The International E-Magazine On Adolecent Health; Skin and Skeletal.Muscular System Volume 1 | Page 4

Marcelo Decrescenzo
Santiago Castaño

Octavio Hermida
Jorge Rodriguez

“Resistance training also called strength training or weight training is the use of resistance to
muscular contraction to build the strength, anaerobic endurance and size of skeletal muscles.”
Resistance training is based in muscle work in order to overcome a resistance force greater than
the one that we have. If you constantly do strength training your muscles will get stronger. It
seems as something easy to do but it is very recommended to see your doctor before starting this
type of routines. If he approves this, to start working in a specific program there are other
recommendations, like doing 8 to 10 exercises that work the major muscle groups and perform
the exercises at least 3 times a week.

Flexibility exercises are used to prepare yourself for a heavier load or to end a sessions. This
forms of exercising are called stretching. This is a list of what you need to stretch in warm-up:
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neck stretch
shoulder and upper arm raise
upper body stretch
chest stretch
back stretch
ankle stretch
back of leg stretch
thigh stretch
hip stretch
lower back stretch
calf stretch
shoulder stretch

If you perform this stretching movements you will be ready to exercise. But stretching should also
be performed at the end of the load of work, since it helps our muscles to relax and it prevents
cramps. The same movements can also be used at the end, it doesn’t matter.
Exercise is very important to our body, and since it helps us every day, we should aid him too.
We need to be very active in order to maintain good health and if we can perform different
activities daily, it is way better.