The Benefits of Weight Lifting Exercises
If you would like to lose weight, build muscle, or gain strength and endurance, doing weight lifting exercises is one of the best things you can do. The best weight lifting exercises can help you to raise your metabolism so that you can burn more calories and fat, help to strengthen your bones, increase your muscle mass and help to improve your strength, endurance and coordination.
You can either do free weight lifting exercises or use a weight machine for performing your strength and conditioning exercises. The specific weight lifting routines and equipment you choose will depend on your fitness goals, budget, state of your health and fitness, as well as your size. Weight lifting exercises for women will be similar to those for men, but generally women will need to use lighter weights because they have less upper body strength. However when it comes to the type of workouts, weight lifting exercises women can do are similar to those for men.
Weight lifting exercises for beginners should normally include at least one exercise for every one of the major muscle groups, including abdominal area, calves, hamstrings, quadriceps, triceps, biceps, shoulders, back and chest.
There are a number of body weight lifting exercises you can do. Here are some specific weight lifting exercises for some of the major muscle groups that you can do.
Back Weight Lifting Exercises
One effective weight lifting exercise for the lower back is the dead lift. To perform a dead lift, you grasp the weight from the floor, and stand up slowly lifting the weight while keep your back straight.
Chest Weight Lifting Exercises
An effective weight lifting exercise for building up the chest is the bench press. This is performed by lying face up while on a weight bench and pushing the weight up off of your chest.
Shoulder Weight Lifting Exercises
For the shoulders, the upright row is an effective exercise It is performed while standing up. Hold a weight hanging down from your hands and lift it straight up all the way to the collarbone.
These are weight lifting exercises for some of the major muscle groups. Remember to work all of the major muscle groups of your body and make sure to give your muscles sufficient rest in between workout sessions. To make sure you are performing these exercise correctly you can find videos or weight lifting exercises pictures online or you can consult with a personal trainer.