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Fitness Truths Everyone needs to Know

EP McKnight, MEd
2 min readSep 20, 2019

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Four (4) Major Components of Every Workout

Outside of motivation, inspiration and passion that drives you to workout and continue working out. Each person needs to know some

  1. Warm up for muscles and heart benefit

The warm-up should gently prepare the body for exercises by gradually increasing the heart rate and circulation; this will loosen the joints and increase blood flow to the muscles. Stretching the muscles prepares them for physical activity and prevents injuries.

  1. Cool down return to heart to resting rate and elongate muscles

The overarching goal of a cool-down is to reduce heart and breathing rates, gradually cool body temperature, return muscles to their optimal length-tension relationships, prevent venous pooling of blood in the lower extremities, which may cause dizziness or possible fainting, and restore physiologic systems close to .

  1. proper Form, not to hurt yourself
  2. One of the most important reasons to maintain proper form during weight lifting exercises is to prevent injury. When we lift a lot of heavy weight, this can cause the body to become misaligned that can place your tendons, muscles…

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EP McKnight, MEd
EP McKnight, MEd

Written by EP McKnight, MEd

Actress, Stage playwright, Author, Motivational Speaker, Teacher Fitness Coach. www.epmcknight.wixsite.epfitspiration Follow me: Tiktok, imdb.me/epmcknight

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