The very name "pumping" (pumping - with English pumping) already says a lot about the method. We pump the muscles like a pump, by constantly, monotonously repeating the same exercise with a light weight. Pumping of muscles is, first of all, a feeling of "bursting" and "tightening" of muscles, you will feel how muscles literally break from blood and water. About how the pumping training takes place and what it gives, we'll talk further.
Kinds
Pumping is productive, cosmetic and pharmacological.
Productive pumping - is achieved during training, and really stimulates muscle growth.
Cosmetic has a temporary effect, it is used before performances and photo sessions, in order to visually and temporarily increase the volume of muscles by 10-20%.
Pharmacological pumping is achieved by the use of various additives: arginine , creatine and fat burners.
Effects on muscles
Exercises of pumping lead to the accumulation of disintegration products in muscles: lactic acid and the like. Thus, the sugar content increases, and sugar "attracts" water to the cells. Due to water and "bursts" the muscles. In addition, blood supply increases, and at the same time, nutrition , and oxygen supply. This, in turn, uses disintegration products.
Body-building
Pumping is used in bodybuilding for beginners. Since monotonous exercises with light weight do not provide an effective stimulus for muscle growth (exercises with more weight are much more effective), then pumping is popular, primarily due to the very sensation of a "rupture" of muscles. The essence of pumping is to do a few more repetitions, after reaching a sense of exhaustion.
Weight Loss
Since this method is actively used in the "drying", it makes sense to apply pumping for weight loss. The only condition is vitamin supplements during the "drying"
Exercises and cons
Exercises in pumping are done with the weight with which you are able to do 15-20 repetitions and several approaches. After that, you lower your weight a little and make another approach. Also effective in pumping supersets.
The only drawback for fans of pumping will be pain. Muscle pain always accompanies occupations with a large number of repetitions and the cause of pain, just is lactic acid, which is the basis of the euphoric sensations of pumping.