Workouts with Weights for Many Purposes

Choose Your Workout to Suit Your Plan

There are many ways to work out with weights. You can train specifically for losing weight, building muscle, getting fit, playing sport, shaping your body, general fitness or to target a specific outcome, such as bone density.

Here are my workout programs links for easy reference:

Beginners Start Here

This beginner's page is a good jumping off point if you need to get up to speed on terminology and practices when starting out weight training.

Check out these basic programs for solid workouts for new trainers:

• Basic Strength and Muscle Program
• Weight Training for Muscle
• Weight Training for Strength

Programs for Weight Loss and Fitness

You can get fit and lose weight with these workouts — or any of the above beginner programs:

• Circuit Training
• High-Power Fat Loss

Special Targets

Workouts that target specific sites, conditions or special groups are popular:

• Bone Density and Osteoporosis
• A Workout for Seniors
• Train with Weights in Pregnancy
• Training the Abdominal Muscles
• Train the Butt and Thighs

Dumbbell Workouts

Dumbbells are useful, because they're flexible in exercise program design, yet also inexpensive:

• All-Around Dumbbell Program
• Dumbbells for the Arms and Shoulders
• Dumbbell Program for Seniors

Workouts for Sports

Various sports generally have some specific requirements because of the individual nature of the characteristics of strength, flexibility, power and bulk required:

• General Principles
• Golf
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Football
• Marathon

If you're new to weight training, choose an achievable program, recover between sessions and don't take on too much too soon. If you stick with it, the benefits are many.