Resistance training versus weightlifting

Posted on June 29, 2007
Filed Under Fitness |

During resistance training, your goal is to move muscle, not weight. Therefore, you should approach each exercise with an entirely different thought process and use a completely different technique. You should attempt to focus solely on your body, on its position throughout the exercise, and on the muscles you are contracting. You should direct very little of your concentration on the wight, bar, or machine. By having different goals and mastering different techniques, you will obtain different results. The results you will experience are far superior to that of just being able to move more weight.

In other words, people do not learn how to push dumbbells, pull bars, or lift weights with resistance training. Instead, they learn how to position and stabilize their bodies as they control and focus on contracting muscles and moving bones.

By focusing more on the body than on the resistance, not only do people work the targeted muscles more efficiently, but they are also less likely to become injured. During most exercises, the muscles are learning to stabilize the body while in proper spinal alignment, which will help provide better posture.

Resistance training focusing on the entire body and paying particular attention to the body’s alignment, positions, and desired motion maximizes benefits while reducing the risk involved in each exercise.

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