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Programmes
Improved muscle metabo-
lism and contractile quali-
Muscle
ties
starter
Increased cellular exchan-
ges at the level of the sti-
mulated muscles
Improved muscle trophism
Balanced increase of mus-
cular tone and volume
Muscle
building
Increased muscle volume
Increased muscle fibre dia-
meter
Hypertrophy
Improved muscle resis-
tance
Increased muscle tone wi-
thout a significant volume
increase
Hypertonic To have firm muscles
Improved aerobic endu-
rance
Aerobic
Improved oxygen
consumption by muscle fi-
bres
Improved micro-circula-
tion and intra-muscular ex-
changes
Jogging
Increased muscle endu-
rance and aerobic capacity
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Fitness
Effects Uses
To reactivate the muscles of
sedentary users and restore
physiological muscle quali-
ties
The ideal preparation for
using the other Fitness cate-
gory programmes
To improve the musculature
in general (strength, vo-
lume, tone)
Particularly recommended
before using the Hypertonic
or Hypertrophy programmes
To be used after the
starter and Muscle building
programmes
For body-building enthu-
siasts and users who want
to increase their muscle
mass
To be used after the
starter and Muscle building
For those who want very
firm and wiry muscles, but
without a great muscle vo-
lume increase
For those who do fitness
exercises regularly to in-
crease their endurance and
improve the harmony of
their figure
For those who have never
done any active or stimula-
ted jogging
For those who do recreatio-
nal jogging and want to re-
place a voluntary jogging
session by a stimulation ses-
sion
Programmes
Step
Anaerobic
Muscle
Sprint
Muscle
Combined
workout
Stretching
At the end of a cycle, you may either start a new cycle at the next level up or do
some maintenance at the rate of 1 session a week at the last level reached
Fitness
Effects Uses
The effects on muscles are To be used on quadriceps
identical to those obtained only
by using a stepping ma-
For muscles that are already
chine
trained and prepared:
Increased muscle tone -either by active stepping
exercises and the
starter programme
-or by the Jogging
meused up to level 3 inclu-
sive
Improved muscle capacity For those who want to pro-
for intense and prolonged gress or improve their com-
effort fort level for activities that
require resistance
Increased muscle contrac- PFor those who do regular
tion strength and speed fitness exercises and are
perfectly trained and want
Increased muscle explo-
to improve the "explosive"
sive power
power of their muscles in
the "tapering" phase
Training and preparation At the beginning of the sea-
of muscles for all kinds of son to "re-set" the muscles
muscular work through after a rest period and be-
different working sequen- fore more intensive and
ces specific training
Maintaining good general During the season for the
physical condition persons who do not have
any preferences for a single
kind of performance and
prefer to exercise their mus-
cles with different work-out
methods
Optimisation of the effects For all sports practitioners
of the voluntary stretching who want to maintain or
technique, through the de- improve the elasticity of
creased muscle tone obtai- their muscles
ned by the specific
To be used after all training
activation of the antagonist
sessions or during a specific
of the stretched muscle
stretching session
(reciprocal inhibition re-
flex)
Muscle
program-
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