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Effective Training And Dieting Protocols For Beginner Level Lifters

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“One weird trick to lose belly fat!”, “magic pill to replace exercise!”, and similar phrases flood the Internet to lure unexpecting viewers to lose fat and build muscle without training and dieting consistently. Many people fall for such scams as they want to receive the results of hard work without working hard. However, authorities of strength training and bodybuilding, such as Mark Rippetoe and Arnold Schwarzenegger, have published effective training and dieting protocols for beginner-level lifters. Both Mark Rippetoe’s Starting Strength and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Level 1 training programs can produce results in a quick and simple fashion, but many people question which program produces better results. Because of this questioning, …show more content…

Olympia competition, seven times before retiring in 1980 as mentioned in his book, The Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding. Needless to say, both men have the credibility and experience to adequately structure a training program. I have used these programs over the course of my three years of training in order to strengthen myself and others so I have adequate experience as well.
Both programs have their advantages and disadvantages, but trainees will experience results on both regimens as they have been meticulously, yet simply structured. With the Starting Strength program, the trainee will only perform five movements for three sets of five repetitions utilizing a barbell as opposed to a dumbbell or machine which Rippetoe asserts are inferior to barbells because “it [is] almost impossible to gain muscular bodyweight doing a circuit” (Rippetoe 4). These movements include the squat, bench press, overhead press, deadlift, and power clean; however, due to the complex nature of the power clean and in order to have a balanced training routine, I teach the row in place of the power clean. In order to stimulate progress, the trainee will add five pounds per session to the upper body lifts: the bench press, overhead press, and row. In regards to the lower body lifts of the squat and the deadlift, the trainee will ten pounds per session. Each training session begins with the squat, followed by a push movement i.e. bench press or overhead press, and finished with a

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