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Why Is Speed And Strength Training So Effective?

Posted May 02 2011 10:26am

A lot of people make a huge mistake when choosing good workouts to get lean. Apart from getting lean, speed and strength training plays a vital role when it comes to good conditioning of the body. If you want to prevent injuries then this type of training guarantees results.

Here are a few workouts that represent speed and strength training , respectively, just to let you have an idea of what they are.

Speed Training

This type of training not only focuses on improving your speed, agility, fitness, and quickness; it also helps you burn fat so much quicker whether it is your intention or not. Both; amateur and professional athletes do speed training to improve their conditioning to bring out the best of their abilities. Here are some examples:

- Fartleks
- High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
- Interval Training
- Tabata Sprints
- Shuttle Runs
- 100m and 200m sprints

Strength Training

- Resistance Training
- Descending Pyramid Weight Reps
- Ascending Pyramid Weight Reps, etc

The good thing about strength training is that it is entirely up to you if you want to gain both muscle and strength or, if you are happy with your muscle mass, just improve on your strength without building more muscle mass.

Important Information

If you want more than just conditioning and strength, if you want to look lean and good then there is something else you have to take into account when trying to shape your body.

Have you ever heard of the saying - “you can never out-exercise a bad diet”? The fact is that having a good diet really helps in acquiring an awesome physique.

Finding a proper diet that you love is extremely important! Not only do you need a good diet for a good body, you need to be happy with your diet because if you are not then you will get easily distracted and stray away from your goals.

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