Body By Science

Body By Science offers a hands-on approach to fitness and what building a healthy, fit, and strong body implies, all while debunking common myths about training practices that served as a benchmark for gym enthusiasts since the rise of the sports industry.

There are people who hit the gym on every occasion, even as much as five times per week, and then there are people who train half that amount and achieve the same results. Why is that? Well, as science reveals, more is not always better. Naturally, we are inclined to think that a large amount of exercise will help us reach our fitness goals.

However, it looks like high-intensity body workouts are a better way to do that. Although we were taught that jogging helps us keep our heart healthy, as it stimulates the cardiovascular system, this may not be entirely true. Sure, there’s a lot of benefits that come with it, but there are also downsides, such as weak knees, spinal degeneration, or arrhythmia.

Instead, conducting rigorous body workouts that engage our muscles better is more efficient. Putting pressure on the muscle tissue kickstarts our metabolic processes, builds our endurance, and promotes a healthy and strong body. Best part? You don’t have to subject your body to endless workouts that can also damage it in the long run.

Oftentimes, people tend to overcomplicate their workout routines, in hope that they’ll achieve dramatic results in less time. However, when it comes to your diet and your training, simple is better. Essentially, you’ll need five resistance training moves and a few machines to achieve your fitness goals. In other words, you’ll need to practice the Big Five.

The resistance moves are as follows:

Pulldowns  Leg presses  Seated rows  Chest presses  Overhead presses

That’s it! Going through these exercises will have you target all the major groups of muscle, if you do them correctly. When performing them, take your time and don’t rush to get them done quickly. Instead, perform them at a steady pace and repeat the process until you can no longer lift, or reach a positive failure.

Most importantly, don’t stop after you feel comfortable. In time, you’ll develop resistance to your training, so you’ll have to keep on setting the bar higher and higher. Maintaining your hard built muscle is just as hard as building it. In order to do this, make sure to keep alternating your exercises and even split them by days. You could do chest exercises one day, and leg exercises the other.