Weight Training Tips
By VINCE DELMONTE
Proper weight training is known by a few. If it were easy, you would see a lot
more muscular, lean physiques on the streets. Before you learn how to weight train properly, it is critical that
you learn these five weight training tips ,before you enter the
gym.
1. Write down a realistic short term and
long term goal.
2. Make a commitment to stick to one program for
at least 12 weeks.
3. Educate yourself prior to
starting.
4. Hire a trainer to teach you proper
technique.
5. Focus on gradual progression.
Weight Training Tip #1: Goal
Setting
Inch-by-inch life is a sinch. Yard-by-yard life is hard. Treat your goal setting
the same way. Do not expect to be on the cover of Men's Health by next summer. Decide how much muscle weight you
wish to achieve in three months. Six months and one year. Decide where you wish to finish and work
backwards. If you wish to gain 50 pounds by the end of the year, than create a game
plan that allows to gain at least one pound per week.
Weight Training Tip #2:
Commitment
The only reason you will fail is if you are not truly committed to your goals. Do
your homework, and find a weight training program ideal for your specific goals
and situation. Study the program fully prior to commencing. Comprehend every detail of the program, and if
you don't, contact the author of the program.
Ensure you have no excuse to misunderstand or perform the workout incorrectly.
After you have chosen a program, take responsibility for your decision, and
follow it to it's full completion. Do not try it out for three weeks
and than say, “It's not working...” and try another program. This will create a failure
attitude ,and begin the deadly bad habit of program hopping
Weight Training Tip #3:
Education
How much do you really know about building muscle? Let's put it this way, if you
had to teach someone else how to transform their body in the next twelve
weeks, could you help them? Never mind, could you transform your body in the next twelve
weeks? If not, you probably do not know enough about how your body works from a training,
nutrition, and recovery stand point.
Order a book, visit a reputable website and find out everything you must know, about proper weight training, before
you start the guessing game.
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Nonsense Musclebuilding.
Weight Training Tip #4: Proper
Technique
You wouldn't try and drill your teeth? You wouldn't try and do your own taxes? You
wouldn't try and fix your own car? Assuming you have no expertise in dentistry, accounting or automotive repairs.
So why would you try and teach yourself proper weight
training technique? It boggles my mind why so many people across North America sign up for
a gym membership and jeopardize the health of their tendons, ligaments and joints with the attitude of “I think
I'll try it on my own,” or “My friend is going to teach me,” or “I am self taught from watching others...” Do not
be cheap. Leave your ego at the door, and hire a reputable fitness trainer, who can teach you
proper weight training technique.
Weight Training Tip #5: Progression
I'll say this again. Inch-by-inch life is a sinch. Yard-by-yard life is hard.
Approach each workout with this attitude. Your bench press does not need to go up twenty pounds in the first week.
But just imagine your bench press went up consistently 2.5-5 pounds every week for the next year? That would
equal some serious muscular and strength gains! Your goal is
to simply out do yourself, from workout-to-workout, week-to-week. Whether you do one extra
rep, one extra set, a extra 2.5 pounds, or a shorter rest period, these are are measurable signs of weight training
progress.
Conclusion
Make your weight training life easy by starting with the the above weight training
tips, and look forward to a rewarding and fruitful adventure in the gym. Reminder:click
on No Nonsense Musclebuilding for a complete bodybuilding course by
Vince Delmonte.
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