Getting started weightlifting

There are several reasons that people do not lift weights but several more reasons why it is important to add weightlifting to your health and fitness regimen.

This week I am hoping to write a few articles that will help you understand what it takes to lift weights as well as the how and why weightlifting is important, but today lets just start with the basics.

First of all did you know that fewer that 10% of the population actually does any weightlifting in their pursuit of fitness? I know that the number is low for a few reasons.

Weightlifting concerns

Here are what I believe may be some reasons that you aren’t weightlifting yet:

1. It is hard to do weights, People don’t like to sweat.
2. Women especially are scared of becoming muscle bound like some freaky looking female bodybuilder
3. Most people just do not know why weightlifting is important and how to do it correctly.

Hard to do weights? Don’t like to sweat? One of the really tough things about getting started lifting weights is that you think that you need to be in the gym for a couple of hours every day. To start with as a beginning weightlifter you do not need to do more than 30 to 40 minutes of weights three times a week and instead of making these workouts longer over time you will just make then more intense.

Women have a really hard time building the muscle that it takes to get really huge looking. If you look at the fitness athletes now or even the female bodybuilders of just a few years ago and think of all the hours that they had to spend in the gym to get that kind of form then you will realize that you will get toned and strong a lot faster then you are going to get big and bulky. Don’t be scared of that at this point at all.

Finally the unknown, I am hoping that ove the next week you will leanr all that you need to get started lifting weights and hopefully you will see in the next few points why you should lift weights before we get into the how of weightlifting and you get started.

Why Weightlifting is Important

So now that I have put your mind at ease about weightlifting lets look at the reasons why you should be weightlifting.

1. It will strengthen your body which will improve the way you carry yourself and keep you from getting those little injuries that plague you from time to time
2. Weightlifting will help you lose fat
3. Weightlifting will increase you confidence

The big thing for dieters to know is that if you gain a pound of muscle that pound of muscle takes a lot more calories to maintain than a pound of fat. If you gain 10 pounds of muscle and keep your diet the same as today (hopefully a good diet rich in veggies and meat) then your body will need a lot more calories to just maintain you as a being and will need to burn some of your fat for energy – good for weight loss.

Next weightlifting will get you stronger and better able to handle day to day tasks be they moving the lawn or shovelling snow and you will have a better posture and get through work in a day with more energy and look better doing it.

Finally one of the big problems that I see with a lot of people are problems with confidence. There is nothing that helps your confidence along than some successes with lifting heavier and heavier weights in the gym.

In the next few days we will look at some of the very important parts of your workouts and your future with weightlifting. Also I want to cover the best exercises that you should be doing for each muscle group.

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