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November 12th, 2009 | 
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The following is an introductory weight training regimen designed for a person looking to get started with this type of exercise.
It involves three workout days: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, with four rest days interspersed. Each workout day trains a different muscle group. Monday you will be training the chest, shoulders and triceps, Wednesday the legs, and Friday you will be training the back and biceps.
Rest days are important for muscle recovery, and also to provide flexibility into the program so that is could be fit into a busy schedule. Typically, each workout will involve a warm up phase using light weights, and a work out phase using heavy weights.
Each phase will typically involve two sets of 6-8 repititions (for a total of four sets and 24-32 repetitions). The Monday workout, as mentioned above, will exercise the chest , shoulders, and triceps. To train the chest you will preferably use the bench press first and then the pectoral butterfly (”pec dec”) machine.
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It is a common misconception that only professional bodybuilders need to ‘pump iron’ or lift weights. Body building involves increasing the size or mass of the muscle and defining its shape.
Weight lifting is just one part of bodybuilding exercises. Weight lifting is important in power lifting, Olympic lifting, as well as in strength training and conditioning the muscles of the body.
Athletes use strength training and conditioning exercises to increase their physical stamina and improve their performance. These exercises should not be used to merely feel stronger. People often fail to appreciate the difference between body building and strength training.
Though the exercises used for these are the same, they are different in performance. Body building centers only on improving the physical appearance of the body, while strength training and conditioning exercises aim at making the body strong. It is how these exercises are performed that produces the desired result.
