Tips For Beginning Strength Training

Doing cardiovascular training alone will not produce many benefits of strength training.

Few tips for starting strength training are:

• A certified fitness professional must be consulted in order to know safe technique, before starting a strength-training program.
• Use few minutes of time before exercising for warming muscles and connective tissues, this helps in reducing risk for injury.
• Every exercise must be performed at a slow, controlled and consistent rate of speed during the complete time of exercising.
• Participate in a strength-training program which is planned to attain muscle balance. Ensure that each muscle has a scope to be worked evenly.
• Do all exercises through a full stretch of motion.
• Breathe through while doing exercise. Unintentional holding of breath while doing strength training can lead to excessive stress on heart.
• Machines, free weights, pilates and fitness ball exercises are all considered as useful tools for strength training. Try one or two together to improve the muscle strength.
• Each muscle group must be exercised at least twice a week, with at least two days rest in between sessions.

Exercise two to three times a week for thirty minutes a session to experience all benefits.