Weight Lifting Workouts?
Weight Lifting Workouts?
Some good ones not to miss out on:
Chest press
Bicep curls
Tricep extensions
some kind of row (seated, one armed cable, etc)
maybe a few more depending on what you’re going for and what you like.
shoulder press
squats/leg press
calf raises
chest flies/crossovers
lat pulldownsI think your doing the right thing in looking to streamline your workouts. Allot of the more exotic exercises you see in magazines are useless for the majority of people reading it. It’s all very well if you already have a great base to build on and you just need to etch in some muscle detail but if not they are pointless.
It sounds a little cliche but you need to focus on the basics. So that’s dead lifts, squats and bench press. These 3 exercises will hit ALL the major muscles in the body and create a great muscular base for you to sculpt with those other fancy exercises at a later time.
Check out http://www.weightroutine.com/
There is plenty there on weight lifting workouts and routines to absorb and try.
All the bestStick to the compound exercises. Squats, deadlifts, bench press overhead press, barbell row, pull ups and chin ups are the best exercises for strength and size.
Isolation exercises are a waste of time unless you an advanced body builder.
Go to www.stronglifts.com and download the free beginner program.ITS GOOD TO DO A MIXTURE OF EXERCISES, MAKE SURE YOU CHANGE IT UP EVERY WEEK, I LIKE TO DO BOTH FULL BODY AND ISOLATION MOVES, AND ALSO A MIXTURE OF EXPLOSIVE MOVES AND ISOLATION MOVES, AS WELL AS HIGH AND LOW REPS. SOMETIMES ITS NOT JUST WHAT WORKOUTS YOUR DOING BUT HOW YOUR DOING THEM. I WOULD START WITH THE MORE EXPLOSIVE MOVES AND WORK MY WAY INTO SOME ISOLATION MOVES, FOR EXAMPLE: IF YOUR TRYING TO HIT CHEST, SHOULDERS AND TRICEPS START WITH:
CLAP PUSH UPS, PUSH PRESSES, AND SPEED PUSH UPS
THEN GO INTO SOME:
BENCH PRESSES, SHOULDER PRESSES, DUMBBELL FLYES
AND FINISH OFF WITH:
CABLE FLYES, CABLE LATERALS, TRICEP PUSHDOWNS
THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE THE IDEA IS TO START WITH EXPLOSIVE MOVES WHERE YOU TRY TO BRING AS MUCH SPEED AND MOMENTUM INTO THE MOVEMENT AS POSSIBLE, WORK IN TO MORE MODERATE MOVEMENTS WHERE YOU DONT HAVE TO GO REAL FAST OR SLOW, AND FINISH IT WITH ALL CONCENTRATION MOVEMENTS WHERE THERE SHOULD BE NO SPEED OR MOMENTUM AT ALL HELPING YOU, BY DOING THIS YOU ARE WORKING THE MUSCLES FROM ONE EXTREME TO THE OTHER ONCE AGAIN PROVING MY POINT ITS NOT ALWAYS WHAT EXERCISES YOU ARE DOING BUT HOW YOU ARE DOING THEM, AND ALWAYS CHANGING THEM UP
I’m trying to streamline the number of exercises I do during my weight lifting workouts. I feel like I’m doing far to many and that I need to focus a little more.
Which specific exercises should I do?
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