What happens to you when you lift loads.

Tensing muscles, groans, doing various weird faces – that is what you can see – your body language. But what happens inside your body???

First work your head - When you want to lift something heavy, your memory tells your brain that you will need more oxygen to feed your muscles and brain.

At this moment channels that provide oxygen to the blood expand and more oxygen reaches the blood. Your glands also secrete more adrenaline to give you more power.

Increases blood pressure - Combination of increased levels of adrenaline, and disruption of breathing during weight lifting increases blood pressure and pulse.

Feeding muscles - Your heart works faster thereby the blood circulates faster, providing more energy to working muscles. Their demand for energy is so large that your body takes a portion of  blood and delivers it to the muscles.

You begin to burst - Effort leads to microscopic cracks in muscle tissue, which makes your muscles grow. Proteins are sent by brain to the damaged areas to fix it. It thereby increases the number of muscle fibers.

Blood fulfills your muscles - When you lower loads, blood trapped in the tight muscle comes back. This additional portion of the blood makes the muscle appear larger. This state persists for about half an hour after training.

After finishing of your workout, heart rate should go back to the normal one after about 5 minutes. Always take a minimum of one resting day between the workouts of the same group of muscles to give your body time to rest and regenerate.

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Get rest!!!