Find a Tailored Weight Lifting Program Just for 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.


Most men would like to get a mighty chest, big biceps, and six-pack abs. there is no harm in wanting these of course. But instead of training like a bodybuilder and relying on single-joint exercises designed to isolate specific muscles, start training like an athlete. Meaning, improve your strength rather than your size. You will finally build the body you want as you also improve your performance, minimize injury, burn fat, and feel more motivated.

Progressive overload requires having more time in your discomfort zone. This is the most basic rule of all strength-training principles. But this is nit understood well enough by trainers. The body is only able to gain strength and muscle mass if it is being exercised to its limit. In contrast, if one exercises only in his comfort zone, the body learns to adjust so no muscle mass is built. This means that the more time in your discomfort zone equals less time in the gym.

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.

Stand with feet hip-width apart holding body bar, barbell (or dumbbells in front of thighs, palms out. Bend elbows and bring weights towards the shoulders (without swinging). Lower back down and repeat.

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.




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