Fitness

Don’t Eat Them: 6 Foods That Prevent Weight Loss

Eliminate or reduce their consumption

There are many ways to lose weight – an active lifestyle, training and exercise, walking and running, special diets. But there are products that will interfere with getting rid of fat, even if you have started working in this direction. Here they are. (more…)

 

29 Apr 2023

Exercises for slimming the abdomen and sides

More benefits than you think

Exercises for weight loss of the abdomen and sides will bring you more benefits than it seems at first glance. Let’s take a look at what “goodies” you can get from regular classes in these zones. (more…)

 

20 Apr 2023

How to lose weight for the summer: 5 fat-burning exercises and tips from a pro

How to lose weight for the summer: where to start

The first thing to start with is to review your diet. First of all, remove all sugar-containing foods and simple carbohydrates: bread, buns, fast food, and carbonated drinks. Instead, switch to complex: rice, buckwheat, lentils, and other cereals. Add more fresh vegetables and fruits, as well as greens, to your diet. Try to eat at the same time and do not skip main meals.

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09 Apr 2023

Top 5 Home Workout Items

After the end of the pandemic, home workouts have become commonplace for many. There are many apps and websites that will help you organize your own classes at home. But what about sports equipment?

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24 Mar 2023

Exercises to strengthen the lower back

You live your wonderful life like this, and after an unsuccessfully taken package or a sharp tilt, SHE 一 pain in the lower back occurs. All homemade ointments, tinctures, a belt made of dog hair and a grandmother’s warm shawl are used. Who is to blame and what to do – read in this article.

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20 Mar 2023

Which sport is right for your child?

Before you decide which sport is ideal for your child, you should at least study a little about the most popular sports sections that young parents prefer. (more…)

 

28 Feb 2023

Strength Training with Weights

Power training

Weight training is very helpful. The results of the research have revealed that the full benefits and effectiveness of strength training can be felt by doing it just a couple of times a week, setting the duration of classes to 15 to 20 minutes. (more…)

 

27 Feb 2023

Cardio workout at home

All about cardio

Cardio training is understood as a physical load exerted on the entire CCC (cardiovascular system) by methodically performing the same exercise for some time. (more…)

 

26 Feb 2023

WHAT TO DO IF MUSCLES HURT AFTER TRAINING?

Why do muscles hurt after exercise?

Sometimes after physical exertion, we experience pain. Most often this happens the next day after an active workout, although in some cases the peak of discomfort occurs on the second or third day after class. As a rule, muscles hurt in beginners, but even those who have been fond of sports and fitness for a long time are still not immune from muscle pain. The fact is that during active training we get microtrauma. They are safe for our health, but the body reacts to them with pain. In this case, this is good news, because it is as a result of the healing of muscle micro-tears that an increase in the volume and weight of the muscles occurs. (more…)

 

10 Feb 2023

ARMY BENCH PRESS: TECHNIQUE, TYPES, BLUNDERS

The military bench press is mainly aimed at working out the front deltas. Some mistakenly believe that this exercise was invented by the SEALs and popularized by bodybuilders. In fact, the exercise has been known for a long time, and powerlifting competitions and the introduction of crossfit complexes into training contributed to the popularization. In this article, the Spirit fitness club team. Fitness will tell you what options exist, what are the differences from the military press, and what mistakes even experienced athletes make.
MAIN MUSCLES INVOLVED

The following muscles are actively working in the military press:

  • deltoid;
  • large chest;
  • triceps muscles of the shoulder;
  • anterior dentate;
  • supraspinatus muscle.
ADVANTAGES
The basic exercise with the classic technique (standing with a barbell) involves many muscle groups, but it pumps the front deltas best of all, making the shoulders visually more voluminous. At the same time, unlike the press for the head, the movement is natural for our body, “does not break” the usual movements in the shoulder joints. Another benefit is that the military bench helps prepare the body and learn the timing for other benching exercises in the future.
FLAWS
Failure to follow the technique can result in injury. This usually happens if the athlete takes too much weight or holds the bar with the wrong grip (too wide or narrow, does not control the placement of the neck in the center of the palms). Weak back muscles (this is especially true for office workers) can prevent you from working at full amplitude, which will reduce efficiency, so a beginner should discuss with the trainer the appropriateness of this exercise.
CONTRAINDICATIONS
You can not press the barbell from the chest with pain in the wrists, elbows and shoulder joints, with injuries and diseases of these joints. In case of problems with the spine, it is also recommended to consult a doctor first.
CHOICE OF VARIATION DEPENDING ON THE GOAL

There are several options for the military press: with a barbell and dumbbells, sitting and standing. Choose a technique depending on the purpose.

  • Strength growth. In this case, you can work with both shells, but you can take more weight while standing than sitting.
  • Working deltas. 2014 study showed that the vertical dumbbell press is the best exercise to load the anterior bundle of the deltoid muscle.
  • Increased tone and increased muscle mass. More muscles are involved when the bench press is standing.
  • Reducing the load on the spine. The sitting position helps to take some of the load off the spine. The type of projectile doesn’t matter.
FEATURES OF WARMING UP BEFORE TRAINING
The military press is a heavy exercise that involves several joints, so the warm-up cannot be ignored. Increasing elasticity and warming up muscles, joints and ligaments help reduce the risk of injury.
Perform preliminary and special warm-ups. Preliminary: make circular movements with your shoulders, elbows and hands, knead each joint for 30 seconds. A special warm-up involves performing a military bench, but with less weight than what you use in working sets. Its purpose is to prepare the joints and muscles for the load, and not to load them.
CORRECT TECHNIQUE
Before talking about the correct technique, let’s take a short digression and explain how this exercise differs from the military and overhead presses, with which it is constantly confused.
The Military Press is a bench press exercise with a barbell in the prone position. And not just lying down, it is important here that the legs do not rest on the floor or bench: they are bent at the knees, crossed in the calf area and kept in weight. The main load falls on the muscles of the chest.

Press from behind the head – a more traumatic exercise, requires high elasticity of the muscles of the chest and shoulders. Such a movement is rarely used in everyday life, it is less characteristic of the joints, and the range of motion is less than when working from the chest.

Standing with a barbell

At the beginning of the exercise, the bar should be placed on racks at shoulder level, so it will be more convenient for you to remove it. To remove, grab the bar, put one foot forward, squat slightly and lift the barbell, then take a side step back, stepping out of the rack.
Hold the bar with a medium (shoulder-width) straight closed grip, lower it to chest level and check that it rests on the center of the palms. The legs should be parallel to each other, the forearms should be perpendicular to the floor throughout the exercise.
Squeeze the bar as you exhale: the movement of the hands should not be strictly vertical, but slightly in an arc. At the peak, the arms are straightened, the head looks forward. Then slowly lower the bar to chest level. During the push, do not help with your legs, the top should work.

 

09 Feb 2023