Free Weight Lifting Programs
Looking for Free
Weightlifting Programs?
Look No Further...
Some of the better free
weight lifting programs are just as good as many of the weight training programs that cost money!
You MUST know what you're looking for and must have some knowledge of building muscle and strength in order to find a
good program that's free. Many times you can be fooled into trying some
free weight lifting routines or other garbage that only wastes your
time.
I'm here to help
you recognize the best free weight lifting programs that don't take dollars
out of your pockets!
I'll show you what to look for and which program
to choose if you don't want to spend any money on a program.
Focus on Building Muscle
First of all, any
weight lifting program must focus on building muscle first and
foremost. If the program does not focus on building muscle, you need to
ask yourself what's the point of the program?
Why are you lifting weights? What are your goals for weight lifting?
I'll
tell you why you should be lifting weights... Lift weights to build muscle and strength. That's it! Don't use
weight lifting to burn fat. If you simply go through the motions and never try to get better, you'll fail at burning fat anyway.
Lift
weights to build muscle not to burn calories. Get better. Get stronger. And you'll be happy with your new body.
If you focus on
building muscle, you will build more muscle which will automatically
help you burn more calories throughout the days. Do not use a weight
lifting program that only focuses on burning calories and losing
weight!
There is really no point to these fat burning programs and the designer
of
the program has no idea what he/she is doing! They're probably in it
only for the money. Any weightlifting program that has you lifting
weights to burn calories is ridiculous.
More than likely,
those types of programs will be seen on an infomercial on TV. They have
so much advertising behind them that you really wonder how they make
it. Those programs will have these paid actors/actresses to tell you
how
great their program is! Truth is, they probably haven't even tried it!
And
don't even get me started on all of those ab machines and ab
exercise programs! Surely you know not to fall for any of
those. Anything that sounds too good to be true probably is!
Lift weights to build muscle and strength. Diet and cardio to burn fat. It really
is that simple. Follow those two rules and you'll be on your way to the
body of your dreams!
Ensure the Program Meets Five
Guidelines
You need to check the
free weight lifting program or the paid program you plan on using by
ensuring it meets the 5 guidelines I set forth on this page.
- Ensure
there is a plan for you to progress in weight lifted and reps
completed.
The
key to
building muscle is getting stronger in the muscle building rep ranges.
You need more than just a simple statement that you should try to lift
more weight. Free weight lifting programs should be designed with weight lifting
techniques that help you to lift more weight over time.
- Ensure compound
weight lifting exercises are the base of the program.
You need to be
doing
squats, deadlifts, bench press, pull ups, and similar exercises.
Compound exercises build muscle. Base your program on the muscle
building exercises. Stop wasting your time with isolation exercises.
You'll trigger the muscle building stimulus in more muscle throughout
your entire body.
- The
program should have weight lifting techniques built in that help
you avoid overtraining.
This could consist of
weight lifting breaks and extra days off when you need them. Or it
could consist of lighter volume days or days with lifting lighter
weights. The program needs to have something there to help you prevent
overtraining. Overtraining is something that you do need to worry
about!
- Planned
breaks should be a requirement of any program.
No one can lift
weights continuously throughout the years without putting stress on
their bodies. The body needs some recovery time. The stress on your
body will continue to build up without proper rest periods. These
planned breaks will give your body the time it needs to fully recover
from all the weight lifting you've done!
- All of
the major muscle groups should be a focus of the program.
Compound exercises
will help to hit all of the major muscle groups. But, what if the
program consists of several isolation exercises that do not exercise
the major muscle groups? An example would be a push up program.
A push
up only program is a horrible weight lifting program. People don't
understand that with push ups you can never progress in weight very
much at all and you don't fully work your biceps, back, quads,
hamstrings, calves, and shoulders. Focus on progression to build
muscle, right?
You need to really take a look at the free weight lifting programs you are thinking about using and ask
yourself if your program meets the five guidelines listed above. Ensure
that the program meets those guidelines before starting one! You'll
only get minimal results if any at all, and you'll be wasting valuable
muscle building opportunities.
What
else should you look for?
Every weight lifting
program should include preferred exercises for you to choose from or at
least suggest the types of exercises to perform. The number of sets and
the number of reps is also important. Warming up for each weight
lifting workout and the speed for each rep should at least be discussed.
You need to have a
way to plan out your weight lifting cycles for the year. You need to
have a weight
lifting schedule. If a program doesn't help you with your
planning, the program doesn't care too much about your long term
progression from cycle to cycle.
Every program should care about your
long term progress because true progress occurs when you are consistent
with your weight lifting. Most free weight lifting programs I've
encountered care less about long term progress than any of the paid
programs. The WLC Program was specifically designed to help you make
progress short term and long term.
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