Weight Training

View:

Sorted by:

How to Do a Dumbbell Chest Press

Build up your chest muscles, shoulders, and triceps with a dumbbell chest press. You can vary your exercise routine by doing an incline or decline chest press. This video shows you how to position your [more…]

How to Do a Barbell Shoulder Press

Strengthen your shoulder muscles with the shoulder press. This exercise also works your upper back and triceps. Work out at home with this video for strong, toned shoulders. [more…]

How to Do a Triceps Kickback

You can do a triceps kickback with just one dumbbell, or by using a cable machine. Depending on the weight you use, it tones muscles or builds muscle mass in your arms. Proper technique makes a big difference [more…]

How to Do External and Internal Rotation Exercises

External and internal rotation exercises focus on your rotator cuff muscles. This workout video shows correct form and technique for strengthening your rotator and shoulder muscles. [more…]

How to Do a Dumbbell Row

Strengthen your back with the dumbbell row. The row exercises your biceps and shoulders, but focuses primarily on strengthening your upper and lower back muscles. This video also introduces you to the [more…]

How to Do a Barbell Biceps Curl

Build your bicep muscles by doing curls using barbells, dumbbells, or a cable machine. Focused on the largest muscle in the arm, bicep curls require attention to proper form to prevent injury or strain [more…]

Tips for Using Free Weights

Free weights are bars with weights on each end. The long bars are called barbells, and the short bars are called dumbbells. It takes two hands to hoist a barbell. You can lift a dumbbell with one hand, [more…]

How to Use a Weight Bench

A weight bench can help you get a better strength-training workout. Some benches are flat, and some are upright, like narrow chairs with high, padded backs. Others are adjustable so you can slide them [more…]

Weight Training: How Many Reps (and Sets) to Do

You can’t design a strength-training (or weight-training) program without knowing two terms: rep and set. Rep (repetition) is one complete motion of an exercise. A set is a group of consecutive repetitions [more…]

Weight Training: Considering How Much Weight to Lift

If you are using weight training to increase your strength, you need to lift an amount of weight that stresses your muscles. This should be enough weight so that you feel challenged as you’re lifting, [more…]

How to Lift Weights the Right Way

You should learn proper form to lift weights in a strength-training program. The way some people lift weights, you’d think they were in labor or impersonating a mountain gorilla. Grunting, screaming, and [more…]

Weight Training: Knowing How Long to Rest between Sets

The amount of rest you take in between sets during a weight lifting routine is a variable that you can toy around with. In general, you should follow these guidelines when strength-training: [more…]

Weight Training: How Quickly to Perform Reps

In a strength-training (or weight lifting) program, you need to understand how quickly you need to perform reps (repetitions) weights. You should take a full 2 seconds to lift a weight and 2 to 4 seconds [more…]

Creating a Weekly Weight Training Workout

When you begin a strength-training program, you should start by lifting weights two or three days per week for several weeks, completing one set of 10 to 12 reps. You may eventually want to increase to [more…]

Tracking Your Weight Training Progress

You may find that recording your workout details increases your motivation and helps you keep up with your workout program. Try logging your workouts in a notebook or weight training diary to see if this [more…]

Knowing When to Change Your Weight Training Routine

Some people change all or part of their strength-training routine every time they work out. You should consider trying at least one new exercise each month. After you learn a basic routine, expand your [more…]

How to Do the One-Arm Dumbbell Row

Exercising your upper back without machinery isn’t easy, but the one-arm dumbbell row does a good job. This exercise also strengthens your biceps and shoulders. Be especially careful if you have lower-back [more…]

How to Do the Dumbbell Chest Press

The dumbbell chest press closely mimics the bench press — the favorite exercise among serious weightlifters everywhere. This exercise works your chest muscles, shoulders, and triceps. If you have shoulder [more…]

How to Do the Dumbbell Shoulder Press

The dumbbell shoulder press exercise targets your shoulders, placing some emphasis on your triceps and upper back. Use caution if you have lower-back, neck, or elbow problems. [more…]

How to Perform External and Internal Rotation Exercises

External and internal rotation exercises target your rotator-cuff muscles but strengthen your shoulder muscles as well. If these movements bother your neck, try resting your head on your outstretched arm [more…]

How to Do the Dumbbell Biceps Curl

The dumbbell biceps curl exercise targets your biceps, the muscles you rely on to hold heavy objects and look buff in sleeveless shirts. Use caution if you have lower-back or elbow problems. [more…]

How to Do the Triceps Kickback

The triceps kickback exercise works your triceps, which assist the chest in just about every pushing movement. Use caution when doing this move if you have elbow or lower-back problems. [more…]

How to Buy Exercise Bands and Tubes

Rubber exercise bands and tubes are an extremely versatile way to strengthen your muscles. They are great for traveling and are inexpensive — you can buy three or four bands for [more…]

How to Buy Ankle Weights

Ankle weights are great for making certain floor exercises (like leg lifts) more difficult. You’ll probably want ankle weights if you like body-sculpting exercise DVDs because at some point, lifting your [more…]

How to Buy Dumbbells

Free weights — dumbbells and barbells — are excellent strength training investments for a home gym: They’re simple, versatile, and relatively inexpensive. For a beginner, dumbbells [more…]

Listings:1-2526-26

Topics