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10 Exercises To Focus On If You Have Limited Time
By Jeremy Gentles, CSCS
Open a fitness magazine and you often see some half dressed
“fitness model” performing some silly exercises
like tricep kickbacks, machine bicep curls or stability ball
crunches. Most of us have time constraints in our lives and
should not waste time going to the gym to perform exercises
that have very little impact on strength, endurance or health.
While it seems like a no brainer, the object of strength
training is to gain strength. In order to gain a substantial
amount of strength, you must perform exercises that require
you to produce significant amounts of force. I am sorry to
say, but stability ball crunches and tricep kickbacks do not
allow for much force production and the strength gains with
these exercises will be minimal. The object of cardiovascular
or endurance training is to increase cardiovascular endurance.
Increasing cardiovascular endurance does not require expensive
treadmills, bikes or elliptical machines. Get the most bang
for your buck with these brief guidelines and exercises.
Guidelines
When it comes to strength training, your priority should be
with exercises that require movement across more than one
joint, known as complex movements. Exercises requiring movement
across one joint are known as single joint or simple movements.
When movement is required across more than one joint multiple
muscle groups will be involved and force production will generally
be high. When you are crunched for time, do not waste time...Read
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