Anaerobic Exercise – Resistance Coaching To Lose Weight Portion 2
Article by Steve Robertson
Your Resistance training should be intense but short, short burst of energy with more weights, will build muscles and tone your body. With weights training your can sculpt the body you always wanted.
Most anaerobic exercises tends to build up Lactic acid in the muscle which is the byproduct of any anaerobic activity. Have you ever had a muscle cramp or a “Charley horse?”, well this is as a result of the build up of the lactic acid in the muscles. This lactic acid will cause fatigue within the muscles, and will have to be burned off by the body before in other anaerobic activity can take place. So there has to be a rest or recovery periods in between your weightlifting sets in author for the body to recover. The recovery time also allows oxygen to replenish the energy used during this intense weightlifting bout.
Most weight training is not done to build bulky, huge muscle mass, so you should not think that you will develop muscles like professional body builders. Resistance training is an important part of your exercise routine because it builds your muscles which in turn will increase your metabolic rate. Resistance training also increases bone mass, duplicate joints, and prevent injury from other types of exercises.
Start with light weights first and more repetitions, then over time you can increase the weights you use while lowering the repetitions, Work on the larger muscle groups first like the leg muscles or the quads, the gluts or your butt muscles, and the hamstrings or the back of the thighs. All of these muscles can be targeted by doing some simple squats and lounges. If you do not have weights available to you then use two one gallon water bottles, one in each hand, by your side. Bend your knees while keeping your back as straight as you can, go down towards the floor until the water bottles are about 6″ from the floor, then come back up. Do this over again for 10-12 times and then rest. Once you are comfortable with this then you can increase your weights.
For your upper body you can do push ups and pull ups in order to work your back, chest and shoulders. I usually do upper body resistance training one day, and then lower body the other. This gives the upper body time to rest and recover, and build.
So what about aerobics?Aerobic exercise on the other hand is an exercise that engages the larger muscles for an extended period of time in order to increase the heart rate and work belongs harder. Aerobics means with air or with oxygen. Aerobic exercise is very important especially for optimal cardiovascular health. Some aerobic activities include walking, running, biking, skiing and aerobic dancing.
Both anaerobic and aerobic exercise is very important when used in combination for developing your overall fitness, and to maintain your proper weight.
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