The term 'strength' can be defined as the maximum force that is developed within a group of muscles during a single contraction.
A way to improve strength is by using resistance machines. Resistance machines are designed to focus on building strength on a particular muscle, this is depending on what type of machine is used. Not only is it to build strength but it is also used to help develop co-ordination.
As one type of muscle is being focused on the strength will be increased and will improve. When using resistance machines, technique and posture should remain correct throughout the exercise to ensure that no injuries occur.
The only way that people are able to benefit from this is, that they must be using the correct weights, if it is too heavy it could cause straining and if it is too light it wont be doing anything for the muscles.
A sport that would benefit from using resistance machines could be a boxer due to the strength being gained from using the different types of machines for the different muscles. Boxers require a lot of strength in order to be able to beat the opposition. The boxer would have to focus mainly on training his upper body, the reason for this is the explosive strength that he would need during a punch is vital. A well delivered punch involves nearly every muscles in the body, however the muscles that are mostly used are the biceps, the triceps, the pectorals, the trapezius and the deltoids.
Activities that resistance machines are used to improve the power in the specific muscles that you have chosen to work on include -
Advantages of using resistance machines are -
- More than one muscle can be exercised and trained due to there being different choices of training on one machine.
- They are able to increase the strength in the muscles after training over a few weeks.
Disadvantages of using resistance machines are -
- You have to join a gym to use one as they are expensive to buy and are a large piece of equipment which would need a lot of space for it to be used. Gyms can also often be time consuming and expensive.
- If the wrong technique is used, muscles could be strained.
- You have to find a training partner.
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