Weight Lifting Routines

By: Larry Landreaux

This is a general guide to weight lifting routines.

Weight lifting is one of the most popular sports in the country and there is a strong reason supporting that fact. The benefits that weight lifters get from their workouts are so many that it will be hard to fit them in a single article. Starting with the fact that will positively change your physique, it will improve your health and give you a sense of wellness. Other research has proven that weight training may help positively affect risk factors such as glucose metabolism, blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and cholesterol levels.

Numerous weight lifting routines exist and simply listing few of them is not the point of this article. You can find such training routines in any given bodybuilding magazine or on the Internet, but what is hard to find are those fundamental principles and techniques that can really help you. The first thing to remember is that regardless of how good a given routine might be, its just a small fraction of the whole system that will lead to your success. The process of recovery is just as important as the actual workout and that includes what and when you eat, and how much and when you sleep.

Supplying your body with the right amounts of protein (1.5 grams per pound of body weight) and getting between 8-10 hours of sleep is the key to recover. Completely muscle recovery is the key to growth. The rule that you should follow here is - maximum workout intensity followed by maximum rest.

Every individual is different, thus there is no universal weight lifting routine that will work for everybody. That's why it will be senseless to fill your head with exact routines that you should follow like a robot. Rule number two - always warm up before a workout.

You should never forget to warm up you body well, in order to prevent injuries. The idea here is to get your body to the point where it feels warm. That doesn't mean that you should be sweating before you start your main exercises. Do cardio for 10 minutes before your workout, or stretch.

A weight lifting routine must be made according to your individual goals (whether you want to add muscle mass or loose some weight) and the amount of time you can devote to training. Some people can only manage to train three days a week, so they should combine two muscle groups in one workout. However, the best scenario is to train each muscle group individually, meaning that you should train 5 days a week. This is a very good approach, because you are training one muscle group while another one is recovering.

There are certain exercises which bodybuilders like to call "Basics" and have proven to hit muscles harder than anything else. Such exercises work more of the muscle harder, heavier and more thoroughly than any other. The most important exercise for the chest is of course the bench press, while the squats are the most effective movement for the legs. The barbell rows hit the back the most and the seated military press gives maximum separation to your shoulders.

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The general definition of Weight Lifting Equipment is a "weight machine that has stacks of iron plates fixed in a frame. Author - Larry Landreaux.

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