Cardio loads allow you to spend calories that are supplied with the body's food. Strength exercises help to form a dream figure by pumping muscles and eliminating problem areas. If you combine them in the right way in a single workout, you can start active fat burning, and weight reduction against a low-calorie protein diet is guaranteed. However, both types of physical activity are characterized by significant energy consumption, passing through the intensive mode. Does a stretch that runs at a quieter rate be used for slimming?
Efficiency
Stretching is a special kind of exercise aimed at stretching muscle fibers and ligaments to increase body flexibility. Traditionally, it is used as a warm-up or hiccup for full exercise. Recently, however, a new trend has emerged in fitness - stretching, which offers exercises consisting exclusively of such exercises. Despite the fact that the current is called newfangled, it was anticipated by yoga - the most ancient complex of poses, each of which works with the same purpose.
Recently, there has been a lot of debate about whether or not stretching weight loss has contributed to it
Benefit
There is a concept of myostatic reflex in sport: muscle contraction in response to stretching. It stimulates and improves metabolic processes within the tissues. Thanks to it, stretching exercises are not only good for weight loss, but also for health in general:
- Normalize blood circulation and lymph flow;
- increase flexibility, expand the range of movements of ligaments and joints;
- Improve posture and coordination;
- strengthen the nervous system;
- increase the mineral density of bones, preventing the development of osteoporosis;
- Slow the aging of muscle tissue;
- improve health;
- Raise your spirits.
The main purpose of stretching is to relax the muscles before training to reduce the risk of injury. After lessons it is even more useful, as it provides the foundation for a quick recovery.
It's believed that stretching is good for girls first. Indeed, it not only contributes to weight loss and correction of the figure. The body becomes more graceful and the movements are light and easy. But men cannot do without it, too. First, when warming up and stopping to reduce the likelihood of injury in training. Secondly, to eliminate fat layers before pumping muscle mass. Third, it is scientifically proven that stretching exercises improve sexual function.
Contraindications
Stretching exercises, although performed at rest, are highly traumatic. Some of them, wishing to get results sooner, continue to pull muscles and ligaments up to the damage. Others, heated up by intensive training, stop feeling the threshold of pain and step over it. Others are convinced of their own genius that they will do the right thing without help, disrupt their technique and end up in a hospital with an injury.
In this regard, there are many contraindications for this type of physical activity. You cannot use stretching if you have the following health problems:
- Fractures, dislocations;
- spinal cord injuries;
- joint diseases, osteoporosis, arthrosis;
- CCC diseases, gastrointestinal tract diseases;
- pregnancy;
- hypertension;
- Fever, exacerbation of infections;
- migraine;
- recovery from surgery;
- Painful menstruation;
- Hematomas, tumors;
- ill health, any painful syndromes.
Ignoring contraindications increases the risk of deterioration of health and development of various side effects and complications.
What time of day is the best time to do it?
In the morning, it will help you to recharge your energy and vigour so you don't have to limit your movement during the day, and it will increase your concentration and improve your memory. But the maximum effect for weight loss has a daily stretch - 2-3 hours after lunch.
If you do in the evening, relieve stress, normalize pressure, eliminate headaches. Those who are very tired of working with excessive strain are even recommended to do 3-4 pre-sleep stretching exercises to relieve stress. For weight loss, an evening stretch is good because it reduces appetite. Therefore, if you look at the night pulling to the fridge, now you can easily pull yourself together.