Fitness Is it better to train at home or at the gym?
By Martina Meneghetti
Jun 19, 2009 - 6:13:41 AM
Now we do not need to go to the gym anymore to have a perfect and
sculpted shape. Now it is possible to build up your own gym in the house and
use it when and how you want.
Doing physical exercise is a really sensitive problem in these years.
Sedentary life leads us to pay little attention both to a proper physical
activity and to the food we eat. That is just why we all, more or less, tend to
subscribe to some gyms. Especially after holiday, a lot of beginners pour
themselves in sport centers and fitness clubs, they are mostly sedentary
people, willing to practice any gym activity to recover the shape. But is it
better to start to work out without using tools, with floor exercises or using
some gym tools?
In the beginning it is always better to start gradually. If we are not
well trained, there is the risk of being hurt or cause some pain to muscles and
limbs. Moreover, a too intense exercise leads us to exceed the anaerobic
threshold, the threshold within which our physical continues to burn sugar and
fats, whose combustion involves the consumption of oxygen, which is carried to
the muscles through the arterial blood. The anaerobic threshold is also the
point of massive activation of the anaerobic mechanism, i.e. that point of
separation between moderate and intense exercise. Beyond this point the
production of carbon dioxide (CO2), ventilation (breaths for minute) and the
level of lactic acid produced are rapidly increasing.
In alternative a way to work out avoiding breakage and undesired pain is
to use the various electrostimulators and electrostimulator accessories, adapt
to be always in shape and also in harmony with ourselves. The
electrostimulators are quite widespread for the sport, aesthetic, rehabilitative
and physiotherapy use, both professional and private. The electrostimulator is
a generator of current pulses with a square wave that allows exciting nervous
cells transporting the electric pulse to the engine plate that is their link
with muscular fibers.
Besides this, there are a lot of gym tools and sport equipments that can
be bought and used at home, without paying the gym subscription and without
being required to go to the gym at fixed time.
The first issues we have to face, after having chosen to train our
physic at home, is how to prepare a small but functional home gym. The required
space varies depending on what you plan to realize and also on the tools you
want to buy. Many of these you probably have already seen on TV. The problem is
deciding what to do, you can just settle for a multifunctional machine with
weight stack, or bar-bell, dumbbells and a compact bench with supports for the
bar-bell. But alternatively also an exercise bike or a rowing machine can be
very useful.
Among the major benefits coming from working out at home there is the
one to save a lot of time, since the time necessary for travel is eliminated.
It is also commonly known that most fitness centers are crowded especially in
the evening hours, obliging sometimes the users to wait for its turn to use the
tools already occupied. Working out in the peace of your own house enables also
to experiment new programs and new exercises without being afraid of other
users' judge. Train at home generally means to choose programs and exercises in
total freedom without suffering any kind of conditioning.
