Strength training

Notes#

• Lift weights. An increase in muscle will pull the skin tighter. Without any muscle size you’ll just be ‘skinny fat.’ ↗
• If you have a squat rack, a bench, and a bar, I recommend the 5x5 program. There’s an app called StrongLifts that does a solid job of helping guide form and track your progress. You start out with the empty bar and work up in 5lb increments on 5 different core barbell lifts (10lb increments on deadlift), 3 times per week, alternating A and B programs, always with the squat in the mix. Within about 8 weeks you will notice a big difference. ↗

Links#

• StrongLifts 5×5 Workout: Beginner Training Program for Strength & Muscle Mass ↗
• Starting with Strength Training (2013) ↗
• HN: The Zen of Weight Lifting ↗
• Minimalist’s Strength Workout ↗
• Power Hypertrophy Upper Lower (P.H.U.L.) Workout ↗
• Recommended lean gains routines? ↗
• The Minimalist’s Strength Workout ↗
• To Delay Death, Lift Weights (2017) ↗ (HN ↗)
• Freeletics ↗ - Intensive workouts & individual training plans.
• DAREBEE ↗ - Fitness blueprints: no-equipment visual workouts, fitness programs and challenges, training and running tips, recipes and nutrition advice.
• Foundation Light ↗ - Low impact 100% bodyweight based fitness program perfect for anyone with joint issues, recovering from an injury or is heavily overweight.
• How the Deadlift Will Save Your Life (2021) ↗
• Strength Training For Non-Athletes ↗
• What are the primary reasons why someone would choose to focus on bodyweight fitness over weight training? (2021) ↗
• Bodyweight Fitness Beginner Tips (2021) ↗
• The Zen of Weight Lifting ↗ (HN ↗)
• Arena ↗ - Train Smarter, Anywhere.