What are the misunderstandings about long-term aerobic exercise?

In today's era, everyone advocates exercising in a harmless way, especially aerobic exercise, which can exercise our body well and keep our body healthy. However, many people actually have some misunderstandings about fitness, but they themselves have not discovered it. So what are these misunderstandings? Let’s take a look at the following content.

Myth 1: Strength training does not improve flexibility

Expert correction: By doing full-range strength training, you can improve both muscle strength and ligament flexibility at the same time. Strength training exercises such as lunges, squats, pull-ups and deadlifts can not only effectively improve the level and effectiveness of fitness training, but also develop flexibility better than simple static stretching.

Myth 2: The weight of the left and right hands should be the same

Expert correction: Unbalanced strength training can improve the balance of strength on the left and right sides of the body, and at the same time stimulate muscles that are difficult to train normally. A typical exercise is performed using two dumbbells of unequal weights. At the beginning, it is more appropriate to control the weight difference between the left and right sides at around 5% to 10%. Switch between the left and right sides after completing one set. Unbalanced weights help muscles to unleash their greater potential to maintain balance, and muscles will be stimulated at a deeper level to grow.

Myth 3: Lowering the barbell to the chest during bench press

Expert correction: In the bench press technique of powerlifting, in order to push up heavier weights, powerlifters deliberately lower the barbell in a controlled manner until it touches the chest and then pushes it up. This forces the latissimus dorsi to assist in exerting force to push up the weight. In this bench press process, the latissimus dorsi not only plays a supporting role, but also has the role of "leveraging force". However, fitness exercises are different from strength exercises that aim to lift weights. If you use the strength of the latissimus dorsi to perform the bench press, the intensity of exercising the chest muscles will be reduced, so you should avoid lowering the barbell to the chest when doing the bench press.

I hope that after reading the above content, you can compare it with your own practices. If there are any errors in your practices, you must correct them in time. After all, only a correct and healthy exercise method can truly achieve the effect of fitness. The above is all the content to be introduced. I hope everyone will read it carefully and use it well.