Basics of Weight Lifting

If you want to be successful in the gym, then you need to know some basics. Every beginner makes some common mistakes at first so I wrote this article to help prevent them from happening. Here are some basics of weight lifting tips to help you start off.

These are just some basic principles that everyone should know. If you lift with heavier weights and do less reps then you will get bigger and gain more weight. If you lift with lighter weights and do more reps you will tone your body and gain less weight. You really don’t need to have or do anything fancy if you want to see good results.

Stay focused on the smaller ideas here. Don’t over train your body or look into any advanced types of work outs. Look to do standard everyday exercises such as the bench press, squatting, etc. You should have at least one day of rest in between each session to ensure that your body has properly rested enough.

Make sure you are training your whole body.

Someone who is advanced might have a day for biceps and a day for chest, etc. You do not want to do this since you need to prepare your body first and let it get used to working out. Do not work out one area like crazy and the other not at all. Men tend to focus on their upper bodies, such as their chest, back, shoulders, arms etc. Women tend to focus on their lower bodies, such as their butt, hips, thighs, etc. Do not fall under this stereotype, keep your workouts balanced.

I hope this article will help you with starting to lift weights. Adjust your weight and amount of reps according to what you are looking to do. Don’t over do anything at first and give your body the rest it deserves. Be sure to train your body as a whole and stick to the basics to succeed.