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Don't
forget about your chest
I never really thought about working out my chest area, I never wanted to lose weight there. I never thought about it, until a Life Style reader brought it to my attention. Inspired by her email, I rushed over to Al Palladini Community Centre in Vaughan, found fitness coordinator Art McDonald, and asked him to demonstrate a few exercises that would tighten the chest area and give a nice definition to this muscle. Before we even began any exercises, McDonald wanted to remind me that muscle strengthening would not make the actual breasts larger or smaller. However, the exercises will strengthen the chest muscles up top of the breasts providing an added lift and perkiness to the entire area. "Strength training won't decrease breast size, you will have to loose body fat for that," says McDonald. As well, by reducing body fat and trimming down the waist, the bust line begins to take a nice shape. "Directly, there's nothing we can do for the breast, indirectly there's a lot we can do." Most women do not have a lot of body fat around the chest area, so results may be noticed a lot sooner than you would say the thighs. The chest muscles tend to be a larger area than the bicep or triceps muscles, which tend to be more isolated, so you can try to use a heavier weight like McDonald suggested for the legs. This goes hand in hand with McDonald's motto to push yourself to make the most of your exercise time, and actually see results. Before beginning any muscle strengthening exercise it is important to have the body warmed up. Try a cardiovascular machine for at least five to 10 minutes before using the weights. The first exercise McDonald showed me was the basic push-up. I hadn't done a push-up since Grade nine gym classes, but I immediately felt the chest muscles working. Check out some exercise tips for these body parts: Get your abs fit for summer A challenge for your arms Hamstrings, bun and thighs, Oh My! Watch your back
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