0
Weight Training and Strength Training
Weight and strength training is the process of conditioning your body, either it be with iron or your own weight. Whether you are looking to become a bodybuilder, training for a sport, or maybe you just want stay in shape, weight and strength training is great for you.
1,293 Questions
What size weights should a sixty-five year old woman lift?
Keep them as minimal as possible. Do not lift anything above 10 pounds. Use small dumbbells which are 2-5 pounds in weight for all exercises.
hello every1, this is the same girl!! i was wondeing if someone could make me a diet and exercis plan
How tall should you be to lift weights?
Your height is not relevant to deciding whether or not weightlifting is something you want to do. Your height might be involved in deciding what types of exercises you should do, and what your goals might be, but any person of any height can lift weights, including little people such as those with one of the various forms of dwarfism.
Which is not an adaptation to aerobic conditioning in untrained individuals?
Exercise heart rate (submax) increase
Why does weight training improve muscular strength more than cardiorespiratory fitness?
Weight training is a targeted exercise program that generally focuses on muscle building exercises, which leads to greater muscle strength. Cardiorespiratory exercises are typically sustained activities that improve, among others, one's heart and lung functions.
There is no specific age or height, i started when i was 13 and i was 5'11" and i could bench 115 on my first day.
Where did weight lifting first come from?
Written records of deliberate progressive weight training are found in Ancient Greece, although one could assume that the act of seeing how much weight one can pick up off the ground and press overhead goes back further into humanity's past as another display of dominance or alpha-male behaviour.
yes, but i'd suggest quitting.
Why can't the people who hate female bodybuilders leave female bodybuilding alone?
I believe that there are far too many people out there, for whom life is so miserable, that the only way they can feel less miserable is to make someone else feel more miserable than they are. Whether the excuse/target is female bodybuilders or something else, they are the same people everywhere. It must really suck to be them; They aren't even worth the effort of pitying or hating, so don't give them that satisfaction.
Where can you find an instruction manual for Aero Pilate's Machine?
First check the actual Stami or Aero Pilates site.
How is Barry Austin doing with his weight-loss battle now in 2008?
There's not much information knocking about but he's still very much alive and a member of bebo. You can read a little about him here. http://www.morningstarr.co.uk/forum/tv-programmes/7554-britains-fattest-man-barry-austin.html
Should teenagers do weight training?
- No, in my opinion.
- Yes, if they want to, but not before 14 or 15 years old (16 years old is even better). However, it must be done under supervision with a responsible knowledgeable adult.
Possibly not, but whether it is or not depends on how intensively and how long you exercise each day.
How do you lose weight just by clingfilm?
Really, you don't.
That'd only happen if the clingfilm would somehow change your eating and/or exercise habits.
In how many days a person get build a strong body?
Any physique goal can not be obtained overnight.
Based on a persons fitness levels, one can attain a strong body in a matter of 3-6 months. But from then on it is a continuous process where the person gets stronger and stronger...
How do you look lean through weight training?
Follow a healthy diet and don't eat a lot of fat and drink a lot of water.
Hypertrophy.
BTW, it's spelt 'fibres' in English and 'fibers' in American English.
How come bodybuilders never have any chest hair?
Body builders never have chest hair because they shave it off to make themselves look better
What exercises should you do if you just got a new gym membership?
Concentrate on the basic exercises such as squats, deadlifts, presses, rows, chins, and dips. Forget what most people in the gym are doing, because they do not really know what they are doing. If you want to read an excellent book that will teach which are the best exercises and how to do them safely, get Stuart McRobert's BUILD MUSCLE LOSE FAT LOOK GREAT. You should be able to borrow a copy from your local library.
The weight of the mass 'm' is (m g) .
That's the minimum force he has to exert in order to balance the force of gravity and
lift the weight vertically. If he exerts more force than (mg), the weight will accelerate
up, and he'll just wind up either coasting in the middle, or else retarding it at the top.
So the eventual outcome is just applying the force (mg) through the distance 'h'.
The time taken for the maneuver has no effect on the work done. It's just the amount of
potential energy gained by the bar-bell due to its increased elevation.
Work = [ (force) times (distance) ] or [ (weight) times (height) ].
W = m g h
At what age should you stop weight training?
No need to stop, ever. There have been plenty of studies showing that old people who keep exercising live healthier, more active and longer lives. Exercise prevents the skeleton from going brittle among other things.
You might want to stop going for new personal best eventually though.
Why do some weightlifting people take drugs?
The most frequently used drugs for weightlifting are anabolic steroids, which are like artificial testosterone. The reason they are taken is that they increase muscular size and strength faster than would otherwise be possible. It is not so much that the drugs themselves increase muscular size and strength, it is that they allow more rapid recovery from training and, so, enhance the effects of strength training. For example, it you do strength training with sufficient intensity and are not taking drugs, a day or two later you'll experience DOMS (delayed onset muscular soreness). In order to ensure systemic (not just localized) recovery, you should wait at least another 24 hours before training again. Therefore, you may end up training intensely once every four or five days. By way of contrast, someone using steroids can train with intensity every day--or even sometimes twice a day. All things being equal, the person who can train more frequently will achieve faster results. However, there is no free lunch. For example, since anabolic steroids work only on muscles and not connective tissues (ligaments and tendons), people who use them are more likely to suffer connective tissue injuries. They actually can cause a whole host of other problems as well. That is why people use them and why it is best NOT to use them.
Does eccentric training favor strength or size?
Eccentric training does favor strength. It does build more muscle strength and endurance than muscle growth.
What key principles of training do you need to use to get stronger?
Overload - Progressive overload beyond what the body normally encounters:
- In order to see strength (and muscle building) results, you must continually add more weight to the bar, for a given exercise.
Mode - The type of exercise:
- Compound exercises - Multi-joint movements, which require using multiple muscles groups. These are generally favored for beginners (no matter the end-goal) and for strength training in general.
- Isolation exercises - Single-joint movements, which require using just one muscle group. These should only be done only in moderation by newer trainees; they are most effective when used by advanced bodybuilders.
Duration - Generally in resistance training a session should last no longer than one hour excluding warm up and cool down
Frequency - The number of training sessions per muscle group/exercise per week. Below are some common examples of various training frequencies:
- Three full body training sessions a week. This is generally the best approach for beginners to intermediates seeking to improve. Advanced trainees can also see decent gains on this type of weight lifting program
- Two split training sessions per muscle group(s) per week (e.g. Upper body/lower body routine). However, this may mean that you are training 4 days per week (e.g. 2 upper body workouts, 2 lower body workouts. This is best type of weight lifting program for intermediate to advanced lifters, although many intermediates may still be able to get comparable results from 3x/week full body routine.
- One "split body part" training session per muscle group per week (e.g. typical "bodybuilding routine" - mon-chest/tris, tues-back/bis, wed-legs, thu-shoulders, friday-calves, forearms, neck). This routine only works very well for advanced lifters who are looking to gain muscle mass, and/or those with truly superior genetics (i.e. "mesomorphs"). However, for some non-beginner hardgainers, a body-part split like the Max-OT routine might be a good bet, since it allows you to work intensely (heavy) using some major compound lifts, but it provides sufficient recovery because it is a low frequency weight lifting program.
- One to two full body sessions per week if your goal is to maintain (your experience level doesn't matter, here). Note that some true hardgainers may perform optimally on a two day/week full body weight lifting program due to their relatively poor recovery abilities.
Intensity - Amount of resistance encountered. Although the different categories always overlap since they are on a spectrum ("strength-endurance spectrum"), they can be broken down into the following categories for practical purposes:
- Moderate Intensity = Hypertropy - 8-15 reps 65-80% 1RM (fast, but controlled reps)
- Moderate-High Intensity = Strength - 4-8reps 80-90% 1RM (reps done as fast as possible)
- High Intensity = Power - 1-3 reps >90% 1RM (reps done as fast as possible)
- Low Intensity = Endurance - >12-15+ reps <70%1RM (slower/paced, controlled reps)
Volume = Repetitions x number of sets x the amount of weight per muscle group/exercise per workout.
- Low volume and high intensity weight training programs are effective programs for beginners (e.g. Starting Strength, HIT).
- In order to progress, trainees must eventually increase volume. To an extent, it is possible to have high volume, high intensity routines by increasing the number of sets and leaving reps/intensity the same. However, volume increases more easily by decreasing intensity, leaving sets the same, and increasing reps (although this type of weight lifting program is generally geared toward hypertrophy; not strength).
