How to Weight Train Properly

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Les Whitley, here today to talk to you about how to weight train properly. Weight training especially when you're beginning it's very important that you seek the proper advice from a training professional before you begin. Easing into a program, knowing your limits and then slowly progressing as your strength level improves. Beginning comprehensive programs including muscle groups from your entire body such as the chest, back, again for good balance, you always want to train opposing muscle groups so that you do have that good balance for your upper body as well lower body. Muscles of the front of the thigh as well as the back of the leg, progressively working and improving your overall training effect to incorporate large moving muscle groups first and then working to smaller supporting muscle groups. Ideally training large muscles of the legs and lower body for an exercise such as a squat, using good full range of motion, then beginning with an upper body movement such as a pull up or a lat pull down. Again, working those larger muscle groups, working slowly down to the smaller muscle groups. With using those large muscle group, typically, you're going to use supporting muscle groups as part of that training routine. For example, in a squat, maintaining a good upright postural position, you bend at the knees as well as the hips, initiating the movement by the hips moving a way from the mid-line of the body. You're going to use the stabilizing muscles of your back, as well the muscles of your lower body to move into that good position. Notice you try to keep a good upright postural position, head in a neutral position, not only am I training muscles on my legs, but as, muscles of my back for supporting as well. Same thing for upper body motions where there be an overhead press, using your abdominals for stabilization, using your legs for a good base of support while training muscles of your shoulders as well as your arms."