Strength Training

After mentioning in the last week about picking up a book or some weights, I got some questions about weight training. Here are a few simple things to help you move forward. If you are already weight training, consider changing your routine and using different weight training exercises, this will help the muscles really continue to stay strong.

As you start, you can begin with one area like the upper arms or the legs. But keep adding in other areas and alternate areas. All of the major muscle groups should be included. These major muscle groups are the arms, calves, hamstrings, quads, chest, back, shoulders, abdominals, and the gluteals.

Once you have a routine for each of these areas, start with little or no weight. The first thing to do as that becomes easy is to add weight. Then you can alternate with adding to the number of reps you do for each exercise. For myself, if I can do 4 sets of 12 easily, then I add weight. As that becomes easy, I may increase the number of reps to 16. I just keep alternating between the reps and the weight increases. This can go on for a while before it is easy with however many reps you are doing. Go slow and gradual.