Weights VS Cardio: Which is more effective?
A war has broken out among athletes and health professionals worldwide. That war, is speed or resistance. For years the go to workout style for health improvement has been aerobic workouts, commonly referred too as cardio. Now new evidence has surfaced that is proving how resistance training or weight training is more beneficial for you. While this issue does not affect professional athletes who specially train for their sport, it does affect your average joe who just wants to become healthier. Weightlifting and strength conditioning, will always yield a better result in terms of your health.
Now of course exercising is usually based on an individual’s goals or needs. There may also be limitations …show more content…
Exercises are usually generalized as all of them are beneficial for your health. While yes that is true, not all exercises are equally beneficial. Webster’s dictionary defines cardio or cardiovascular as: “medical: of or relating to the heart and blood vessels: causing the heart to beat faster and harder for a period of time.” Now individuals seeking a healthier life style are constantly told by health professionals, the best way to get healthy is to lose weight and fat. So the craze or first idea to maintain aforementioned heart health is to participate in cardio workouts. Cardio workouts can range from running, to cycling, to swimming and even simply …show more content…
When you perform a standard squat, you are engaging; calve muscles, thigh muscles, back muscles, and abdomen muscles. The abdomen muscles tighten with your back in order to support the weight on your shoulders. The calf and thigh muscles engage to push the weight and individual from a squatting position to a standing position. With that one motion you successfully have worked three massive muscle groups with their respective minor groups. The heart was having to pump extra blood to those areas, strengthening itself by having to withstand the pressure from the