The Secret to Better Fitness Workouts

Here are some ideas to have more time efficient workouts, get the best results and reduce your potential for injury.

The human body is highly sophisticated but when it comes to muscles and joints, they are only designed to work in a very specific way. Moving a joint in the wrong direction can damage the joint and surrounding soft tissue. Therefore all the exercises that you perform must work in line with your body and not against it in order to reduce the potential of injury.

Since the body has over 600 muscles it makes sense to utilize as many muscles as possible with each exercise. In a rehabilitation situation or for competitive bodybuilding it naturally would make more sense to focus on just one or two muscles. But for most people maximizing muscles during a workout, focusing on several muscles is a huge time saver. This is called functional training.

Some of the benefits of using more muscles include burning more calories during a workout because every muscle requires energy during movement. Secondly, you are burning more calories after a workout because you’re increasing your metabolic rate and burning more calories at rest. You’re also challenging your heart and lungs more effectively as the muscles need a lot of oxygenated blood to function. Finally, there is more positive hormonal response resulting in more effective muscle growth.