Getting A Great Weight Lifting Program 101

By Emmanuel Palmer


Get a solid weight lifting program and have a power packed, muscled physique worthy of gladiator lords of old. These programs fully utilize your body's weight and successfully convert it to hard muscle and pure strength. Expect the bodybuilding workouts that comprise will be intense, constantly changing and catered to the specific body type.

High-intensity training works well for people who are aiming to gain significant body mass in a relatively short time. Some might prefer to build up on strength and endurance over a period of two to three months which is also fine. You will probably need a hybrid of the two methods; find the best one suited for your body. What is important is you give each session your all.

Usually when somebody strives to pack on muscles, the first instinct is to work out most days for a few weeks. Doing so is actually detrimental to your body's physical development. Give sufficient amount of time for your body to rest so that the tears in the muscle tissues are sufficiently mended and become even stronger. Splitting the weight lifting program into muscle groups and assigning them on certain days is an effective strategy used by many professional bodybuilders and trainers.

A three day split workout would look something like this: Monday - chest, arms and abs Wednesday - back, shoulder and abs Saturday - legs If you prefer a five day split workout here is one you can follow: Monday - legs Tuesday - shoulders Wednesday - back and abs Thursday - shoulders and arms Friday - chest and abs Concentrate on getting serious sleep and eating health during the rest of the days.

You can use many kinds of exercises for different muscle groups. Squats for the legs and crunches for the stomach are some of the best ones that will always work for people. Even so, make sure you change them up every week or so to keep your body guessing, pushing it to its physical endurance limits. Fancy machines are fine but even without them you can train effectively. If all you have are dumbbells, cables and a bench; you already have a repertoire of workouts at your disposal. Some of these are bicep curls, dumbbell shrugs, bench press, triceps kickbacks for the upper body; and lunges, leg raises, squats and crunches for the lower body.

When you start training, you will initially use lower weights. As your strength grows, so will the weight loads that you will be lifting-this will ensure that your muscles are consistently challenged, thus develop faster. For bodybuilding objectives, use weights that will enable you to do 7 to 12 repetitions until failure.

Finally, always remember to stretch properly before, during and after workout sessions. Doing so raises your body's temperature and makes you more limber to perform your exercises better.

Bodybuilding workouts only work if it is done faithfully and properly person who will see his program to the end. Be careful while you exercise; but always give it your very best. For the champion in you, less than the best is not an option anyway.




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