As most of you already know, fitness is usually measured by the untrained eye on the basis of how a person looks and their muscle definition. For anyone it's hard to get muscle definition until you lose weight, and that might be hard enough, more so for women then men. Women feel that they have a bigger need for physical fitness then men do. Some women and men think that dieting will get them looking great and feeling good with good muscle definition, but that is not the case. Research has shown that with a mixture of aerobic exercises, weight training, and nutrition any female can have the optimum level of physical fitness in order to look and feel great and have good definition. .
The basics for a good work out, most think, is straining yourself to your limit. In all actuality, this form of exercise is one of the worst. Your body is not used to the extreme conditions that come with binge training. Also, it is one of the leading causes of injuries. Because your muscles have to work up to training hard, it would be in your best interest to start easy and progress to harder things. So beginners should have a low profile goal that can be achieved easily enough as to not strain yourself, but hard enough where you can feel the results. (Venuto 1) .
The aerobic training is probably the most important part of one's workout. Aerobics: With air or oxygen means that with also being fun and effective, aerobics strengthen your cardiovascular muscles and improves your heart rate-which speeds up your metabolism. Also aerobics have a variety of other purposes. Such as increased resistance to fatigue and extra energy, decreased tension and aid in sleeping, increased general stamina, controlled body fat, and toned muscles and increased lean body mass. It is to be said for the last one that muscle does weigh more then fat, so your mass will increase. Along with physical benefits there are some psychological benefits as well.