Thursday, October 30, 2008

Improving Stamina, endurance, power, strenght or fitness

Men showing power at start Before getting an approach to improving stamina, power, endurance or strength one must first of all be well aware of what is really meant by Fitness. Defining this word in the correct form we come to know that fitness is just not a physical state of the mind. According to the experts Fitness is a complete state of physical, mental, psychological and emotional well being of an individual. So, first of all it is very clear that no person can be fit until or unless he/she fulfills the needs of these levied conditions for the very same.

Second requirement before moving ahead is that the person should be aware of what is actually meant by words like stamina, endurance, power, strength etc.
Stamina : Word stamina implies to the capability of the body to give up the thrust to as much possible time and distance as possible. Stamina can be in any sport or game.

Power : Word power implies to the maximum working capability of particular parts of the body, either they be legs, hands or any other organs.

Strength : Word strength is used only in some of the sports where use of one organ of the body is very dominating than the other organs. For eg., a hammer thrower should have powerful shoulders, a short-put thrower should have powerful fore-arms, footballer should have powerful legs etc.,

Now looking the ways of how to put the best performance in games and sports requiring these parameters of stamina, strength and the power. Here, are some stated below :

The first thing needed to improve any of the three is flexibility. It is the most essential requirement of a sports person. To improve any of the three one needs to improve the flexibility of the body first. Which further can only be improved through regular stretching exercising. Now comes the needs to improve the stretching capacities, which can be improved through the ways stated below :
1. First essential requirement is that stretching should never be done when the body is cool and calm. If stretching is needed to be done then one should first do some body warming exercises, which could be any of these - jogging slowly for 400meters to a kilometer depending upon the capacity of the body from age to sex. One can also try jumping on the spot, dancing for a while can also help one in increasing the cardio rate and there-by increasing the body temperature. Further massaging to the body with Luke warm oil by rotating the hands on the body organs in the direction of heart prior to a stretching exercise routine will also help in improving the body circulating rate.
2. Second requirement is that stretching exercise should be done according to the need of the body, the age and the sex capabilities. If a individual is trying to stretch his/her body to the fullest on the second or the third day of there routine then sorry; the individual can suffer sprain or strain in the body organs. Keeping the body the way it moves can not only the stretching but will also bring a boom in the personality of the person.
3. It is very necessary to keep the exercising patterns very regular whether the body is capable or not. Let the body work the amount it can. May be possible one day you do better while other day the performance is not so good. Keeping oneself cool and compassionate will bring positive results and that is sure.
4. It does not matter whether the body is ill or not. If you are ill then also you must try to move the body to some as much it can. But keeping in mind that it does not affect the body capacity to rehabilitate.
5. Besides stretching exercise trying new ways in dance forms can also improve the flexibility of the body.

The second requirement is to develop power in the body. Power developing ways includes the following :
1. Regular cardio-vascular exercises : This step includes exercises related to the heart and the vascular system of the body. Exercises done for the heart increases the vascular capacity and the oxygen holding capacity in the blood. Besides increasing power and endurance cardio exercises increases the heart beats and there by making a faster blood circulation in the body. With whose help the CSF and the visceral fluid flows very fast, all there by making the body revitalized and re-energized.
2. Circuit training : It is the second step of exercises in a routine of a individual. In this training events like decathlon, heptathlon,etc. are included. In events like this various other events are also included such as - badminton, football, golf, hiking, running, swimming, table tennis, tennis, walking etc., are included. Each event of the group game possess a specific importance in a specific game or sports. For eg., badminton is a game of very quick response so will surely increase power in hamstrings muscles of the thighs. Swimming, running increases cardio capacity, while golf, tennis and also badminton increases the power in the fore-arms of the individual.
3. Power training : This step includes increasing the power in the various organs of the body. Power building can be either done through iso-tonic or through iso-metric exercises. Iso-tonic exercises are those in which the tone of the muscles remains the same whether the step had been moved once or any number of times. On the other hand in iso-metric exercises the mass of the weight used is always kept the very same, whether the tone in the muscles increases to any extent. Pressing against the wall is a iso-tonic type of exercise. While exercising with a dumble is a iso-metric type of exercise.

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