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Fitness category

oday there are more fitness enthusiasts than
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ever before, and their number is rising. Apart
from some rare individuals who have real compe-
titive targets, the vast majority have only one aim:
to restore their body to peak physical condition or
maintain it at that level.
ardio training therefore alternates with more
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specific exercises to develop or maintain a good
quality musculature.
ith this in mind, the sought-after aims may differ
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according to who is doing the training: increasing
muscle volume to achieve an imposing stature
(body-building) or better muscle endurance to
improve physical comfort during sustained efforts.
Combined with a voluntary physical activity
(aerobic exercises in the fitness facility, footing,
cycling, swimming, etc.), which becomes more
pleasant and therefore more effective, the
programs of the
to obtain a toned and harmonious figure.
The treatments of the Fitness category are intended to make healthy muscles work,
they are not suitable for atrophied muscles that have suffered from any kind of
pathological process. For such muscles, it is necessary to use the programs of the
Rehabilitation category (see this section on this chapter).
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Fitness category enable users
Fitness
Programs Effects
Improvement of the contractile
qualities of insufficiently used
muscles
Muscle
Restoration and/or impro-
starter
vement of cellular exchanges
at the level of the stimulated
muscles
Hypertrophy
Muscle
Increased diameter of muscle
building
fibres
Increased muscle ability to
sustain long-lasting efforts
Aerobic
Improved consumption of
oxygen of the stimulated
muscles
Training and preparation of
muscles for all kinds of
Combined
muscular work through
different working sequences
workout
Maintaining good general
Physical condition
Uses
To reactivate the muscles of
sedentary subjects and restore
physiological muscular
qualities
To complement efficiently
a voluntary physical activity
practiced to be in good
condition
For those who wish to gain
muscle volume and mass
To improve physical confort
during aerobic activities
To delay the onset of muscle
fatigue during long-duration
activities
To improve well-being
during daily life activities
At the beginning of the
season to "re-set" the muscles
After a rest period and before
more intensive and specific
training
During the season for the
persons who do not have any
preferences fro a single kind
of performance and prefer to
exercise their muscles with
different work-out methods
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