EXERCISES

Weight training and strength training builds muscles (lean body mass) and increases your energy level and metabolism. Weight training causes micro-tears (also known as microtrauma) to the muscles being trained. These micro-tears in the muscle causes soreness to be felt after an exercise. When the micro-tears are repaired the muscle rebuilds and grows a little larger then it was before. Once the muscle becomes adapted to the exercise, the soreness then tends to decrease. Below is a list of basic weight lifting and bodybuilding exercises to increase strength, while building muscle size and improving muscle tone.