31.3.15
Beginner Weight Training Routines
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When you are just starting out, whether you are old or young, you need to be very careful how you approach a weight lifting regimen. Beginner weight training routines need to be set up by an expert or personal trainer or you could end up injuring yourself very easily. The entire point of weight training is to break down the old muscle tissue and let the body naturally replace it with new, denser, stronger muscle tissue. This is what causes the next morning pain that most bodybuilders and athletes feel when they have a strong workout. Because weights put a lot of stress on muscles, joints, bones, and your respiratory system, you need to start slowly with beginner weight training routines. With some good practice and repetition you will progress rapidly and build strong lean muscle in just a few weeks.
If you are like most of us you just cant afford a personal trainer but are enrolled in a nearby 24-hour Fitness, Ballys, or small local gym. You may feel somewhat intimidated when you first start going to a gym because there are some huge freakazoids there that look like they have been mainlining steroids and HGH for a decade or two. Watching these guys grunt and scream and bench press 400 pounds can make anyone think twice before grabbing the 5 pound dumbbells off the rack. We may not want to look like them. We may even think of them as disgusting and self-absorbed to the extreme. All you want is to become a little stronger (okay, a lot stronger) and have the kind of body that doesnt make members of the opposite sex laugh at you or want to vomit.
With todays emphasis on health, beauty and fitness, we need to look good and feel good in order to succeed. No one wants to hire a weakling or an obese person. Most employers look at an obese person and think lazy. This may be patently unfair but it is the way of the world and if you dont think looks matter when it comes to hiring you need a brutal reality check this very instant. Studies have been done on this subject and the results are far and away in favor of the attractive and fit person getting the job (every time) over the fat or weak looking person.
Beginner weight training can take the form of light weights such as dumbbells or barbells. Dont try and lift more than you can comfortably pick up when you first start on this or any other regimen. It may be even better to go too light and just do extra repetitions (reps). Beginner weight training with light weights will avoid pulled muscles or pinched nerves, the two most common injuries among weight lifters. Back pain and even herniated disks can result from lifting too much weight. Straining too hard can cause hernias so you need to be lifting an amount that is comfortable for you and will not cause you to strain too much. This is not to say that you should take it easy either. Even if you are lifting small weights you should try and do more reps and take less time between sets for recovery.