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Training and Diet for Muscle Strength Development

Edited by Ivan Mercolini Greetings to everyone. In this lesson I will try to shed light on what are the criteria to be implemented in a training and nutrition program in order to develop muscle strength. Of course, the topic is specifically dedicated to children, but for short periods it may be of interest also for girls, particularly if they have an ectomorphic morphotype, with laxity and lack of lean tissue and therefore of shapes
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Race Time Calculation

This page shows an automatic calculator able to predict the race time over a specific distance, based on the travel time of a recent race of known length. Enter your details and find out the predicted race time. LIMITS OF THE CALCULATOR The calculator assumes that the subject is adequately trained for the race distance of which he wants to estimate the travel time
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Training and Diet for Muscle Strength Development

Edited by Ivan Mercolini The laws of force Muscle strength is defined as that motor capacity that allows one to overcome a resistance or to oppose it through the development of tension by the musculature. If we want to lift 40 kg with a bicep curl it is clear that we must apply a force greater than the resistance offered by the barbell
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Training and Diet for Muscle Strength Development

Edited by Ivan Mercolini Transverse Muscle Diameter During the first month (approximately) of strength training, almost all of the progress is due to the improvement of the neuro-muscular control (a point we discussed earlier), ie the body learns to better manage the gesture in the stress phase with big load
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Differences between aerobic and anaerobic (sports) activities

Edited by Marino Macchio WHEREAS, if any PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, if well planned, benefits our physical, but also psychic state, there is no doubt that between AEROBIC work and ANAEROBIC work there is a distinct and distinct difference, the word itself says it ... Without entering into scientific or pseudoscientific explanations and details, let us try to see the differences in a very simple and OBJECTIVE way, but also the different results on their own PHYSICAL (aesthetic aspect), which will produce the practice of one or the other ACTIVITY
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Training and Diet for Muscle Strength Development

Edited by Ivan Mercolini Examples of Training Cards The indicated routines must be performed in a controlled and flawless manner, without jerks and jerks, kidney blows, rebounds on the sternum, and other horrors. All series must be brought to failure, and must be performed as described in the previous chapters
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Training and Diet for Muscle Strength Development

Edited by Ivan Mercolini Conclusions Well, you still have time before the end of winter (I'm writing during the Christmas season, and I'll finish in January with first publication by January) to try a couple of months to devote to the force. If you will train with the NECESSARY intensity, you will not miss the dizziness (especially in the squats), the moans, the "puffs" and some loud voices in the acme of the intensity
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Muscle Hypertrophy and Athletic Preparation

Curated by Luca Zandonà One of the most controversial topics, sometimes also because of statements by "professionals" in the sector, is what would like to train for muscular hypertrophy only suitable for bodybuilders or people in "preparation" for beach holidays. As an industry professional and amateur bodybuilder, it is particularly frustrating to deal with alleged "experts" who denigrate people undergoing hypertrophy because they are considered useless or, worse still, because they can worsen the athletic condition with excessive body weight or lack of flexibilit
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Training parameters - Functional training

By Dr. Nicola Sacchi - Author of the book: Drugs and doping in sport - Defining practically any workout requires the monitoring and quantification of particular values, which can be defined as training parameters. These values, in order to be used for the concrete evaluation of a training, must be objectively quantifiable
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