weight strength training

Weight/strength training:the ten commandments

WEIGHT TRAINING: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

1. You have to use a plan-even an elementary one- for your weight training routines.Otherwise you will be a blind in a dark tunnel!If you don’t have a plan thea all the routes are the same.

What is your main objective?

-muscle mass maintenance?

-muscle hypertrophy?

-strength or endurance,etc ?

You will need different approaches to fulfil each one of them !

So,what is your plan?

2.Keep weight training among your most important priorities until the end!

You will be lavishly rewarded for your persistence.

No other form of training can have a more profound impact on your fitness level,health and quality of life,especially as the years pass!

3. Details are good but you had better stick to the basics,especially if you are an amateur weight trainer:

-perform not more than 2-3 workouts per week.Keep them short-20 to 30 minutes each- but really intense (use a high training volume).

-use mainly compound exercises and avoid isolation ones .There is a bigger interest for this kind of your time investment.Isolation exercises are like keeping your money in the safe!

-leave split workouts for the experienced bodybuilders and go for total body workouts.

-use progressive overload and aim for a continual progress or else you are certain to retreat!

-give priority to an impeccable style over bigger and bigger weights. Remember:showing off is a bad thing!

-try to avoid possible plateaus by varying your routines every now and then.

-avoid any kinds of supplements.Don’t force your results! There are imminent dangers you cannot even think of! Be patient and results will follow.

All that said,with some self -motivation you can have outstanding results by training at home( gym is optional!)

End of 1st part

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Chris Strogilis

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