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Your Best Bodybuilding Workout Program

July 26, 2010

So you want the body of The Terminator. That is not too impossible if you are prepared to work hard and endure the intense discipline of serious workouts. A good bodybuilding workout has effective weight lifting programs specially designed to push each target area to its maximum point of physical fortitude. If you think you can take the work that comes before the rewards of a great physique, read on to find out how.

Start with the chest workout. Nothing inspires a damsel in distress more than a guy with a broad and well developed chest. To get the most out of your workout, always remember to stretch and warm up well so that blood is flowing to the target muscles preparing it for serious workout sessions.

Begin with a couple of sets of the classic bench press with 15 reps each. Then proceed to 3 heavy sets of incline bench press and dumbbell flyes of 8 reps each. A 25-30 degree angle for the inclined bench press gives maximum weight lifting burn especially for the upper chest muscles. You can also train your arms together with your chest. Start with lower weight loads and increase to higher loads with fewer repetition per set.

Crunches are still the most effective way to chisel the abdominal muscles. Do not rest your hands below your head because this will lead to bad posture and furthermore, put strain on your nape. Cross your arms above your chest instead. Other good abdominal drills are leg raises. You can do this prone or gripping the sides a bar or the Roman chair. For obliques, you can hold on to dumbbells on either side of your body and slowly bend from side to side. Do not do these exercises quickly or it may lead to lower back injuries.

Many wannabe bodybuilders exercise their backs less because the back is a muscle group they rarely see. However, it is one of the most vital muscle groups to build up because a strong back is the foundation of most exercises. For beginners, the most reliable back workouts will be chin up, pull ups and dead lifts. As you advance, you can alternate with barbell shrugs, upright rows, lat pull downs (upper back); hyper extensions, bent over barbell rows (lower back); seated rows, one arm dumbbell rows (middle back).

Shoulders are one of the most difficult body parts to target. The seated shoulder press is a good exercise for this. Start with one to two sets of warm ups that is half of the weight you usually carry. Also switch it up with military press exercise, machine presses and lateral raises. Always make sure you perform these drills prior to your triceps exercise.

Leg muscle training is challenging but this muscle group usually grows without much difficulty not like some of the other muscles. The basic bodybuilding workout for legs is the squat. Squats will work almost all areas of your legs. Incorporate leg press, leg curls, lunges, calf raises and various hamstring drills to ensure strong and muscular thighs that can bear the rest of your buffed up body.

Weight lifting programs challenge the very best of us. They require determination of steel and a high disregard for temporary aches. The end result is not just a muscular body; it is general well-being and a crucial attitude of dogged resiliency that will carry you anywhere in life.

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