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		<title>11 fitness trends, advantages and disadvantages</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The options that we offer gyms and fitness centers are many and very different when choosing the right training for our body, personality and lifestyle should consider the good and the bad of each. We must also consider what our goals to achieve with physical training to choose those activities that allow us to reach [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The options that we offer gyms and fitness centers are many and very different when choosing the right training for our body, <a href="http://www.fitnesslides.com/">personality and lifestyle</a> should consider the good and the bad of each. We must also consider what our goals to achieve with physical training to choose those activities that allow us to reach them quickly and efficiently.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a round with 11 of these tendencies with their advantages and disadvantages, is in you select the most appropriate.</p>
<p><strong>Boot Camp</strong><br />
<img class="alignleft" src="http://sethsblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/boot-camp.jpg" alt="boot camp" width="272" height="184" />Based boot-style training in the military, boot camp combines the expertise of the instructor with the support of other participants and / or peer pressure.</p>
<p>The exercises include jump rope from high impact to later flights, which aims to increase aerobic capacity and strength and toning core muscles.</p>
<p>Advantages: Because the exercises are endless combinations, each routine is new. Innovation is great to involve both muscles and mind. In addition, small classes offer the bonus of personal attention from the instructor at a fraction of normal cost.</p>
<p>Disadvantages: Participants may overestimate their physical state, crossing the line and stop exercising, and routines can cause very severe injuries if training is not customized. To not hurt, it should listen to the body and inform the instructor about any injuries or pre-existing physical problem. Also, do not be afraid to change any of this if we exercise too difficult.</p>
<p><span id="more-7"></span><strong>Interval Training</strong><br />
<img class="alignleft" src="http://ultimatedietsolutions.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/interval-training.jpg" alt="interval training" width="281" height="169" />This very technical study of exercise sessions alternating high intensity exercise with lighter sets, for example, short stroke intervals are combined with other jogging or running.</p>
<p>Advantages: Intervals increase the consumption of calories you burn by the end of the exercise. A study by the University of Guelph showed that gymnastics at intervals helps burn more fat and improves fitness more quickly than moderate exercise and constant.</p>
<p>Disadvantages: very intense intervals may be difficult or even harmful to people with certain injuries or conditions so you should always check with your doctor first.</p>
<p>The exercise requires concentration intervals, intensity and determination, there is a social aspect that motivates the reader should refer to the competitor within.</p>
<p><strong>Zumba, dance  with workout</strong><br />
<img class="alignleft" src="http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/070130/070130_zumba_hmed_12p.hmedium.jpg" alt="zumba" width="251" height="181" />Let the buzzing exercises and join the party!, says the slogan of Zumba, the sensual fitness program. The Colombian Beto Perez started in 1999, this hot technique that combines Latin rhythms with gymnastics intervals and endurance exercises.</p>
<p>Physical training systems are based on fashion and dance ranging from ballet through the boot camp fitness to Aerosalsa bollywood.</p>
<p>Advantages: With Zumba you burn calories, gaining energy and makes some moves that the body had never done.</p>
<p>Disadvantages: Zumba does not help to increase strength, and uncoordinated people find it difficult to follow the choreography, Zumba is not very useful to gain muscle.</p>
<p><strong>Pilates</strong><br />
<img class="alignleft" src="http://www.mevagisseyactivitycentre.co.uk/pilates.gif" alt="pilates" width="245" height="210" />This discipline, originally used by dancers and that Joseph Pilates called Contrology, aims to stabilize the core muscles, with emphasis on breath and alignment of the spine.</p>
<p>Advantages: Pilates is slow and controlled, so you exercise without sweating too, is low impact, suitable for people with knee problems and preexisting lesions.</p>
<p>Pilates focuses on posture, core muscles, joint mobility and muscle strength. They practiced by people with any level of fitness and no specific equipment is needed for effective exercise, but many gyms offer special classes in stretchers used springs (reformers), which can adapt to the physical state of each user.</p>
<p>Disadvantages: Pilates is an anaerobic method, therefore, do not burn as many calories as when one runs, but muscle is formed, and the more muscle mass is the body burns calories more efficiently.</p>
<p><strong>Individual personal training and group</strong><br />
<img class="alignleft" src="http://www.mostmi.org/template/images/training.jpg" alt="personal training" width="260" height="172" />Personal training, individual meetings with a personal trainer, one can develop a fitness program that fits the physical condition and lifestyle of their own. The training group provides the same benefits, but in a small group.</p>
<p>Advantages: Liability, customization and a great physical work makes staff training to be effective on the other hand in group personal training is cheaper than the individual and works best when people are exercised together, strive to ten times more that when they are alone. Draw on the collective energy.</p>
<p>Disadvantages: The personal trainer business is not yet regulated in many countries.</p>
<p><strong>Yoga and yoga antigravity</strong><br />
<img class="alignleft" src="http://weblogs.cltv.com/features/health/livinghealthy/yoga.jpg" alt="yoga" width="267" height="196" /> The traditional yoga-hatha yoga, kundalini and ashtanga-improving flexibility, muscle tone and mind-body connection. Many of these methods have been practiced for thousands of years: it is a discipline that is here to stay.</p>
<p>While Bikram yoga or hot yoga, had its heyday some years now rages antigravity yoga: yogis practice their positions in hammocks suspended from the ceiling. The positions aerial &#8216;dog with his head down &#8220;and&#8221; Flying Pigeon &#8220;ease the tension in the spine and allow a deeper stretch with less risk of strain.</p>
<p>Advantages: Being airborne gives greater flexibility and the feeling that one is flying, hanging upside down is very relaxing, the body releases tension and makes you feel very light.</p>
<p>Disadvantages: Keep the positions while it is suspended in the air requires coordination and is not recommended for those who are new to fitness or obese.</p>
<p><strong>Stability Balls</strong><br />
<img class="alignleft" src="http://cdn-write.demandstudios.com/upload//1000/100/30/3/21133.jpg" alt="fitballs" width="253" height="195" />The Fitballs, originally developed for patients in physical rehabilitation, stability balls do work the stabilizing muscles of the spine and core muscles. Among the typical movements, are the extensions back, buttocks exercises and abs with trunk rotation.</p>
<p>Advantages: Anyone can use the ball to increase strength and stability and reduce back pain, those who use stability balls properly develop strong core muscles and great-looking and have fun doing it.</p>
<p>Disadvantages: It is difficult to learn and exercise the right moves well without the guidance of a professional, but a couple of meetings should reach to learn some basic exercises.<br />
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CrossFit and Cross-training</strong><br />
<img class="alignleft" src="http://globalpeeps.com/wp-content/uploads/crosstraining-300x300.jpg" alt="crossfit" width="250" height="226" />This type of gymnastics without elements are concentrated into small and very intense. Functional movements are simple yet demanding: dominated, squats, gymnastic routines and exercises with kettle-ball, and is typically done using only body weight as resistance. CrossFit&#8217;s Web site offers different workout each day and has hundreds of comments from his followers.</p>
<p>Benefits: This exercise requires little or no equipment and you really feel you are being trained, in addition, there is a sense of belonging to a particular group, the exercise that is provided on line no cost and is a comprehensive approach to training which makes work throughout the body.</p>
<p>Disadvantages: CrossFit can be difficult for those not in good condition or are beginners, so there is greater risk of injury due to the intensity of the exercises. If participants do not have a professional guide can make wrong movements and straining muscles or torn ligaments.</p>
<p><strong>Active Video Games</strong><br />
<img class="alignleft" src="http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/gallery/090602/GAL-09Jun02-2125/media/PHO-09Jun02-164263.jpg" alt="active video game" width="264" height="178" />The Exergaming is a technology that makes video games the participants to jump, to swing and sweat, as they move following the rhythm of the Wii or Dance Dance Revolution. bicycles, tables and other elements that bring video games are appearing in schools, gymnasiums and even doctors.</p>
<p>Advantages: Active play makes exercising more enjoyable, participants have fun, and that motivates them to go to the gym and train longer.</p>
<p>Disadvantages: Studies by the Health System, University of Michigan show that, with the actual workout, burn three to four times more calories than the virtual gym, thus, active video games should not replace physical activity &#8221; real. And since nobody controls movement and corrects poor posture, the chances of injury are greater for inexperienced players.</p>
<p><strong>Fitness fusion</strong><br />
<img class="alignleft" src="http://www.puntofape.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/fitness-fusion.jpg" alt="fitness fusion" width="195" height="161" />The fusion fitness class combining two or more methods in one session. For example, Yogalates Pilates and yoga, cycling and stretching, or boxing and jogging.</p>
<p>Advantages: Mix workout routines is a great way to lose weight and improve fitness, surprising change to the body, makes him work more and burn more calories.</p>
<p>Disadvantages: Some techniques do not mix because they are very different. Yoga, for example, by its meditative nature, does not harmonize well with the kickboxing. Instructors also may not be adequately trained in different modalities, which can lead to injury.</p>
<p><strong>Kranking</strong><br />
<img class="alignleft" src="http://www.gayaitalia.net/newgiwp/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/kranking1.jpg" alt="kranking" width="201" height="207" />This pedaling exercise for upper body made its debut at a few gyms in 2007, but in 2009, appears as an option in an increasing number of fitness centers.</p>
<p>Advantages: One of the best exercises for toning the core muscles and improve aerobic capacity is to rotate the upper body while standing. Kranking is a great choice for those who find it difficult to usual methods, for example, people with lower extremity problems, pregnant women, elderly or obese.</p>
<p>Cons: During the pedaling with his arms, the participants did not always control your heart rate and may even train at a level too intense, also sometimes fail to vary workouts and in these cases could reach an impasse.</p>
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