Hi I'm Ryan from the DVCC. Welcome to the weekly DVCC TV Show where we can inform you on things that are happening at the centres, update you with some amazing results that our clients are achieving and answer questions about health, fitness and nutrition for loosing fat and building muscle tone.
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Today we have a question from Stephanie..
Stephanie asked: Should I do my repetitions fast or slow?
Great question Stephanie, thanks for asking.
Whenever exercising it is very important that your repetitions are under control throughout. What this will do is ensure that there is sufficient tension over time. This phrase tension over time indicates many very important physiological responses within body.
Firstly, by ensuring that the muscle is put through tension it means that we can create positive muscular damage which will promote greater blood flow.
This greater blood flow will then increase excess post exercise oxygen consumption or EPOC which is related to greater calorie burn after exercise.
Breaking down the muscles and increased blood flow will also promote muscular growth as resistance training creates micro tears within the muscles which during recovery are repaired.
As a result of these tears the muscles will need to be repaired using protein, this causes a large amount of calories to be burnt up to 48 hours after exercise.
As a result of EPOC, your body produces large amounts of Testosterone and Growth Hormone. These are two of the most powerful hormones for burning fat and building muscle.
When you lift weights you want to make the part of the exercise where you put the effort in, for example when you press the weights above your head in a shoulder press, as explosive as possible, when you bring the weights back down to your shoulders try to take around 2 seconds and really focus on a smooth and controlled motion for the very best fat loss and muscle tone results.
This is Ryan from the DVCC. Have a great day.
