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Not necessarily. If your intention is to grow muscles and you lift weights accordingly and have a lifestyle conducive to developing muscle mass, then yes sure.  If you just want to feel good in your body, tone up and maintain your physique, then lifting weights is an important part of your workout regime. A Melbourne based personal trainer looking to help others boost motivation through strength training. 

Regular exercise regime definitely helps reduce fat however, no specific ab/core exercise will result in a flat stomach. You must live a healthy lifestyle that includes a consistent, good diet full of quality nutrition and eat foods that agree with your digestive system. A Melbourne based personal trainer looking to help others boost motivation through strength training. 

My philosophy is eat good ood first. Sport supplements are hard on the digestive system and are not something you want to be taking long-term.  Supplementing may be used to break a plateu.

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When doing conditioning for weight loss or for energy system development,  you should have some sessions that are maximal effort resulting in heart rate 180 + some at threshold pace 140 – 170 and some aerobic activity at 110 – 140 HR. During some training blocks you may spend a higehr frequency of more aerobic type zones to develop aerobic capacity while during other times you may focus more on higher zones to develop Speed endurance VO2 max. For weight loss generally a mix of all zones is good to burn colories and to prevent montony giving the client variation during the week. 

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Weight machines are great for anyone starting out with strength training as they take out a lot of proprioception/stability work also for rehabilitation exercises to help increase the symmetry between injured limb and non injured side. Also for developing muscle mass important for sports like body building as you can target the muscles with lower risk of injury. Free weight are typically more natural functional movements that you would need to do during the day or when playing sport. The body isnt fixed in a position therefore the body has to stabilise its own forces and this makes it more difficult but more beneficial for developing a more functional body. 

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While you’re working out your breaking down the muscle tissue and this is what you may feel after a workout the time between workouts is when your muscles are recovering. Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) usually occurs when you change your training program or when you work just a little bit harder. Doms is a good thing every now and then however it shouldn’t happen every time you train this will likely lead to chronic fatigue or overload type injuries. 

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Starting a regular training program that has a mixture of both cardio and resistance based training regime.  Important to consider living a healthy lifestyle full of quality foods that nourish your body and agree with your digestive system. 

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The department of health recommends: 

For adults:
150 minutes (2 ½ hours) of moderate-intensity physical activity, or 75 minutes (1 ¼ hour) of vigorous-intensity physical activity each week, will help improve blood pressure, cholesterol, heart health, as well as muscle and bone strength.

Each week, increasing to:
300 minutes (5 hours) of moderate-intensity physical activity, or 150 minutes (2 ½ hours) of vigorous-intensity physical activity, will help to prevent some cancers and unhealthy weight gain.

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