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Start weight training today to get stronger, feel healthier and look fantastic! Our beginners strength guide will get you started the right way.
Starting Weight Training With Our Beginner Workout
Weight training advice
Here we provide information on starting weight training, weight training for specific goals, how to plan weight training workouts and how to manage sore muscles. Weight training is a very diverse and complex topic and can be used forbodybuilding, events such as Olympic powerlifting, as a means to optimise fitness for sport or a way to help manage weight.
What Is Body Pump? Music, Cardio and Strength Training at the Gym!
High volume weight training is back! BodyPump is a gym class workout that uses relatively light weights to work the whole body. Endurance training and fat burning.
Strength and Conditioning at Degree Level
Mike Brooks previously shared his experiences here in training and competing for full contact kickboxing competitions. Mike has now decided to further his education and in October 2011 he started studying Strength and Conditioning Science at St. Mary’s University in…
Strength Training for Martial Arts
If you wish to develop your martial arts further you need to start weight training.
Kettlebell Training for Fitness and Strength
Exercising with kettlebells can be very intensive. Kettlebell workouts provide dynamic fat burning workouts that will help to build strong and athletic muscle. Ideal for women as they target the hips, thighs and butt. Progress from basic swings to power cleans and the Turkish Get Up for a fantastic workout experience.
Should You Train With Sore Muscles? Working With DOMS
Although it is important to rest well after a workout, it is equally important not to rest too much. Many people rest for too long after their first workouts, mistaking DOMS for muscular damage. Learn when it is safe to head back to the gym.
Bodybuilding Pensioners – Senior Citizen Fitness and Strength
A few years ago (Feb 2007) there was an interesting documentary on the BBC about the growing popularity of bodybuilding amongst pensioners in the UK and USA. We were reminded of this story after hearing how the 73 year old…
Want To Get Really Beefed Up?
Have you ever wondered what it means to want to get “beefed up”? Well, it is more obvious than you may think, and it also is very relevant to the bodybuilding world, although not so relevant to athletics and weight…
German Volume Training – Old School Approach to Bodybuilding
The current fashion in bodybuilding and weight training is to workout with heavier weights and to do fewer repetitions, generally in the range of 5-10 reps per set with around 15 reps for each exercise (usually 5 sets of 5…
Train for Muscular Strength, Size and Power
To get the most out of your weight training from the start you first need to be sure f what your goals are. There are essentially three reasons for doing weight training:
To increase strength
To increase size
To increase power
Weight Training Intensity or Volume for Bigger Muscles?
Bodybuilding has been a mainstream sport and fitness activity for several decades now, however there is still a debate over the best way to lift weights to build the biggest muscles. Some people believe that you should lift less for more muscle, and some say lift more. But what does this mean?
Strength training for women – Debunking 10 weight lifting myths
Many women think that weight training is an exercise activity for men only. However this simply is not true. Weight training is not only a great way to get in shape, it also boosts metabolism to help lose weight. Being…
Beginners Weight Training Advice
With weight training it is sensible to start light and see what you are capable of. Keep a training diary, if your first session is easy, then increase the weight in the next session. Do not over train, especially at…
Yaxeni Oriquen and Bodybuilding For Women
Many people have the misconception that all female bodybuilders are muscle bound, steroid popping Amazons, who look like Arnold Schwarzenegger. There are certainly a small handful of women who will fit into this category and they compete in the elite…