The most common and straight forward way of categorizing weight training exercises is simply in terms what muscle group or body part an exercise targets. While some explaining was necessary to properly show the difference between free weight exercises, body weight exercises and machines, and compound exercises and isolation exercises, and of course the different…

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Another one of the many ways of categorizing weight training exercises is in terms of their movement pattern. You see, while there might be hundreds of different exercises in existence, there’s really only a few basic movements the human body is capable of doing during an exercise. For the most part, these movement patterns are:…

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A common way of classifying weight training exercises is in terms of how the exercise trains your body and what/how many muscle groups are being used significantly when it’s performed. In this case, there’s 2 groups an exercise can fall into: Compound Exercises Isolation Exercises Now, a lot of silly (or stupid) people like to…

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In the most basic and obvious sense, weight training exercises can fall into 3 different groups based on how they are preformed and what type of equipment is used. They are: Free Weights Body Weight Exercises Machines Despite what anyone else tells you, each type of exercise can serve a useful purpose in literally every…

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At this point you should know what weight training frequency is most ideal for you and have selected a workout schedule that suits that frequency. You should have also figured out how many reps to do per set for your goal, and planned how much volume (total amount of sets, reps and exercises) you’re going…

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