Technical information

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Fitness
The treatments of the Fitness category are intended to make healthy muscles work,
they are not suitable for atrophied muscles that have suffered from any kind of
pathological process. For such muscles, it is necessary to use the programmes of the
Rehabilitation category (see this section further on this chapter).
Fitness category
Programmes
Effects
Uses
Muscle
starter
Improvement of the
contractile qualities of in-
sufficiently used muscles
Restoration and/or impro-
vement of cellular ex-
changes at the level of the
stimulated muscles
To reactivate the muscles of
sedentary subjects and res-
tore physiological muscular
qualities
To complement efficiently a
voluntary physical activity
practiced to be in good
condition
Muscle
building
Hypertrophy
Increased diameter of mus-
cle fibres
For those who wish to gain
muscle volume and mass
Aerobic
Increased muscle ability to
sustain long-lasting efforts
Improved consumption of
oxygen of the stimulated
muscles
To improve physical com-
fort during aerobic activities
To delay the onset of mus-
cle fatigue during long-
duration activities
To improve well-being
during daily life activities
T
oday there are more fitness enthusiasts than
ever before, and their number is rising. Apart
from some rare individuals who have real compe-
titive targets, the vast majority have only one aim:
to restore their body to peak physical condition or
maintain it at that level.
Cardio training therefore alternates with more
specific exercises to develop or maintain a good
quality musculature.
With this in mind, the sought-after aims may differ
according to who is doing the training: increasing
muscle volume to achieve an imposing stature
(body-building) or better muscle endurance to im-
prove physical comfort during sustained efforts.
Combined with a voluntary physical activity
(aerobic exercises in the fitness facility, footing,
cycling, swimming, etc.), which becomes more
pleasant and therefore more effective, the pro-
grammes of the Fitness category enable users to
obtain a toned and harmonious figure.
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