Bodybuilding exercisesThis is a selection of basic effective bodybuilding exercises for building muscle mass, toning up your body and burning fat. This page has some of the best exercises for building muscle, gaining strength and also fat loss. For muscle building they should be done with heavy weights for about 3 - 4 sets with 6 - 10 reps. If you are looking to tone up and lose weight you can use the very same exercises, just use lighter weights and higher reps, for example 2 - 3 sets for 15 - 20 reps.
These are some of the best exercises for body building, good simple exercises that can work your muscles to the maximum. Remember technique is more important than the weight you're lifting, you'll seriously limit your body building goals with poor technique. It's a good ideal to strengthen your core muscles, your core muscles are your abdominals, lower back, buttocks, quads and the hamstrings. Exercises like squats and dead lifts are good for strengthening your core muscles, also ab crunches and leg raises for your abdominals. See the core exercises page for more information on that. You need protein vitamins and minerals to build muscle see this basic high protein diet for an example. Leave this bodybuilding exercises page and return to the workout routines home page |
