Fitness Machine 003 – Why Lifting Weights is Beneficial to Your Exercise Routine

Why Weight Lifting?

• The body is meant to lift heavy objects.
• Building muscle tissue and bone.
• More functionality in moving up and down.
• Feeling better in how you can do more tasks through the strength training you've done.

Myth about Weight Lifting:

• It will bulk you up immediately.

7 Fundamental Human Movements and Lifting Weight Exercises to Go With:

• Push Things
• Pull Things
• Squat in any way, shape, or form.
• Hinge (Bending in a way that is getting ready to jump.)
• Carry Weight (Loaded Carry)
• Resist Rotation and Rotate (Trunk and Core)
• Groundwork (Turkish Get-Up, Crawling, etc.)

How to Measure Success:

• Are you feeling or moving better?
• Are you functioning in a max capacity in life and at the gym?