Weightlifting

push ups is also weight lifting..your bodyweight lifting...so when you are doing push ups(with bodyweight or with more weight) then it is not longer called a rest day...push ups is an excellent excercise similar to bench press and you can add them on your actual chest routine and not do it when you rest to recover...

if you try to find something to do on your rest days do cardio or core excercises(planks and so)....

He carried and lifted a tombstone out of the ground which looked nearly if not a ton, comparing the size to a average size tombstone. He even lifted a golf gti in the Halloween 2 (2009) which is a little over 3000 pounds

Whey protein, and Prime, actually, take prime 6 times a day, until you run out, and i garentee you will be sastified with your strength gains and muscle gains, i was repping 115, for 5x5, my max was 145. 3 weeks later im repping 135 5x5 and i maxed 170 the other day.

all i did for my workout was 5x5 on decline, alternated weight inc db press(using I.E. 35/30lbs) 12,10,10, and 3xfailure on pushups.

If you start young you grow to be short

i think that body building want some arrangement in food and running for not having fats and using natural foods not protean and powder and other things that make disadvantage

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2.5, 5, 10, 25 & 45lbs.

There are some specialty sizes as well, but the above are the core increments utilized in most gyms and fitness facilities.

I think it depends on what level you're on say maybe 200 in high school to maybe somewhere over 300 in the nfl.

Any time a person starts to lift they should wait until they have passed up their puberty years because heavy strains on the body before your done growing could cause a stunt in your growth but if your not worried about that with proper weight lifting gear and lifting tackicts there is really no age to begin whenever you feel comfortable with it.

Creatine actually causes your muscle cells to absorb more water which makes them look bigger which gives us an illusion of extra size and mass. Effectively speaking, once you cut down on your creatine intake, the muscles would start releasing the excess water and you may end up feeling your muscles shrink in size. But, one good thing about creatine is that, it helps you gain that extra strength needed to do heavy workouts. Though it only packs water into our muscles, a properly administered dosage/cycle of creatine can help you in gaining weight and strength.

The lightweight bench press record for new york state is 225 pounds at a weight of 128 pounds.

1st - Mariusz Pudzianowski [POL] (5 times World's Strongest Man) 2nd - Derek Poundstone [USA] 3rd - Dave Ostlund [USA] 4th - Phil Pfister [USA] (2006 World's Strongest Man) 5th - Travis Ortmayer [USA] 6th - Sebastian Wenta [POL] 7th - Tarmo Mitt [EST] 8th - Arild Haugen [NOR] 9th - Jason Bergmann [USA] 10th - Terry Hollands [GBR]

It's hard to explain, so I'll put it this way.

Assuming you know what a Bench Press is, when you push up there is positive resistance. Say the bar ways 45 lbs and you have 55 lbs of weight plates then there is 100 lbs of positive resistance. When you let the bar down after you have pushed it up there is 100 lbs of negative resistance, because it is coming towards you, you are not working to push it up but rather to take it down.

no. eating right after a workout isn't a good idea since that's wen your body feels the need for food and energy more than usual-and a fruit shake has tons of sugar in it which isn't a good idea after a work out!

It is not recommend for a 12-year-olds to perform weightlifting, because it will not increase/enlarge their muscle. It MAY gain some strength, but not very significant. He/she should wait until he/she becomes 16. ..... It is all depends on that 12-year-old's strength and mostly on willpower. That child should start at 1 lbs and then progress 2, 3, 4 to 5 lbs or more.

Yes, red meat is packed with protein, which is responsible for muscle repair and growth.

Plus, while this fact may be often overlooked by novice lifters, red meat's saturated fats help produce testosterone, your body's main muscle building hormone.

These terms are used in weight lifting.

They are different techniques of lifting the weights.

Ronnie Coleman has now retired as the greatest bodybuilder ever. He was in his best all-time condition for the 2003 Mr. Olympia. His video "The Cost of Redemption" shows him doing barbell bench presses for multiple reps with a workout weight of 495 lbs. Therefore, he was very strong. Remember that the purpose of bodybuilding is not to lift as much weight as possible. Instead, the purpose of bodybuilding is to create the best physique possible, and resistance training is a means to that end. Typically, according to his book HARDCORE, Ronnie worked his chest twice a week using three sets of four different exercises. Only one of those eight exercises was barbell bench press, which means that he did them only once a week. Furthermore, he would typically do about 15 reps for each set. That is very different from the training of a power lifter who is training purely for strength. The goal for a power lifter is to lift as much weight as possible for just 1 rep. Had Ronnie chosen to train that way, he undoubtedly could have had a very heavy single bench press. However, training for power lifting is a foolish way to train for a competitive bodybuilder. It is unnecessarily dangerous and, in terms of muscular hypertrophy, much less beneficial. So, whatever his personal best bench press is, that heavy single surely would have been much higher if he had trained specifically to increase it. In fact, he didn't train that way, and there's no way to know what would have happened if he had.

Lifting weights above your head will not affect your height.

However it is not recommended that prepubescent or adolescent men/women do strength training. Building strong upper body muscles such as deltoids pecs trapezius biceps and triceps without building the proper muscles to support them can stunt spinal development, thus keeping you from being as tall as you could be.

Note: If you lift weights over your head and happen to drop one, the knot on the top of your head would indeed make you taller.

I think I'm pretty average, however at 40 my bench pressing days were pretty much over. I was stupidly following what a couple of other guys were doing and caused considerable damage to my shoulders. we were lifting VERY heavy and maxing the bench twice a week. I was rapidly moving up for six months after starting by benching my body weight, soon I was at 315lbs. I acheived my top press at 405 when I was about maybe 35-37 yrs old. shortly after that I was experiencing pain in both shoulders severe enough to stop lifting all upper body. I'm currently only benching a little over my body weight (262) up to 285. take it slow, if your younger then 23, take it real slow wait until you reach your 'mature strength' which is after 23 in most guys. a blown out pect will cause you alot of pain, surgery, and at least a year of rehab.

If this twelve year old is on steriods, maybe. I wish I could bench that much and I'm 15!

Buddy i am 12 will be 13 in 5 months i bench 175 i am 5,3 135 lbs my dad is a body builder we bench all this time.

your body makes more muscle tissues, which makes you "Ripped" Where ever your working towards. When you start to feel a pain, it's because your body releases lactic acid when your not getting enough oxygen into your body when your working out. When this occurs, you should take a break and do some breathing exercises.

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The answer to this riddle is "breath." While breath is indeed light and intangible, even the strongest person can only hold their breath for a limited time, typically not exceeding a minute or so without discomfort or the need to exhale. This clever play on words highlights the contrast between physical strength and the natural limits of the human body.