Fitness Category - Compex Sport Elite Manuel D'utilisation

Fitness category

oday there are more fitness enthusiasts than
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ever before, and their number is rising. Apart
from some rare individuals who have real compe-
titive targets, the vast majority have only one aim:
to restore their body to peak physical condition or
maintain it at that level.
Cardio training therefore alternates with more
specific exercises to develop or maintain a good
quality musculature.
ith this in mind, the sought-after aims may differ
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according to who is doing the training: increasing
muscle volume to achieve an imposing stature
(body-building) or better muscle endurance to im-
prove physical comfort during sustained efforts.
Combined with a voluntary physical activity
(aerobic exercises in the fitness facility, footing,
cycling, swimming, etc.), which becomes more
pleasant and therefore more effective, the pro-
grammes of the Fitness category enable users to
obtain a toned and harmonious figure.
The treatments of the Fitness category are intended to make healthy muscles work,
they are not suitable for atrophied muscles that have suffered from any kind of
pathological process. For such muscles, it is necessary to use the programmes of the
Rehabilitation category (see this section further on this chapter).
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Fitness
Programmes
Effects
Improvement of the
contractile qualities of in-
sufficiently used muscles
Muscle
Restoration and/or impro-
starter
vement of cellular ex-
changes at the level of the
stimulated muscles
Hypertrophy
Muscle
Increased diameter of mus-
building
cle fibres
Increased muscle ability to
sustain long-lasting efforts
Improved consumption of
Aerobic
oxygen of the stimulated
muscles
Uses
To reactivate the muscles of
sedentary subjects and res-
tore physiological muscular
qualities
To complement efficiently a
voluntary physical activity
practiced to be in good
condition
For those who wish to gain
muscle volume and mass
To improve physical com-
fort during aerobic activities
To delay the onset of mus-
cle fatigue during long-
duration activities
To improve well-being
during daily life activities
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