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CindySays aims to enhance the ability of those seeking health to find a personal path through information, individualization, and inspiration.
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This Week’s Defining Fitness (02-15-09)
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Circuit Training- A type of interval training in which strength exercises are combined with endurance/aerobic exercises, combining the benefits of both a cardiovascular and strength training workout. “Circuit” means a group of activities “stations” positioned around the facility that are to be visited in rapid succession.
Dips- An exercise focusing on the muscles that run on the backside of your upper arm from your shoulder to your elbow.
• Position your hands shoulder width apart on a secured bench or stable chair.
• Move your booty in front of the bench with your legs bent and feet placed about hip width apart on the floor.
• Straighten out your arms and keep a little bend in your elbows in order to always keep tension on your triceps and off your elbow joints.
• Now slowly bend at your elbows and lower your upper body down towards the floor until your arms are at about a 90 degree angle. Be sure to keep your back close to the bench.
• Once you reach the bottom of the movement, slowly press off with your hands, and push yourself straight back up to the starting position.
Ligaments- Ligaments are fibrous bands or sheets of connective tissue linking two or more bones, cartilages, or structures together. One or more ligaments provide stability to a joint during rest and movement.
Mountain Climbers- The mountain climber calisthenics exercise conditions your entire body and is excellent for developing foot and leg muscles. You can increase your overall stamina and core strength by doing the mountain climber.
• Stand with your arms by your sides, feet together.
• Bend down and put your hands shoulder width apart on the floor.
• Place yourself in the basic push-up position with your arms in line with your chest and your legs extended outward.
• Rest on the balls of your feet while bringing one leg (for this example we'll say left leg) forward to your chest and back to its original position. Keep the right leg tucked during the forward and back movement of the left leg.
• Check to be sure your bent leg and hands carry the weight of your body and that you hold your head up during the back and forth leg movements.
• Repeat the motion rapidly, alternating one leg forward and one leg back. This movement mimics the "climbing of a mountain."
• Repeat as many times as you can. Remember to inhale and exhale steadily during the entire mountain climber exercise
Muscle endurance- Muscle Endurance is the capacity of a muscle or a group of muscles to perform repeated contractions against a given load for a long period.
Stamina- The capability of sustaining a prolonged stressful effort—staying power.
Squats- A squat is performed by bending the legs at the knees and hips, lowering the torso between the legs, and then reversing direction to stand up straight again.
Tendons- A tough band of fibrous connective tissue that usually connects muscle to bone and is capable of withstanding tension. Tendons are similar to ligaments except that ligaments join one bone to another. Tendons and muscles work together and can only exert a pulling force.
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