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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.

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Why do body builders work on certain muscle groups on a given day and then give them a rest period?

It is important to understand that training in the gym is catabolic, which means that it breaks down your body. Therefore, you do not grow in the gym. You grow during recovery, especially if you get proper rest and nutrition. That is anabolic.

Advanced bodybuilders often rest certain body parts while continuing to train other body parts. If you are a beginner, do not follow that example or you are liable to become overtrained. Instead, do a whole body workout. If it is of sufficient intensity, you will experience DOMS (delayed onset muscular soreness) the next day or two. Wait at least 24 hours after all DOMS has disappeared before training again. This will ensure systemic as well as localized recovery; you will not become overtrained, which can make you smaller, weaker, and sicker.

How much money is spent each year on fitness memberships in the United States?

According the Media Awareness Network, "It is estimated that the diet industry alone is worth $100 billion ( U.S.) a year."

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.

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.

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.

How old and how tall should you be to start lifting weights and how much should you be able to bench?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.