Life Essentials Magazine - March 2017

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STRETCHING AND ISOLATION
Make sure you stretch before every workout. Stretching is essential to warming up
your muscles and preventing injury, and stretching exercises post-workout can help your
muscles relax as they enter the recovery phase. In order to speed up relaxation and shorten
your recovery time, you can also add a schedule of massages to your workout routine.
A good solution for muscles that may limit some of your exercises would be pre-exhaust.
Biceps can tire out before your lats when you’re performing rows, for example.
This can be remedied by doing an isolation exercise, such as pull-downs,
that work your lats without emphasizing your biceps. The result is that your lats
are exhausted ahead of time and then when you row, your bicep won’t limit you.
In conclusion, there are many ways to get bigger and stronger muscles. The article you
just read has a lot of tips you can apply to your life. Feel free to try out the tips that look
most productive to you. Mix it up and test combinations to see how they feel.
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