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	Fitness freak-outs. Welcome to India’s first and only fitness site. If you are looking for some weight reducing tips, building your muscles, a lean body, fitness & well-being tips, stress management techniques, yoga, meditation, latest trends in aerobics from around the world --- you are at the right place. What is more you can contribute and win accolades from around the world. We have just started. Even you can contribute and win world wide accolades. Fitness for the beginner (sorry the format is bad) There's no way you can use all of it! But having a solid understanding of all the elements of bodybuilding will help you take the information you read and apply it to your fitness program right now. Let's get started. The ABCs of How to Begin First of all, let's define a beginner. A beginner is someone who has either never lifted weights before; someone who may have lifted years ago, but stopped; or someone who hasn't trained on a regular basis for over six months. How long before a beginner becomes an intermediate and moves on to a new training program? One school of thought says that a beginner should use a combination of machines, cables and free-weight exercises, while employing a number of intensity techniques, including supersets and forced reps to get better workouts. Proponents of this system agree that a beginner is only a beginner until he or she can handle more weight, then he or she graduates to the intermediate level. I don't belong to this school of thought. I believe, like many others, that a beginner should not rush through a beginner program. Developing a solid foundation using basic exercises and excellent form will help ensure a lifetime of injury-free training. This goal should be first and foremost to any serious beginner. Many of today's top bodybuilders once used this method as beginners and stayed on this system for almost a full year. The results speak for themselves. I know firsthand. I trained on this beginner's program for the first two years and gained 65 pounds of muscle drug-free! Moreover, after 14 years of training, I have not had a single injury. Building a solid foundation is the answer. Today, I'll often see beginning bodybuilders doing "finishing movements" when they don't even have much mass to shape. Like dumbbell concentration curls for 12-inch arms! I want to ask them,"Hey, what are you doing, shaping the bone?" Some of the most common injuries among beginners result from doing too much too soon. As a beginner, one of the most difficult things you'll ever face is holding yourself back from adding those extra exercises, sets, reps and plates before your body is ready for them. Because beginners often make good gains very quickly,many fall into the trap of thinking more is better. This is true later in the training equation, but not for a novice. Stick with the basics to build a solid foundation but don't over train.

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