Weight training
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Both the overhead press and the bench press are excellent lifts that should be part of our session to increase our basic strength levels, especially in the upper body. Ideally, they should be introduced in different sessions, as is done in the Starting Strength training methodology, so that overload does not occur and we can…
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In this post I’m going to explain how to build a weightlifting platform. But first I’m going to tell you all the advantages that this structure will bring to your home gym: Protects your garage floor. Protects your equipment. Makes lifting safer. Makes lifting quieter.
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Strength training consists of following a program that increases an individual’s ability to produce muscular effort against resistance for the purpose of displacing it. This resistance is almost always external, like when we lift an Olympic bar, but it can also be internal resistance, like when we lift our body when performing a pull-up.
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One way we can classify strengthening exercises is into multi-joint and single-joint. An exercise is considered multi-joint when several joints move during its execution, so that all muscle groups belonging to a kinetic chain are strengthened. In this way we can say that the entire body is strengthening at the same time since it intervenes…
