Introduction to Bodybuilding & Weight Lifting

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 21st century, weightlifting is as popular as ever, with many events in the Olympics, and thousands of gyms popping up all across the world. There are many exercises for almost every muscle you can name, and a correct and an incorrect way to work those muscles. Proper technique is essential to an efficient and safe strength training program.

Bodybuilding routines, in particular, often involve hours of isometric weight lifting exercises at the gym, building and toning specific muscles and muscle groups for the ultimate rip. Athletes usually train for overall fitness or muscle tone, keeping strength and size in proportion for the whole body, an important factor for sports or professional bodybuilding competitions.

In these free bodybuilding videos, learn a weight training program that will help you build muscle mass and strength, whether for sports or weight lifting competitions. Our expert physical trainer will show you some basic isometric weight lifting exercises for upper and lower body. Pretty soon you’ll be in the best shape of your life!

Video Transcript

"Hi, This is Mehul Ramchanclani and on behalf of ExpertVillage.com I'll be giving you general information about body building. What body building is- Body building the only sport where you wear your own sport. You don't need to carry your barbells and numbers and here and there to show that you are a body builder. He or she can be recognized everywhere in the world. Body building is meant for all age groups and there are different goals for each body building stunt. These goals are like developing higher levels of fitness, body shaping, strength building, athletic conditioning, power lifting and above all, the most important is complete body building building. What exactly is body building? Body building is a strict stimulus-response activity. In body building you put a load to the muscle to which the muscle increases in mass and strength. This is where body building begins.This in technical terms is knows as muscle hypertrophy. So that your muscles can and rebuild itself itself. When to work. When to work depends upon the person at hand and can it vary from nine to eight. The general reason that you work eight hours after you have woken up. Where to work-Where to works is with competent supervision only and in the proper very good gymnasium. What to wear? It depends upon the conditions upon which you are living in. But the thing is you can wear your shorts, stamped off shorts tee shirt. How to learn exercises. Exercises can be learned from videos, magazines, but the best way is to learn from competent supervisors or supervision. Workout frequency is that you keep at least forty-eight hours of rest in between workouts, so that the muscles can recuperate and remove the fatigue and restore the supplies of oxygen in muscle activity and increase the hypertrophy. Rest and diet consists of seventy percent of the game. Diet - The most important thing in bodybuilding is proteins along with nutrients and macro nutrients. The general reason that you take one to one per five grams of protein per kg of your body weight. There are certain safety factors in body building that you always take care of. These are always use spotters, never train alone in a gymnasium. Use catchers, collars, and banders to avoid injuries. Never forget to maintain good gym housekeeping. Train under competent supervision. Don't train in an overcrowded gym. Use proper band connects. Always warm up thoroughly, at least ten to fifteen minutes for a warm-up. Use proper weight lifting balance and acquire as much knowledge as possible regarding bodybuilding so that your process of body building becomes a successful one."