Isometrics: The Secret to totally Transform your Body
It is a series of static (or at an advanced level “dynamic”) contractions that stimulate the development of lean muscle tissue. This means you burn more calories, blowtorch fat, build a firm athletic physique and develop incredible strength.
With Isometrics you can use the bodies own resistance, or you can use external tools like towels, door frames, weights and more.
Depending on the particular exercise, you contract the various muscles involved and hold them at a specific level of tension for a short period of time, (in fact as little as 10 SECONDS!) Coupled with this are special breathing routines.
Isometric Exercises can be divided into three main categories:
1-Muscle Control
2-Bodyweight
3-Weight Lifting
Muscle Control was the method used primarily by the old time physical culturists like Maxick and Maxalding as well as the late Great Charles Atlas. Muscle control was based on Isometrics without the aid of weights. They focused on the voluntary contraction of a specific muscle.
And they did it like this:
Select a muscle. Let’s say the Biceps at the front of the arm.
Isometric Bicep Contraction
-Bend you arm at the elbow at a forty five degree angle.
-From the shoulder to the elbow your arm should be straight along the side of your body.
-Imagine you are holding a large weight in your hand
-Now with you arm flexed tense your bicep as hard as you can – WITHOUT MOVING YOU ARM!
-You’ll feel the blood rushing to the muscle and feel it getting warm and tired.
-You’ve just completed an isometric exercise!
Let’s work a larger muscle!
How about the Quadriceps, the large muscles on the front of your legs.
Isometric Quadriceps Contraction
-Stand tall and straight
-Place one foot slightly forward
-Point the foot, neither pressing on the ground, nor pulling upwards
-Slowly tense the legs until the muscles are standing out in high relief.
-Slowly relax the muscles and repeat on the opposite leg.
Feel the blood rush and the deep sense of relaxation that accompanies each contraction and relaxation?
It’s like stretching the whole body first thing in the morning!
That is the way exercise is meant to feel – a pleasant, enjoyable experience that leaves you feeling invigorated and refreshed! This feeling is caused by the release of special chemicals called endorphins. These natural feel good vibes are you bodies way of encouraging you to do this!
