Sentences with phrase «high numbers of repetitions»

These goals do not require heavy weights and instead concentrate on high numbers of repetitions and a slow lifting tempo, which a stability ball naturally lends itself well to.

The exercise works the best when performed with light loads and higher number of repetitions (15 - 20)-- Contract the abs during the motion.

Unfortunately, most women incorrectly believe that the best way to «get muscle tone without getting too big» is to lift light weights for a high number of repetitions.

The free squat (no weights used) will not build the level of leg strength that can be obtained with weights because the high number of repetitions that are possible with this exercise are not conducive to strength building.

As with the standard press up it is possible to build up to a high number of repetitions quickly with this bicep exercise and although it works other muscles (particularly the shoulders) it will develop biceps endurance.

I'd recommend choosing three to four, and performing a higher number of repetitions and fewer sets than you would for your compound lifts.

You perform a relatively high number of repetitions, 15 to 25 per set, for one or two sets.

Exercises are either performed with a high number of repetitions (12 to 15), or more often, are performed for a set time (e.g., 30 seconds);

Indeed, endurance athletes, who are generally able to perform a higher number of repetitions to failure in comparison with strength athletes (Desgorces et al. 2010; Panissa et al. 2013; Richens & Cleather, 2014) also tend to display a greater proportion of type I muscle fibers (Gollnick et al. 1972; Costill et al. 1979; Harber et al. 2004a).

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The high repetition rate of such scheme is another advantage that shows high promise for a number of application.

A powerbuilding routine incorporates number of repetitions, high enough to produce hypertrophy, but still low enough to produce strength gains too.

We have to understand that in order to gain muscles, we have to make sure that, yes, our protein intake is quite high but, more importantly, that we are lifting heavy weights in the gym following a consistent, efficient hypertrophy program that takes into consideration the number of sets and repetitions, the tempo, the training volume, the time under tension, the duration of rest between the sets, etc., etc..

Muscles have fibers which adapt to a high volume of repetitions which are a core part of a standard training regimen, by which the number of mitochondria inside the blood cells increases.

By using a lighter weight, higher repetitions, and varying the repetition duration, you can maintain the stimulus for a prolonged period of time and theoretically, you should be able to expend more energy than just pumping out a lower number of reps with high volume training.

For a number of reasons, I perform all three of these exercises with higher repetitions, a long time under tension, and in a several seconds positive, several seconds negative repetition format.

It is better to keep the number of repetitions high.

Leaving aside the last paragraph about the difficulty of performing higher repetitions in a set of Front Squats and working around that dilemma by doing more sets of lesser repetitions, there is no magical formula or special consideration about the number of sets to choose for a Front Squat as to any other exercise.

In a nutshell, the total repetitions (repetitions multiplied by the number of sets) are connected to the training intensity, or better the higher the training intensity, the less total repetitions you are able to do.

For a muscle to grow stronger, it takes a high level of resistance intensity and a relatively smaller number of repetitions.

Research has determined that there is a repetition continuum that exists: the higher the percentage of maximum, the fewer the number of repetitions that can be completed.