Many people wonder if yoga can improve their muscle fitness. They recognize that yoga can help reduce stress and increase flexibility, but when it comes to increasing muscle fitness, they think it might be a little too ‘weak’ to do the job. The fact is that yoga can definitely make you stronger.

A study was conducted at the University of California at Davis. Ten college ‘coach potatoes’ adopted a yoga routine for eight weeks. Each week, they attended from two to four classes during which they spent 10 minutes on breath control, 15 minutes of warm up exercises, 50 minutes doing yoga asanas, and then 10 minutes of relaxation/mediation. At the end of the

eight-week period, the researchers measured the students’ fitness and discovered that their muscular strength had increased by up to 31%, their muscular endurance improved by 57%, their flexibility increased by 188%, and their cardio respiratory fitness improved by 7%. These results are pretty amazing when you consider that the study was only conducted for eight weeks.

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The key to building more muscle mass in particular areas of your body is to do multiple sets. Because of the volume being done using multiple sets people often split up the body parts on varying days (Split Routines).

You must employ a strategy when doing split routines. It is the process we use in our Xpress Workouts. This will save you from wasting time (and muscle) if you were to miss your workout. For example, what do you do if you miss a given days workout? Do you skip to the next set of body parts or do you continue where you left off? This is why you must follow a

strategic program design.

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Nothing has been more distortive to muscle building information than the low profile prevalence of steroid use. What else can explain the vast amount of lousy and even useless training techniques for natural trainers that have become the prevailing wisdom in the bodybuilding industry? There’s an ongoing discord between fantasy and reality in what constitutes an effective natural muscle gaining routine. That discord is most likely attributable to the obvious yet often unaddressed contrast between the physiology of a steroid user and that of a non-user.

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For good health, your body needs protein for hair, nail, skin and internal organ development. When it comes to building big, muscular arms, protein is most important for muscle tissue synthesis. During weight training or other intense exercise, muscle tissue breaks down its protein constituents [actin and myosin] to provide additional energy during muscle contraction. To avoid a net loss of muscle tissue from this activity you must consume adequate amounts of protein each day.

The amount of protein that you consume must be sufficient to maintain what s known as your body s positive nitrogen balance. Each of the 3 food sources [protein, carbohydrates and fat] contains carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. But only

protein contains nitrogen in addition to these elements.

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Strength training should be added to every exercise workout. People have been preached to for years to get moving. To get that cardiovascular system flowing. Well, it’s really not enough. It is also a great idea to workout the different muscle groups.

The two primary ways to accomplish this is through either free weights or weight machines. Both have its advantages and disadvantages. And really what you want to do is figure out which one meets your fitness needs the best. And you do not have to choose one over the other. You may choose to use machines to workout your legs and use free weights for your upper body. You simply need to decide which works best for

the exercise you are doing.

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