Weight Training Help

Here are weight lifting ideas that you must abide by if your one of those that want to go from skinny to muscle bound. Whether it's that you want to add some muscle for your own health, or you would like to look better in front of the opposite sex in summer. Adding muscle has many benefits, so make sure you follow these rules when weights training and you will be singing Popeye the Sailor man before you know it.

Before I give you the tips I will add that you need to have a complete muscle building program in place. Don't think that you can live just with these tips. While they are useful they are not the complete guide and should not be taken as that. These tips are just to help you with weight lifting and nothing more than that. If you are serious about losing weight, burning fat, building big muscle that impresses others, then you will have to go beyond just weight lifting. You should have a complete bodybuilding plan. There are a number of good authors that have written about it. You can find information about Vince Delmonte & Sean Nalewanyj. You can find more information about them on Review Vince Delmonte & Sean Nalewanyj Profile. Sean Nalewanyj's course muscle gain truth is designed specifically for muscle building. Vince Delmonte's course is more designed around fitness for skinny guys and gals. I find both the course as top of their respective categories. Especially girls looking for weight gain (if that does not sounds too weird to you). Just have a go at them and find out if they meet your need.

Anyhow back to the tips I mentioned for weight lifting. Please note specifically for weight lifting:

Set some goals for yourself. Ask yourself what you would like to accomplish. Where would you like to see your body in six months and then in a year? Do you want to lift weights to gain strength for sports? Do you want to lift weights to look good at the beach? Do you want to lift weights to get stronger? Once you can figure out why you want to lift weights you will have a great motivator to continue lifting weights.

Base Metabolic Rate and Other tools - There are some tools you will need. First is an understanding of basal metabolic rate and your daily caloric requirements. 2nd, you will need a good body fat scale and a notebook. You should weigh yourself no more than twice a week and no less than every 2 weeks. Weigh-in should always be at the same time and preferably first thing in the morning, and it is even better if it is always the same day (ex. every Wednesday at 7am). Make a note of your weight and Body Fat Percentage (BF%). Your weight notebook should have 5 columns, Date, Weight, BF%, Fat Lbs and Other Lbs. It is very important to calculate the Lb values. Fat Lbs is your total weight multiplied by your BF% divided by 100 ex. 200lb x 10% / 100 = 20lbs of fat. Other Lbs is your total body weight minus your fat lbs: 200-20 = 180

Find a mentor! A person who has done it all before, who went from skinny to muscle bound and now dominates the weights room. This will do wonders for your motivation. Even if its a photo of a person that you want to look like, focus on them and their habits and within months you wont recognise yourself. I already mentioned two names to you above.