What is Weight Training?

Series Summary

The first weightlifting World Championship occurred in London on March 28th , 1891 but weightlifting traces back in history to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians where we find weightlifting used to judge human strength. In the Twenty-First Century weightlifting is as popular as ever, with many events in the Olympics and thousands of gyms all across the world where people exercise for weight loss and strength training. There are many exercises for almost every muscle you can name and a correct and an incorrect way to workout those muscles.

This is a great video series that covers many of the most important aspects of weight lifting such as standing and preacher curls, leg curls, bench press, dumbell flies and many others.Whether you are an experienced lifter or just thinking about getting into it you will get something out of this series as either a guide or a refresher course. Our expert Mauro Metini breaks down each exercise and explains what they do and how to do them correctly. SO watch these clips and lets hit the gym!

Video Transcript

"Hello! My name is Mauro Metini with expertvillage.com. We are down here at beautiful Muscle Beach California in a glorious day. I am a former competitive body builder with over 14 years of experience and as a fitness expert. I've work with a lot of different people all young, ladies, gentlemen and all kind of different things. Today I am going to demonstrate how to properly exercise without hurting yourself getting the best possible results in the shortest amount of time without any injuries. I am going to walk in here and we are going to talk about working on the chest, back, the shoulder, the triceps, the biceps, the lats, the quads, the hamstrings, the whole thing and we are going to have a lot of fun so enjoy yourself and let's make it happen. "