An Essential Guide To A Great Bodybuilding Workout

By Emmanuel Palmer


How does a body like Terminator sound like? Impossible? Think again. If you are ready and willing to undergo a serious bodybuilding workout with physically demanding weight lifting programs it can be done. Be forewarned though that this is no walk in the park. Your body will be pushed to its limits. If you can handle it, then read on to see how you can turn from crushee to crusher in just a matter of time.

To make the most out of exercises, always make time to warm up and stretch thoroughly before commencing with hard drills. Now that you have, let us begin. There are few physical attributes more impressive than a big broad chest. Here are a few tips to get us going.

Do 2 sets of 15 reps of bench press. Start with the lighter weight and progress to the heavier loads with 3 sets of 8 reps done to failure. Emphasize the training on your upper chest muscles by angling the bench to 25? to 30? either incline or decline. You can combine chest training with arm exercises. Again, begin with lighter loads and build up the weights of your loads.

Crunches are still the reliable exercise to sculpt and trim the stomach muscles. When performing this exercise, put your arms across your chest and not under your head. This significantly lessens strain you might put on your neck inadvertently. Supplement the crunches with leg raises, done either lying down with your hands under your behind; or sitting on a bench with your torso angled slightly and your feet not touching the ground. For obliques, hold a couple of dumbbells on each hand and bend from side to side slowly.

The back is one of the most important muscle groups to develop because we use frequently even while working out the other muscles or in carrying stuff in our regular days off the gym. A beginner's back workout program includes chin ups, pull ups and dead lifts. As you move up to higher levels, alternate with barbell shrugs, lat pull downs, upright rows (for the upper back); bent over barbell rows, hyperextensions (for the lower back); and one arm dumbbell rows, seated rows (for the middle back).

One of the most difficult body parts to see results in are the shoulders. Exercise these muscles with the seated shoulder press and change it up with machine presses, lateral raises and the military press. Warm up with 50% of the weights you usually carry before starting this muscle group. Always work out the shoulders before the triceps.

Leg muscle workouts are physically exhausting. The upside is you see results without much problem. The squats are the basic exercise for the legs. This particular bodybuilding workout hits almost all areas of your legs effectively. Incorporate lunges, leg curls, calf raises and several hamstring exercises. You want big strong thighs to carry the weight of your big strong body.

Weight lifting programs challenge us to be stronger men not just through big muscles, but through the tenacity in which we aggressively pursue our goals. In the end we go away not just with good health and a great physique; we get a champion's attitude to face every other challenge thrown at us - and overcome through it all.




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