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Gladiola
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OK, I teach BodyPump.... barbell group exercise class consisting of traditional lifting moves (clean & press, squat, bench press, push-ups, etc.) done with real high reps... super slow, etc.
You put weight on for each 'track' (song) diff weight for diff muscle groups. I have been teaching it for nearly 2 years & am still using the same weight for most tracks!!!
It just seems that if I go heavier, I feel it more in my knees for squats, more in my shoulders & wrists for chest, too much forarm pain on the biceps track, etc.
Of course, I know heavy lifting is better, but I do think there is some benefit to this light training as a supplement (I know, diet is most important, lifting #2, cardio 3, muscular endurance training #4 IMO!) But muscular endurance is, after all, one of the 5 main components of overall fitness. But why am I not increasing??
I've gotten significantly stronger in the past year on my regular lifting. Any ideas?
THX!
p.s. I know this type of musc endurance training is NOT strength training (a little fact most participants AND most aerobics instrusctors IMX *don't know*!) - but why should it also not INCREASE METABOLISM?? The more lean muscle mass we have, the faster the metabolism... but should working the 'slow twitch' muscle fibers ALSO increase lean mass *somewhat* & thus speed metabolism? If not, why not?
You put weight on for each 'track' (song) diff weight for diff muscle groups. I have been teaching it for nearly 2 years & am still using the same weight for most tracks!!!
It just seems that if I go heavier, I feel it more in my knees for squats, more in my shoulders & wrists for chest, too much forarm pain on the biceps track, etc.
Of course, I know heavy lifting is better, but I do think there is some benefit to this light training as a supplement (I know, diet is most important, lifting #2, cardio 3, muscular endurance training #4 IMO!) But muscular endurance is, after all, one of the 5 main components of overall fitness. But why am I not increasing??
I've gotten significantly stronger in the past year on my regular lifting. Any ideas?
THX!
p.s. I know this type of musc endurance training is NOT strength training (a little fact most participants AND most aerobics instrusctors IMX *don't know*!) - but why should it also not INCREASE METABOLISM?? The more lean muscle mass we have, the faster the metabolism... but should working the 'slow twitch' muscle fibers ALSO increase lean mass *somewhat* & thus speed metabolism? If not, why not?
Isn't the amount of weight relative to the person's strength?
