Want a leaner, fitter body and a sense of prowess to boot? Step into the weights room…
Many of us have had this moment:looking at a heavily-stacked barbell the instructor has placed in front of us and picturing Arnold Schwarzenegger in Pumping Iron. But get this – research shows that lifting heavy weights won’t make us girls bulk up. Instead, experts agree that lifting more pounds will help us to lose more pounds. Don’t believe it? One study in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise shows that women who lifted heavier weights for fewer reps (85 per cent of one rep max, eight times) scorched nearly double the calories after exercise than they did when lifting light weights for more reps (45 per cent of one rep max, 15 times).
‘I’m so desperate to break the rumour that lifting heavy weights will make you bulky,’ says Laura Hoggins, coach at The Foundry (foundryfit.com). ‘Sure, it’s important to get the technique right, as well as set progressive and challenging sessions, but, combined with smart nutrition and conditioning, heavy lifting is the best way to achieve fat loss and a lean physique.’
It’s all down to the intensity of training and effect that overloading the muscles has on your body: ‘Heavy strength training stimulates your anabolic growth hormone, which boosts your immune system, increases fat metabolism and promotes growth in your muscles, tendons and ligaments,’ adds Hoggins. ‘Paired with the correct nutrition, you could use strength training to transform your body in a matter of weeks.’
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 2017 من Health & Fitness.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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