Do muscles need to be exercised every day?

In order to have a good figure, many people focus on increasing their exercise and exercising every day, which is not necessarily good. Some people focus on doing a lot of exercise on the weekends, which is not necessarily good either and is a misunderstanding of exercise. Some people also exercise while dieting, which is not okay. Some friends only do machine exercises to build muscle, which is not okay. I suggest that you pay attention to this and I will introduce it below.

Myth 1: Exercise is concentrated on weekends

Just as people cannot eat one meal and skip the next, the same is true for exercise. Some people like to use the weekends to concentrate on fitness to make up for the lack of exercise on weekdays. Fitness experts point out that being too lazy to exercise will harm the body, and concentrated exercise will also harm the body, which is tantamount to overeating.

Take office workers for example. They sit in the office for the first five days of the week and basically do no exercise. The body has actually adapted to this state. Suddenly taking a lot of time to concentrate on exercising on the weekend will disrupt the physiological and body balance that has been established, and the consequences will be worse than not exercising. Therefore, the scientific and effective approach is to exercise 3 to 5 times a week. When you are busy with work and don’t have time to exercise, you should at least move your body after meals. Exercise should be done in a steady manner.

Myth 2: Exercise + diet = good figure

Many people have begun to realize that they need to adopt scientific and healthy methods to control their weight, but some people still have some misunderstandings about weight loss. For example, while exercising, you ignore nutritional supplements and just blindly control your diet.

It is necessary to control your diet, but if you only focus on exercise without paying attention to nutritional supplements, it will cause harm to your body. The human body needs a certain amount of calories and nutrition every day to maintain functioning, especially women, who also need to compensate for menstrual losses, so a minimum amount of calories and nutrition must be guaranteed. Otherwise, if the human body performs high-intensity exercise without long-term replenishment, it will cause a decrease in immunity and diseases will take advantage of the situation to invade.

Myth 3: Aerobics is a woman's thing and has nothing to do with men

There are usually two areas in the gym that "keep their distance from each other": the machine training area is all for men, while aerobics has become a privilege for women. Many men always think that "aerobics is a woman's thing, a bit effeminate, and that exercising with equipment is a man's thing."

Actually, it is not. Fitness coaches point out that men prefer machine training mainly because they feel that it can increase strength and improve body shape. However, machine training cannot improve cardiopulmonary function and enhance body flexibility and coordination. Therefore, it is recommended that men should combine machine training with aerobic exercises to achieve complementary effects.

Myth 4: Muscles need to be trained every day

Nowadays, some young people are very crazy about bodybuilding. In order to build beautiful muscles, they practice in the gym all day long. In fact, the key to growing muscles is to "strengthen and relax in moderation".

Muscle training consumes a lot of nutrients. After exercise, the nutrients in the muscles will be replenished after proper rest, and the amount replenished will be more than what is consumed. This phenomenon is called "super recovery" in physiology. "Super recovery" allows muscles to obtain more nutrients, making them more developed with more training. Some studies have shown that rest time should be calculated based on the time it takes for muscles to regain their last exercise capacity, which generally takes 2 to 3 days.

Myth 5: More exercise is more effective

Appropriate exercise and fitness training can help enhance the body's immune system, but excessive exercise can have the opposite effect.

Low-intensity and intermittent exercise can have a positive impact on health. Therefore, doing low-intensity exercise every day is not only good for your health, but also can reduce the risk of heart attack. Excessive exercise will only cause adverse effects on the body, such as muscle cramps, stiffness, and strain. Severe cases may also cause fractures, sports-induced anemia, and even sudden death. Therefore, exercisers can consult a fitness coach and choose the amount of exercise that suits them.

The above content introduces some misunderstandings about exercise, and reminds everyone to pay attention. If you encounter these situations, you must make adjustments immediately. Fitness is originally for a good body and a good figure, but if the effect is not good, or it has a counterproductive effect, it is even more meaningless. It is recommended that you choose a suitable exercise method, and the appropriate amount of exercise, plan your exercise time, etc., so as to achieve good results.