Thursday, January 21, 2010

Isometric Exercise : Hard Abs In Seven Seconds

By Toby Carr

Isometric tension was once extremely popular in the 1960s and 1970s but has been just about overlooked ever since .

When done correctly , isometrics can reshape a persons' physique and add incredible strength without the person ever moving a muscle. During isometric contraction, the muscle is turned on and held at a continuous length instead of being allowed to lengthen or shorten. In other words you are tensing a muscle and holding it in the same position while holding the stress constant.

Isometric exercises are helpful to folk who have had wounds that limit their range of motion and for rehabilitating muscle around damaged joints. Isometric exercises are also those in which a force is applied to a resistant object like pushing against a brick wall, there is a increase of tension in the muscles, however there is no precise movement of the muscles.

To increase strength, you must maintain the position in any isometric exercise for at least 6 to 8 seconds. Isometric training causes your body to hire more muscle fiber each movement, so the increased strength comes not simply from more muscle, but also from increased muscle potency.

Isometric coaching plays a major part in soviet strength coaching programs. Regular training excites growth of new muscle tissue.

Muscle

Muscle activation is the main isometric effect, some of the resting fibers are being pulled from both ends by the muscles that are contracting. The key to the usefulness of Isometric exercise is to focus on reaching peak contraction of the muscles and holding it for a time period.

Isometric exercises will brace and sculpt each muscle in the whole body without risking injury due to joints and lower spine or muscle tears possible with weightlifting.

Stretching

Isometric stretching is a type of static stretching, involving the tensing of the stretched muscles.

A full session of isometric stretching shouldn't be performed several times per day for each group of muscles. Isometric contraction of stretched muscles accomplishes a few things.

Isometric exercises train the stretch receptors of the muscle spindle to right away allow for greater muscle length. The use of isometric stretching is more effective than either passive stretching or active stretching by themselves.

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