How a Weight Lifting Program Can Help You

By Wakelin Smith

An appropriate weight lifting program is essential if you are working towards attaining the goal of any muscle builder - seeking to build his muscle mass. A good weight lifting program entails putting together a program that will bring about the desired result. This means that a muscle lifter should not simply go into the gym and throw weights around. Rather, he should have a specific routine to follow. Specifically, lifting weights involve weight training programs that are based on the proper science and tested techniques. Here is a sample workout program that uses a variety of weight exercises.

At present, there are two competing methods on weight training. The first one involves going through intense workouts. So it goes by the name HIT- high intense training. In this type of workout, a bodybuilder will only go through 1-3 sessions a week because this is a more physically difficult workout. But considering that this calls for fewer frequencies then he works out his full body or all of his muscle groups in each of the session. As a result, he stays longer at the gym during every workout day because he needs to do more types of weight exercises to ensure that he trains all of the relevant muscle groups. Moreover, this type of training calls for more reps. So it needs around 8-12 repetitions or reps per set. Also, every workout needs to wants to raise the strength of the muscles.

Stand with feet together, holding onto a bar or wall for balance. Step back about 3-4 feet and bend both knees, lowering into a lunge. Do not allow front knee to bend over the toe. Push back to starting position and repeat. Try not to push with the back foot - use front leg to pull your back leg in. Lie on a step, bench or floor with weights a few inches above the chest, elbows even with bench. Keeping abs tight, exhale and push arms up overhead - keeping weights a few inches apart. Don't lock elbows. Lower back to start and repeat.

Strength requires balance. This means that a weight trainer must balance his exercises between the push-based strength machines and pull-based ones. This is very important otherwise the body becomes structurally undeveloped. Look at it this way, if one only does one type of exercise and less on the other then he only develops the one that is exercised more.

Only after such training is he allowed to go through heavy training in the final phase. Unlike its counterpart, its focus is not to gain mass after every workout. Instead, it seeks to achieve cumulative gains after all of the three phases. Its general idea is to shift in intensity at every phase to prevent overtraining.

It is not enough to just lift a weight. It is important to explode with it, that is, raise it as fast as you can while still retaining control. This is also known as speed-strength conditioning, and it has great influence on power, endurance, and metabolism. It is important to be warned though, this training style will easily drain you like never before.

Finally, any type of weight lifting program involves scientific fundamentals. As such, it involves proper form and execution. Any weight lifter must approach it with precision and care. Otherwise, the time he spends in the gym comes to naught. It is important that he goes through the program with this in mind if he seeks to be successful in transforming his body into the muscle buff he desires that it becomes. - 31525

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