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Often people think that the most important part of a gym session is lifting weights and many attend gyms for just this reason. But training without weights can be just as rewarding if not more.
As well as alternative methods of training involving cardio vascular exercise such as running or rowing, body building without weights can be an extremely gratifying experience and one that can be achieved at your local gym without the need for dumbbells or barbells.
You might be wondering how muscles can be strengthened without lifting weights but gyms often provide space for manual exercising as well as advice and guide sheets on the best way to work different muscle groups.
By looking up information and with the help of your gym instructor you should be able to find a number of alternative exercises that can be of great benefit and provide excellent results without taking too much of your time.
Understanding how the process of muscle growth work can provide a good starting point for you to understand the best ways in which to enable you to increase muscle strength without the metal weights that many have become so dependent on.
To begin with it is important to provide the muscle with an overloading stimulus that can enable its growth. This means that the muscle is put under a stress that it has not encountered previously. This can be achieved through the use of your bodyweight and gravity, instability and momentum depending on the exercises you use.
This is often seen in professional athletes who use certain muscles through their training and therefore see growth in these areas. Gymnasts are a prime example and use their different events and apparatus and subsequently build up certain muscle groups.
In the same way using a variety of exercises that utilize different muscle groups in different ways can help you to build your muscles.
When looking to work on your lower body there is some great ways to improve strength such as using squats, step-ups and lunges. For example a good step-up routine is usually done with a barbell held across the back, but if a high enough step is used and a higher rep range is used at a slower tempo you will really see and feel the full benefit of such an exercise.
Upper body training methods that can help you to improve your strength without pumping iron are just as simple to achieve and are as simple as putting together two common exercises such as a pull up and a pike. Start by performing a standard pull-up but as you reach the bottom of the movement bring your legs into play and lift them up to waist level and back before starting the exercise again.
Trying exercises like the aforementioned at your local health club can be a really beneficial way to improve your training routine and can be married up with your cardio vascular work to improve the results you get.
The help of trained instructors can also help you to pick up tips and tricks that will aid your workout, ensure that you are getting your new exercises right and gain the full benefit of them.
As others train around you there may also be opportunities to adopt exercises from them as well as keep up your motivation to reach and stay in peak condition.
