Basic Exercise And Training Variables

Basic Exercise And Training Variables

Effective exercise and training programs derive from basic principles that assist one in reaching fitness goals. It may be known may be known in various terms and is achieved through different means, but there exist basic principles in all successful exercise and fitness plans. Learning and using them in your own fitness regimen can help you become more effective in reaching your desired results.

The effectiveness of your exercise routine will depend on certain factors. How you apply these factors in your training plan, will help determine how fast you can reach your goals.

Here are four exercise variables that you should consider when creating your own fitness regimen.

Exercise Variables

Exercise Frequency- this refers to how often you exercise. The frequency will allow you to develop an exercise regimen that you can go into for a certain period on, let us say, a weekly basis. If you plan to work out for two days in a week, you can speed up getting results by adding another day of exercise for the week.

Exercise Intensity- This refers to the level of physical activity of your exercise program. How hard you push yourself on each exercise session is also a factor in the effectiveness of an exercise and training program. For example, determining between bouts of jogging running and walking on one session would have different results. Doing more running rather than short bouts of walking or jogging would certainly have a different result from walking through each session most of the time.

Type of Exercise- This refers to the type of exercise included in your regimen. There are different types of exercises to choose from with each type being able to build up a certain part of the body better than the other. Knowledge of these types of exercises can help you develop a certain regimen that can be focused on improving target portions of the body.

Duration of Exercise- This refers to the time that is spent in doing the exercises. How long you stay in doing each exercise session will ultimately determine how fast or how slow that you get results. It may also be required to determine the duration of the exercise program along with the other exercise variables in order to either avoid injury or improve results.

These exercise and training variables can be used to develop a specific exercise program that would allow better performance as well as results. You may be able to start by using the different exercise variables in a way that is most fitting to you.  Along the way, you can then change any or all of these variables to either increase the efficiency as well as to reach the target results. The variables can also serve to alternate the exercise program to make it more interesting if you become bored with the routine.