Weight Training

Trixtabella

Hello people.

I need a bit of advice, I do classes 5 times a week at the gym 1 zumba class, body attack, body combat and also a slasacise class. I also do 30 day shred at home, I have lost 19lbs so far and now that I have a bit more confidence I think I am ready to introduce some weight training.

As I said I go to a gym and we have a pretty big weights room with free weights and machines you know the usually gym stuff. My question is where the hell do I start ? There are soooo many things you can use and I just feel like I am not utilising it properly.

Can anyone give a newbie to weights any tips? I would advise that at the minute my upper body strenght is pretty poor so I don't think I will be doing any chin ups

sgrinavi

Hire a trainer for a few weeks, many gyms offer free or low cost programs to get your started in weight training.

melaniecheeks

If your gym does the Les Mills classes, do they offer Body Pump? Its my favourite class, and a great way to introduce yourself to the different muscle groups.

xraychick77

mostly for me it was trial and error..and the more i got into lifting, the more i loved it over cardio. now i only lift with the goal of building a lean muscular body. like a fitness model.

there is a great site called bodybuilding.com. it has 'programs' and descriptions of exercises based on what body part you want to work. it shows you proper form which is important in lifting. if you are going to lift, make sure you are doing it right as to not hurt yourself and to make sure you are targeting the muscle correctly.

by lifting during a weight loss phase, you will help your body retain muscle. when we diet we tend to lose muscle mass along with fat. by lifting it helps substantially to maintain your muscle mass.

Trixtabella

mostly for me it was trial and error..and the more i got into lifting, the more i loved it over cardio. now i only lift with the goal of building a lean muscular body. like a fitness model.

there is a great site called bodybuilding.com. it has 'programs' and descriptions of exercises based on what body part you want to work. it shows you proper form which is important in lifting. if you are going to lift, make sure you are doing it right as to not hurt yourself and to make sure you are targeting the muscle correctly.

by lifting during a weight loss phase, you will help your body retain muscle. when we diet we tend to lose muscle mass along with fat. by lifting it helps substantially to maintain your muscle mass.

Thanks for that I will have to check it out, shall bookmark this for some reading later.

I would love to have a personal trainer they do offer sessions in our gym but they are £250 for 10 sessions which is quite good but I just can't afford it at the minute.