Lic. Ernesto Lucas, head of the Assistance Department of Kinesiology and Physiotherapy of the Hospital de Clínicas, mentioned that there are many myths about its use that could be due to the incorrect way of using it in training and, which, on the contrary, has big benefits both for a person and for one who suffers from some ailment.
“There are many myths related to the use of weightssuch as that it can damage the growth cartilage in minors, or that it is not recommended for women, for example, but we must say that these myths are not true”, explained the professional.
He indicated that the growing children can go to the gym and they can do resistance training, weight training, but what changes is the emphasis that is placed on it.
“Normally the kids can use dumbbellsbars, weights, but they should do it with an emphasis on correcting the technique or learning the technique in the use of the weights”, he pointed out.
In relation to women, he said that there is no particular contraindication, Lately, the culture of healthy living has been seen a lot, where it is the protagonist.
“The only detail to take into account with the women is the coordination they must have with the menstrual cyclessince the condition can vary the performance, considering that the anatomy of the female pelvis is a little wider than that of the male”, he explained.
Speed strength, endurance strength, power strength
The lawyer mentioned that the most important thing is encourage people to engage in physical activity and demystify the weights as something bad or that they are only used to gain great muscles.
In it human body there are what are called basic and complementary physical capacities, within the basic physical capacities there is muscular strength, which is the basic physical capacity that keeps us healthy and, the only way to obtain muscular strength is doing resistance exercises.
In it we find 3 types, which are strength endurance, strength power and strength speed, The only way to achieve strength regardless of that is by offering stress to the muscle, which adapts to the stress it receives, and one of those stimulation strategies is the use of weights.
“The weight is a part of the training and they are usually focused towards the aspect of what the power force is, but it must be taken into account that there is also the speed force and the resistance force. There are people who last a long time doing a activity or have increased ability to move or that they are faster in an activity, then developing any of the three types of strength is important, both for a healthy person and for a person who has some type of ailment and wants to rejoin their daily activities”.
In the context of pain, states that it is important not only to eliminate the pain but also to look for the cause; and This is what is observed a lot in medical offices, 80%, that the patient comes to eliminate the ailment through drugs and pills, but the ideal is that anyone who has pain not only seeks relief but also does not have it again. repeat.
Finally, andThe specialist insists that the stimulus for physical activities is important and thus avoid non-communicable diseases or NCDs, such as osteoarthritis, low back pain, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, which are not transmitted and are highly preventable, then the key to getting out of this is basically the education of the patient and physical activity.
WEIGHT TRAINING MYTHS
MYTH 1 – It is for men
Weight training allows you to develop a very good foundation for the body. That applies to both men and women.
It allows us to achieve the necessary strength to avoid injuries, improve in the sport that we like the most and make the most of the rest of the training.
MYTH 2 – It is better to do aerobic exercises
When you do a full weight workout, even if it’s for just 30 minutes, your metabolism is greatly stimulated.
You build muscle mass and the more muscle mass you have, the more calories you burn when you are at rest.
MYTH 3 – You can “tone” a muscle
One of the first things people often ask for when joining a gym is to “tone up” a little, a word that should be “banned in the vocabulary”.
What you do is build muscle while losing fat, which allows the muscle to be more visible.
MYTH 4 – Lifting weights makes you bigger
For this, a lot of training and a certain type of diet are required to achieve a voluminous body and that is generally something that does not happen.
MYTH 5 – Women should train like men
People can gain body weight if they don’t train correctly, but that doesn’t mean that men and women should do the same type of exercise.
An example, men work the trapezius more, but for women it is better to train the deltoids (shoulders).
MYTH 6 – You will get results immediately
Muscles need time, so you can’t wait to do a workout and expect immediate results.
The important thing is to stay motivated and be patient. Keeping track of training and seeing how the numbers are increasing is much more incentive than aesthetics
