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Weightlifting
Lifting barbells as a competitive event or conditioning exercise. Questions about training, rules or techniques are welcome here.
1,676 Questions
If you lift weights when your 13 do you stay small?
No. Not at all. It is a wrong myth. Arnold Schwarzenegger started lifting weights when he was 14 yrs old. Do you think he is small?
Weightlifters are actually working out. Lifting the weights up and then lowering them does put a strain on their muscles, which will make them stronger.
Who is the oldest man to bench press 300 lbs.?
Tom Sisk holds that record with a 301 lbs. bench press "raw" in World competition in Sept 2014 at 78 yrs old.
What is the most ever deadlifted by a 13 year old?
I am 13 and my name is Drew Worley, I dead lifted 950 pounds.
What is a good weight lifting kit for teens?
if by kit you mean routine, a good routine would be any that targets all the major muscle groups of your body, the "push" muscles used in a bench press (pecs, triceps, deltoids ie shoulders), the "pull" muscles used in a lateral pull down or a pull up (lats ie back, biceps, traps), and the major leg muscles used in a squat or lung (quads, gluts, hamstrings). so you would focus your weight lifting routine around exercises that target these groups as a whole, then proceed to do auxiliary exercises that isolate the muscles working them out separately.
Push muscle group exercises
-bench press
-incline bench press
-decline bench press
-dumbbell presses
Pull muscle group exercises
-lat pull down/ pull-ups (various grips)
-seated rows
Leg muscle group exercises
-Squats
-lungs
-leg press
Auxiliary Exercises by muscle
Pecs
-dumbbell flies
Biceps
-Regular dumbbell curls
-Preacher curls
-Hammer curls
Triceps
-Tricep extensions
-Tricep kick backs
-Skull crushers
Shoulders
-military presses
-lateral raises
-front raises
Traps
-shrugs
-upright rows
Calves
-Calf raises
Hamstrings
-Leg curls
Quads
-Leg extensions
When doing these exercises its good to split up the muscle groups so that you don't workout the same muscle two days in a row, because generally its healthier to allow a 48 hour rest to prevent injury and promote strength gain. So to do this generally a weight lifter will split up the muscle groups he works out each day. the schedule i use breaks it up so that i work out my push and pull muscle groups on one day then my shoulders and legs the next.
But remember the most important thing when weight lifting is not how much weight you lift or how many times, because if you don;t use proper technique you are not going to see good results in the amount of strength gained and you will probably injury yourself.
What are suitable bodybuilding exercises for a 15-year-old?
bicep curls 10 k.g 15 reps 5 sets a day same with bench press but 20kg for benchin eat healthy exersizes 4 to 5 times a week
What is the effect of excessive weight training exercise on the joints?
Excessive stress to joints can cause joint inflammation and eventually cartilage damage.
What happens when you drop your bowflex selecttech dumbells?
I use pillows to cushion the fall for those sets that I"m maxing out, but the dumbbells are pretty durable and can withstand a good deal of abuse.
What is the importants of weight training?
One ( read women, men, elderly, children alike) should lift weights for the following reasons:
1.Weight bearing or resistance exercises strengthen muscles & tendons, increase bone density and make us strong.
2.Lifting weights regularly, working out each part, completely tones the body and gives it a sculptured look.
3.Doing weights increases our metabolism; that is to say losing our excess body weight is easier when we do lift weights regularly. Also goes to say that it will help in increased fat loss.
4. People who weight train do enjoy better quality of life and are productive for many many years thereby delaying the onset of aging . Degenerative diseases like arthritis, osteoporosis can be kept at bay.
How important is whey protein for bodybuilding?
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Do world strongest man competitors take steroids?
NO! It is illegal, and if they do and they are caught, (let's just say, they aren't the worlds "strongest" men).
According to the information you have given your BMI is 20.7 which is well within the healthy range. Also you specified that you are young (16) and exercise daily and that you excessively restrict your food intake. Therefore we can assume that your "rolls of fat" are not there because of environmental factors, one of the two factors effecting fat percentage (the other being genetic).
Perhaps the answer to your question is: you don't. Genetically people store fat in different places and genetically people can't go below a certain fat percentage. The goal of excercise should be long term health.
I asked my son pediatrician this question and he told me that this is a myth. Weight lifting is not different than other kind of sports. It is important to adjust the weights and the exercise-tools to the size of the child/teen to prevent injuries.
When doing bench presses do you count the weight of the bar as well?
Yes, you count the weight of the bar
Answer:A lot of bodybuilders, myself included, just talk about what is on the bar in the gym, ie I'm lifting 60 kilo's, not, I'm lifting 67.5, 75 or 85 kilo's, depending on which of the 3 variants I'm on at the time. A lot of your upmarket gyms, don't know the weight of their bars, or even the weight of their stacks, which leaves it to the realm of 'guestimation' at best.
It is important when doing exercises such as deadlift or squat to always keep what is called a "neutral" back. This is when you arch your back. If you do this, you do not have to worry so much about bending your knees. Yes, the "experts" tell us to keep the torso straight up and bend the knees when lifting but the true secret is to keep a neutral back to avoid back injuries--it doesn't matter if you stay straight up or not as long as your back is arched back.
What is the definition of muscle?
1 a: a body tissue consisting of long cells that contract when stimulated and produce motion b: an organ that is essentially a mass of muscle tissue attached at either end to a fixed point and that by contracting moves or checks the movement of a body part 2 a: muscular strength : brawn b: effective strength : power.
What is the Olympic record for the women's 48kg weightlifting event?
According to http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/weightlifting/n214520710.shtml (BEIJING, August 9) -- Chen Xiexia of China performed with the confidence of a champion throughout the Women's 48 kilogram Weightlifting competition on August 9, successfully completing all her attempts for a gold medal finish with 95kg in the Snatch and 117kg in the Clean and Jerk for a total of 212kg, a new Olympic Record.
What is the difference between 100 whey protein and pure whey isolate?
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