The starting point for unique muscles and fitness exercise for many is to ask the question of “how much should I do”? And obviously the second question that comes to mind is “how many”? This leads to the obvious question, Is There A Science to Repetition?
Neurological and metabolic continuum refers to the amount of weight you lift related to one Repetition maximum and this determines how much tension the muscle is producing. Muscles exercise research shows that the level of strain you put on yours muscle is fundamental for achieving the desired results and build strength. Research has proven that if you do repetitions in the 1 to 5 ranges this will increase strength but will not aid you in muscle growth, when repetitions between 6 to 15 ranges will increase strength and aid you to grow muscle.
One of the key objectives for body builders when doing muscles exercise is tremendous muscle growth, but that doesn’t mean that performing low repetitions isn’t the way, muscles exercise research show that to grow certain type of muscle low repetitions exercise are more advisable. Also when doing low repetition exercises the athlete is able to lift heavier weights, which produce greater level of tension in the muscle and in turns leads to a higher growth reaction.
This leads us to another question, which is, Should Repetition Dictate the Weight for Optimal Muscle and Fitness Exercise Routine?
Results is what we all want when doing muscles exercise, and to obtain those results inevitably we have to force ourselves and use maximal voluntary contractions, at least periodically. It is necessary to overload the muscle in order to get it to grow, muscles which are not overloaded will not grow because they have no reason to do it and there is no reason for them to get bigger. So talking about results it is fair to say that when creating a muscle and fitness exercise routine you should decide the effect the training you are going to undertake should have, this in turn will determine the repetition style you will use.
To grow muscles you should do more then 8 repetitions, the ideal number is between 8 and 12 repetitions, this will determine the weight you are going to use, the rule of thumb is that if you can’t do 8 repetitions it means that the weight you are using is too heavy and you should cut down, on the other hand if you can do more then 12 repetitions it means that the weight is not heavy enough and you should lift heavier weights.
Another important factor to take into consideration when deciding the weight you will be lifting for a specific exercise is your health conditions at any given time and how you feel, needless to say if on a particular day you are not feeling so good you will want to choose lighter weights, it is also true that when feeling particularly well you will want to try lifting heavier weights to maximize your muscles exercise results.
