Gaining muscle mass is not only to increase muscle volume

Despite the advantages in gaining muscle mass and weight loss, strength training still suffers prejudice, especially the female audience. Gyms are reluctant to use the term for fear of the reaction of the students, who are used to link a form to be large and swollen muscles and the environment of conventional gyms.

You may have heard that weight training is for anyone who wants to be 'pumped'. Many advertisements talk about fitness, exercise, physical activity and muscle tone, even when the job is bodybuilding.

In addition, weight training apparatus, which is the weight itself, is not the only way to gain muscle mass, there are several types of classes geared for this purpose, such as gymnastics or Pilates located, for example.

The Contours, specializes in the female audience, combines strength training with aerobic circuit because it works with no interval between exercises. The teacher of the academy, Juliana Lopes explained that the academy uses a "merged circuit, because of working at peak heart rate according to each age group." "We managed to work the muscles and, in between assets, the aerobic system at the same time."

The academy works with traction equipment developed by the network itself in thinking female audience. The word weight is avoided at all costs. Traction is, according to the professor, the most suitable way to gain muscle mass.

The ranges of the active circuit causes the aerobic training has characteristics, providing the same peak stress on the devices. To appease the public who is not used or do not like the routine of gym workouts and activities of the ranges change constantly.

Women, because they have less testosterone, tend not to have a gain of muscle mass as large as that of men. But if, even so, the student did not want to be very muscular (just a little harder), and counseling a workout combined with strength and endurance with double progression: working now high intensity and low volume, low intensity and sometimes loud.

And it is worth remembering that when swapping fat for muscle, you can lose inches, even with no change in weight, since the muscle is more rigid, allowing the body a little bit stiffer.

If you want to gain strength and lean mass, without bulky muscles, you need to make this clear to the professional physical education academy, it is he who will refer you to the type of activity most suitable for your purposes.

The training can be considered one of the best choices in all aspects, from prevention of diseases, muscle mass, treatment of diseases, and of course, reduce body fat.

Strength training also provides "improved coordination, increased strength and endurance, joint protection (better distribution of loads by the muscles), improves circulation and body awareness.