Beginner's guide to Weightlifting plans: Part 2- Basics and Making a routine

mustgetmuscles1 wrote: »

redfisher1974 wrote: »

It was no knock towards you, But the regulars here tend to pull stuff apart if it does not meet what they think is right. You will see.

You say that like its a bad thing. The "regulars" do tend to pull stuff apart. That is a good thing in my opinion. If the advice cant hold up to scrutiny and cant be backed up with solid information then maybe its time to do a little more research.

The OP's post is just a shot gun blast of information. Some of it is fine and parts of it are questionable, especially since it is directed towards beginners.

I imagine someone will come in and do a complete dissection of this but that will take some effort. It is easier to just say ignore this and pick a proven beginner program until you become qualified or you find someone that is qualified to create or tweak your own.

I wish I had the time to have a good conversation about this thread, but unfortunately I do not. In short, there is a lot missing, some things that are not good (i.e. training to failure all the time). As I sit here and think about this, I'm thinking this would be a huge thread that in MS Word would probably be at least a dozen pages and that would still just be my personal take on training beginners based on my education and experience. It's something that I would be interested in doing but not something I have time for in the near future.

My recommendations to beginners:

1. Cookie Cutter Programs: When in doubt find something pre-made that has some backing. StrongLifts5x5, Starting Strength are great beginners programs because they are simple, not because they are the best but because they are easy to implement. I personally prefer 5/3/1 over all of them, but perhaps that's because I have a very solid understanding of it beyond what is presented in Jim's books. I'm not going to get in a debate about beginner / intermediate programs, those are just my thoughts take it as you will.

2. Live Training: Throughout the last year of my education I have been in-school with many trainers and strength & conditioning coaches. Based on what I know and have learned from these individuals, the better certifications for trainers or S&C's are from...
- National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA): Either the Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) or NSCA-CPT.
- National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM): Either the Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES) or the Certified Personal Trainer (CPT). They have a Corrective Exercise Specialist certification as well, but that individual might work with just specific populations of people but not saying their experience isn't relevant to all. Of course, experience plays a huge roll in this as well. They also have a certification tailored towards training in an MMA environment which is probably bad-*kitten* but I know nothing about it, so I can't really speak to intelligently about that certification.

You can definitely have bad CPT's, education isn't everything by any means but starting with somebody that is certified from a strong organization is a good starting point. It's kind of like hiring somebody with a degree from Harvard versus somebody with a degree from XYZ community college.

That's just my thoughts on this subject. I don't mean any disrespect to the OP, my suggestion would be to do more research on this subject because this is not complete and post something more cohesive and applicable to the general population.