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Weight Training Fitness
Weight
Training Fitness
BMR and Body Composition
For weight training fitness basic metabolic
rate and body composition are very important. While you’re main aim
is muscle gain it is important to calculate the number of calories burned
during exercise from tables. The knowledge of BMR is important as it
helps in calculating the daily caloric value. Calculating the caloric
value helps in controlling the eating habits thus helping in weight
control. In weight training fitness the body composition can help you
assess whether it is fat or body tissue that is being lost or gained
and thus help in adjusting the diet accordingly.
By calculating the quantity of oxygen that is consumed while resting BMR can be measured. BMR can easily be computed by two methods: a liter usually takes five calories to burn a day’s BMR can be calculated from a one hour test. The other way being that you compute the surface area of the body then make another equation accordingly. Whatever method you choose to maintain weight people generally have a good idea as to how much to eat and thus with little experimentation and weight training fitness a steady weight can be achieved.
For muscle gain it is important to assess what is muscle and what is fat and to exercise accordingly. Most of the time people can’t distinguish between muscle and fat. Eating too much can lead to accumulation of fat. Thus it is important to reduce it. To control this apart from a weight training fitness regime it is important to eat right and your dream of attaining those muscles might come true. But exercising too little while dieting would lead to muscle loss. It is only by exercising and eating right that will lead to fat loss and muscle gain. The skin fold technique helps in assessing health. In this test three to five types of skin are taken from various places of the body. It is based on the individual’s age and sex and is considered quite accurate. The weight training fitness technique is basically hydrostatic. In this you are required to submerge yourself and take out air. This weight while you’re submerged is compared to you actual weight. Here the residual lung volume is taken into consideration. After blowing everything out the amount of air left in the lungs you can get an accurate fat percentage measure in the body. According to known facts College males average about 14%, while females of the same age have an average of about 24%. The difference between the two is hormonal and doesn't reduce even with weight training fitness training. Males may get as 10\09 as 3%; but females rarely drop below 12%. It is because of this difference that makes women good swimmers. Because of the added buoyancy women burn about 30% fewer calories than men at any given speed. Women can also swim faster given the same number of calories to burn. Thus, the weight training fitness if done in the right manner along with proper controlled diet can lead to muscle gain and fat loss.
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