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Weight Training for Weight Gain

The Keys to Weight Training

One of the most costly mistakes that I made when I first started weight training was that I used a machine almost exclusively. In order to build a dense, muscular body you need to use free weights!

When using a machine, the path of the bar is already set and you also don't need to balance the bar yourself. With free weights, you not only obtain a fuller range of motion but you also need to balance the bar on your own.

What this means is that your body will become bigger and stronger due to the development of these stabilizer muscles. Your results will then be multiplied many times over!

In the past I was also doing the wrong exercises. I was focussing too much on isolation exercises when I should have been performing heavy, basic exercises.

Basic exercises involve a series of muscle groups as opposed to isolation exercises which involve only one. In other words they work more muscle in less time.

Here is a list of good basic exercises:

• Bench Presses
• Bent Over Rows
• Close-Grip Bench Presses
• Overhead Presses
• Standing Bicep Curls
• Squats

I see way too many people doing isolation exercises with higher reps. You need to focus on lower reps with heavy weights.

Only spend time on things that work. Don't waste your energy, time and money on faulty information. This will only lead to discouragement.

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