Keeping Fit? Strength is the muscle's ability to exert force. Although we equate large muscles with strength, that is not necessarily so. Strength is not directly proportional to the size of a muscle. First, you need to decide which muscles you want to strengthen, then find the best way to exercise those muscles so they will respond with increased strength. Then keep increasing the weight load to challenge the muscles. For instance, add 1 pound now …showed first 75 words of 561 total…

…showed last 75 words of 561 total…remember that stiffness didn't happen overnight, so don't expect to become flexible overnight. If you try too hard and work too fast, you may injure muscle or tendon tissue. Do your stretching and flexibility exercises slowly and gently at first and gradually intensify them. Now that you have done all of your lifting and your nice and sore, it would be good to jog for 5-10 minutes to cool down and get your heart-rate down.