40 core exercises to do at home Having a strong and toned abdomen is one of the main goals of most people who start weight training. On the one hand, it is probably the most showy muscle that exists and…
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Bodybuilding and weightlifting exercises As we have commented previously in this blog, the first thing you have to define when you train are your goals. Do I want to develop my upper body? Do I want to increase my strength?…
Train with FITENIUM app! Torso-Leg routine of 4 days. If you don’t already know Fitenium is a free, mobile, video-based social network for athletes who train strength or bodyweight exercises. At Fitenium users can follow their performance, compete and get…
Train with FITENIUM app! Split routine of 5 days. If you don’t already know Fitenium is a free, mobile, video-based social network for athletes who train strength or bodyweight exercises. At Fitenium users can follow their performance, compete and get…
Fatigue in different types of efforts Fatigue in different types of efforts can be characterized and measured in different ways depending on the duration and intensity of the efforts. In this entry we analyze the various factors that cause fatigue…
Training programming and its phases When designing a training schedule, the elements and factors that constitute a work plan are organized in a concrete and detailed way. In this case, the objective will be to improve strength qualities so that…
The squat in detail When speaking of “squat” it refers to the full or deep squat exercise. This article will review the squat in detail as it is well known that the squat is an exercise that directly strengthens the…
Training density The density is expressed by the relationship between the total work or the number of repetitions performed and the time spent on it. In this sense, it is identified with a way of expressing the overall mechanical power…
The fatigue Fatigue is a complex and multifactorial process that affects performance. Neither the way fatigue occurs nor the hierarchy of factors that cause it in any of the production modalities is still not completely known. In this series of…
execution speed In this article he focuses on the speed of execution as a reference for training programming, dosage and control. In the previous article on Character of Effort (EC) some ideas related to speed of execution have been introduced…
The Character of the physical effort A definition of effort is the so-called character of physical effort (CE), originally presented and explained by González-Badillo, in González-Badillo and Gorostiaga (1993, 1995). The CE is defined by the relationship between what the…
Definition of sports training load In this article, a definition of the sports training load is made in order to understand what loads we should apply in training. In this series of articles we deal with some of the most…
Components of training load: intensity Another component of the training load, the intensity depends both on the intensity’s own value and on the number of times (volume) that said value is applied. For this reason, whenever we talk about intensity,…
Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by structural deterioration and low bone mass density, which increases fragility and increases the risk of falls and traumatic fractures. However, there are exercises for osteoporosis that can help prevent it, and here we…
Being active and exercising is good for our health and everyone knows it, or at least should already know it. Overweight and obesity, especially the proportion of children, has increased significantly in the last 40 years, as evidenced by…
Components of training load: volume Within the components of the training load, the volume represents the amount of work, the amount of training, the number of actions performed…, which is expressed differently depending on the type of training performed. The…
When you train at home, you often don’t know how to approach your training because you don’t have the regular equipment and resources you would find at a gym. These are some of the best basic exercises to do…
Participating in the gym is one of the most common solutions for January. After a Christmas holiday, usually celebrated around a table full of food and drinks, it seems that we have realized that we want to lose weight…
The other day we looked at how age affects body composition, correcting it even if there are no weight changes, and sport is the best preventive and therapeutic agent present in diseases such as osteoporosis. I was talking about…
4 mistakes using speed in strength training In this article a review of the 4 errors using speed in strength training is made. In this series of articles we deal with some of the most important concepts of strength training,…