What is strength training?

Rosylee1976
Rosylee1976 Posts: 39 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I see a lot of people talking about doing strength training. Can someone please explain to me what this involves?

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  • Laurayinz
    Laurayinz Posts: 930 Member
    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
    Rosylee1976 Posts: 39 Member
    Thank you very much
  • Beautifullymadetoday
    Beautifullymadetoday Posts: 36 Member
    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
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    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
    yogicarl Posts: 1,260 Member
    edit: somebody said what I said,; but better.
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    Plus, you know crunches are the number 1 way to eff up your lower back, right?
  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
    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
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,030 Member
    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
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,030 Member
    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.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • Leadfoot_Lewis
    Leadfoot_Lewis Posts: 1,623 Member
    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.

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