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Weight-Training Basics for Beginners

Digital Muscle
January 20, 2019
Weight-Training Basics for Beginners

As a trainer, I get tons of questions, especially from the newbies I work with. Here are some of the most common queries I’m asked about weight training. If you’re just starting out on a fitness program or embarking on a new fit lifestyle, understand that success will take time, patience, and persistence.

Is weight training the same as strength training? 

Weight training is a method of exercising the body in which your muscles are made to contract as a response to a stimulus brought on by resistance—external weights, body weight or various other types of resistance exercises—in order to stimulate growth and build strength. So, yes, weight training is...