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 10 Exercises To Focus On If You Have Limited Time
By Jeremy Gentles, CSCS
Open a fitness magazine and you often see some half dressed ?fitness model? performing some silly exercises like tricep kickbacks, machine bicep curls or stability ball crunches. Most of us have time constraints in our lives and should not waste time going to the gym to perform exercises that have very little impact on strength, endurance or health.
While it seems like a no brainer, the object of strength training is to gain strength. In order to gain a substantial amount of strength, you must perform exercises that require you to produce significant amounts of force. I am sorry to say, but stability ball crunches and tricep kickbacks do not allow for much force production and the strength gains with these exercises will be minimal. The object of cardiovascular or endurance training is to increase cardiovascular endurance. Increasing cardiovascular endurance does not require expensive treadmills, bikes or elliptical machines. Get the most bang for your buck with these brief guidelines and exercises.
Guidelines
When it comes to strength training, your priority should be with exercises that require movement across more than one joint, known as complex movements. Exercises requiring movement across one joint are known as single joint or simple movements. When movement is required across more than one joint multiple muscle groups will be involved and force production will generally be high. When you are crunched for time, do not waste time...Read More
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