Basic Introduction to Exercising with Free Weights

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.

Learn from certified personal trainer Ricketta Butler as she demonstrates weight loss and strength building free weight exercises such as the Barbell Squat, Barbell Lunge, Romanian Deadlift, Dumbbell Tricep Extension, Tricep Pressback, Bicep Curl, Hammer Curl, Dumbbell Row, Reverse Fly, Shoulder Raise, Overhead Press, Clean, Chest Press, and Chest Fly. These workouts are used to build strength and lose weight

Video Transcript

" Hi! My name is Riki Butler and I am a fitness professional. I have been in the fitness industry as a personal trainer, group fitness instructor and group exercise coordinator for the past 10 and a half years. I am currently certified through APHA and AAAI as a personal trainer, group fitness instructor and a Pilates instructor. I also have a degree in health science eduction from the University of Florida. On behalf of expertvillage.com today I will be demonstrating exercises that you can do using free weights. A free weight is a dumbbell or barbell. What the definition of a free weight is, it is just a piece of equipment that you use to exercise that is not attached to a machine. Machines provide support and free weights do not provide support. So it does require a lot of core strength and balance for you to use free weights. If you do have problems with balance and your core is not very strong, you may want to start doing some of these exercises with the machine and then you can move on to free weights. You can work every muscle in the body using free weights and now I will be demonstrating at least two exercises per body part that you can do with free weights. We are going to go ahead and get started."