. We’ve all heard the saying “use it or lose it”. That’s the Principle of Use/Disuse. It’s the reason why when you stop working out, your conditioning level begins to decline. If you carry a lot [...]
The Overload Principle
When you overload something, you are exposing it to a greater level of stress than is normally encountered. When it comes to exercise, physical changes in the form of strength and muscular development only result when an overload is applied. The better condition you’re in, the great the overload needs to be in order to [...]
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