What is strength training?

Rosylee1976

I see a lot of people talking about doing strength training. Can someone please explain to me what this involves?

Laurayinz

Weight or resistance activities, usually non-cardio but sometimes you can get your heart rate up doing them. Things that make you strong and build muscles. Dumbbells, barbells, weight machines, push-ups and other things involving your own body weight, etc.

Rosylee1976

Thank you very much

Beautifullymadetoday

don't do strength training until you have done stabilization first start with corrective stretching which is self myofascial release and static stretching, work on your core using planks, cobra, bridge, then do planks on exercise ball stuff that requires balance, then sit ups and crunches, but until you have all this mastered this don't begin strength training or you will injure your low back

jimmmer

don't do strength training until you have done stabilization first start with corrective stretching which is self myofascial release and static stretching, work on your core using planks, cobra, bridge, then do planks on exercise ball stuff that requires balance, then sit ups and crunches, but until you have all this mastered this don't begin strength training or you will injure your low back

Ummm, thanks?

OP, start out on a recognized routine (SS, SL or All Pro for barbells, or something like YAYOG for bodyweight). They all progress you from light weights (or easy exercises in the case of YAYOG) and your stabilizers will be trained up along with the rest of you.

Learn with good form and as long as you don't have a pre-existing medical condition, then you'll be fine.

Ignore ignorant scare-mongering like the stuff I quoted.

yogicarl

edit: somebody said what I said,; but better.

jimmmer

Plus, you know crunches are the number 1 way to eff up your lower back, right?

Phoenix_Warrior

I agree ignore the advice to hold off on strength training. I went from zero exercise to picking up a barbell after I watched multiple form videos, read starting strength and haven't injured myself once in the 4 months I've been doing it.

ninerbuff

I see a lot of people talking about doing strength training. Can someone please explain to me what this involves?

If we are talking terms of actually increasing strength, then that would involve progressive overload resisatnce on the muscles. Lots of people use the terminology wrong. If someone is lifting 10lbs curls for sets and doesn't look to increase the weight in the future, then they are RESISTANCE training. So those that imply, "just lift weights" state that it's strength training, when in likelyhood, they aren't describing what it really entails.

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ninerbuff

don't do strength training until you have done stabilization first start with corrective stretching which is self myofascial release and static stretching, work on your core using planks, cobra, bridge, then do planks on exercise ball stuff that requires balance, then sit ups and crunches, but until you have all this mastered this don't begin strength training or you will injure your low back

While this is great to add to a training regimen, there's no reason one can't start off strength training without having to subject themselves to nothing but core work to prep the body. People injure their backs because of bad form or lifting more than they can handle. Even people with great cores injure their backs on occasion.

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Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

Leadfoot_Lewis

don't do strength training until you have done stabilization first start with corrective stretching which is self myofascial release and static stretching, work on your core using planks, cobra, bridge, then do planks on exercise ball stuff that requires balance, then sit ups and crunches, but until you have all this mastered this don't begin strength training or you will injure your low back

Huh? No.