How Do I Start A Fitness Training Program?

In a personal training program, the exercises that you do can make all the difference between an effective program and one that won’t do much good.  The good thing is that there are many, many exercises you can incorporate into your workout that will help your body and keep you fit and trim.

For stronger legs, you’ll want to do dumbbell squats, lunges and dead lifts.  The resistance you are putting on your legs when you perform these types of exercises will push your muscles to make them leaner and stronger. Lifting weights with your legs instead of your arms will help the quadriceps and hamstrings become tight and fit.

Want a more toned or bigger chest? Try the dumbbell bench press, flyes and push-ups are great exercises to work the chest muscles. Start off light then work towards adding resistance after each set.

When working your arms, the strength training exercises you should count on will consist dumbbell curls and well as triceps extensions. It’s easy when performing these exercises to just concentrate on lifting the weights, but what you really need to do is focus on the strain the weights are putting on your arm muscles.  Really push them as you are lifting and feel how they 
are working in response.

Great abs are formed much in the same way as any other muscle group.  They need to be worked, strained, and pushed in order to become toned.  You can get that toned, sculpted look by doing simple sit ups and crunches, but weights can help too.  Try hanging from a chin up bar and lifting your knees up, or get on a machine specially designed to tone the ab muscles.

When working the upper back, a pull-down bar machine will make all the difference in the world.  This is a two handled curved bar that is attached to weights with a pulley system.  You pull the bar down with your shoulders behind you. If you do not have access to a pull-down bar, one arm dumbbell rows and upright rows will work just as good. 

It’s important when choosing your training exercises that you pick the ones that you are physically able to do.  Then be very conscious of the way the exercise is supposed to be performed. If you don’t pay special attention to your form, you risk injury which can set back your fitness training program significantly.

Do your research on what types of exercises will work specific muscle groups and then incorporate them into your workout regimen.  Pick a variety of exercises that will make your body everything you dreamed off and do them on a regular basis. The reward is a toned, fit body that you can be proud of!


Marc Ouellette is a in-home certified personal trainer who has helped many people reach their goals by incorporating circuit strength training with cardiovascular exercise and nutritional guidance.

If you are interested in getting into better shape, or want some information on getting a healthy body. You can contact me here at, http://www.personaltrainingalliance.com for a 
complimentary consultation and physical assessment. 

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