The use of the terminology, “long, lean muscles” is aimed at naive beginners and preys on the fears of women who have been repeatedly told that resistance training will make them overly bulky...Attaining extreme levels of flexibility can be problematic and is overrated for general health and performance. Flexibility, strength, speed, power, agility, stamina, and body composition are all important aspects of physical fitness, and one quality should not be categorically prioritized over the others. ...Achieving leanness has more to do with diet than exercise, though higher intensity exercise will lead to greater improvements in body composition than Yoga and Pilates. If Yoga and Pilates practitioners believe that exercise should be based on creating long, lean muscles, then they should be promoting resistance training with free weights since it is better suited for actually lengthening muscles and improving leanness.
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 05:20:24 +0000
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