- ...alternate days, than twenty stretches daily. Equipment is not needed and
you can slot in at least some of your stretching while, say, you watch the
evening news, thus not necessitating any time additional to what you are
already investing in your exercise program.. Stretching between sets during your weight-training workouts is an eco-
nomical use of time. Between-sets time is not used for much, so long as the
equipment and weights are ready, so stretch then and you can get your flex-
ibility work done without necessitating any additional exercise time.. See ’ - -
for an illustrated step-by-step stretching program.. Cardiorespiratory work
. Weight training gives the cardiorespiratory system work, but just how much
depends on how you train. To get into serious aerobic work you need to get
specific.. Unless you are already fit, moderate safe aerobic training will increase your
fitness, i.e., your cardiorespiratory efficiency and muscular endurance.
Improved fitness will help you to weight train more intensively, and prob-
ably help your recovery process.. Benefits from aerobic training can be obtained from just moderate work.
Extreme dedication is not only unnecessary but actually counterproductive.
Performing more than about thirty minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic
work three times a week will probably have a negative effect on your weightEach rep and set of each workout is a chance for training perfection
that cannot be had again. Each workout is a one-off opportunity
to improve. If you do not get everything right at a given workout
you have missed a chance to maximize your rate of progress. So
get every component right so that each workout is another full step
towards realizing your potential for muscle and might. When you
train, switch off from everything else and “become” your training.
Your focus must be that intense if you want to maximize your rate
of progress.