Broadening your knowledge on exercise science is a great way to win the war on flabby arms. After all, even though this is not a requirement, knowing more will prevent you from falling prey to fly-by-night programs.
You may run into some stumbling blocks, however. One stumbling block will be all the new vocabulary you will encounter. After all, as knowledge becomes more deep so does the vocabulary to describe said knowledge.
Thus, here are some common exercise terms that you should know in order to take your flabby arm knowledge to the next level:
1. The positive portion of a movement. Whenever a muscle contracts, is must become shorter. There are certain proteins on your muscle fibers which handle the job. When you push during a push up, for instance, your chest muscles are shortening.
2. Negative, eccentric contractions. This portion of the exercise is considered a crowned jewel for many bodybuilders. Why? Because it causes a lot of muscle damage which translates into a lot of muscle growth. When doing a shoulder press, for instance, slowly bringing the weight back down after pushing it up is the negative or eccentric portion of the movement.
3. An exercise movement. This is the completion of an exercise through its entire range of motion. There is a start point a mid point and an end point. Another way to look at this definition is the completion of the eccentric and concentric portion of an exercise.
4. A repetition. This is the singular completion of an exercise. You can view it as one unit of exercise. Thus, one set of 12 repetitions would involve doing an exercise 12 times.
5. An exercise set. A set is simply a group of repetitions to be performed in sequence. Once you dive into some more advanced texts, you will encounter advanced terminology such as super sets. A super set is the completion of one exercise set right after another without any rest in between.
Now my personal recommendation is to broaden your knowledge on flabby arms and exercise science as much as possible within your own limits. In other words, do NOT try to learn everything in one shot. Any time you acquire a new skill or new knowledge it takes some time before you can internalize the new information.
About the author: Katherine Crawford M.S., a Harvard exercise physiologist and former arm fat refugee, instructs women on how to lose arm fat. Unearth how to get sexy arms by visiting her blog about toned arms right now!