The History Of Weightlifting

There is a lot of data that supports the idea that ladies should lift weights. It is a proven fact that lifting weights holds lots of health benefits. Regular weight training leads to increased strength, size, power and endurance of skeletal muscles. Weight training can also help reduce your risk of Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, weight gain, physical disabilities, heart disease, and premature death. It even allows older folks to live independently longer, as it delays frailty and lessens the likelihood of falls. Whether weight training is done using machines, handheld weights, exercise bands, or one’s own body weight, the results are the same.

Natural God-given talent can only get an athlete so far. At some point they will need to realize that hard work will take them much further than talent ever could taking them. When an athlete trains during the off-season by lifting weights it helps him or her become physically ready for the season ahead. Without pre- training, showing up on the day of tryouts and hoping to be great and being able to do well is a horrible idea. A weight-lifting program is essential for any athlete to achieve top performance.

The first start of bodybuilding is seen in 11th century India. They had very basic dumbbells and barbells and used them to exercise and become more physically appealing, and by the

“Life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer” (Schwarzenegger). This quote has inspired countless people to not only lift weights, but to do something that they otherwise might not have done. To push themselves harder and harder to achieve a goal. I’ve heard many stories of weight lifting changing people’s lives. For every life changing story that has been told, there are a fair share of bad things heard about weightlifting. Are these bad things true or just myths? Weight lifting is a good and healthy thing to do in which everyone should try and undertake.

Weight lifting does help you become a better athlete. Certain sports require less weight to lift. With that being said, most of the weightlifting programs I see are similar to a bodybuilder. Those athletes each have a weight in mind that they want to lift or weight limit. If you not a bodybuilder, it’s best not to train like them. While lifting weights you also strengthen connective tissues the ligaments and tendons that keep your body preforming well every day. Make your connective tissue stronger will help you continue to perform in peak condition and protect your body from injuries.Lifting weights also make you feel better about yourself. Along with different types of exercises helps build confidence

Since the beginning of time, humans have found ways to alter their bodies. Mostly due to cultural influences, we adapt to what seems culturally desirable. Currently in Africa, women stretch their necks to bizarre lengths for an increase in social status (Gluckman). In America, anyone doing this to their bodies would be viewed as a nut job. This is due to the different social views around the world. Throughout history, different types of body alteration have been adopted or done away with. Weight lifting, which has been around for centuries, is a very popular form of body alteration.

When I did Cross Country and Track for the first time, I fell short as a star runner. Instead, weightlifting became the place in high school athletics where I was able to find my niche.

Wrestling is a sport which was developed from ancient Olympic Games. In today’s world sports such as baseball, soccer, or football are common and have many fans; however, wrestling has history. In understanding ancient history, the Greco-Roman society and how they held Olympic Games is important in realizing wrestling is an extremely competitive sport. As time passed, wrestling begins to become modern and incorporated into the Athens Olympic Games in 1896, which included the Greco-Roman wrestling style (Wikipedia, 2017). The first time free style wrestling is found in the history of wrestling is documented in 1904 at the St. Louis Olympic Games (Wikipedia, 2016). Wrestling has been a controversial sport and was removed from the 2020 Olympic

CrossFit is constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity. All CrossFit workouts are based on functional movements, and these movements reflect the best aspects of gymnastics, weightlifting, running, rowing and more. These are the core movements of life. They move the largest loads the longest distances, so they are ideal for maximizing the amount of work done in the shortest time. Intensity is essential for results and is measurable as work divided by time—or power. The more work you do in less time, or the higher the power output, the more intense the effort. By employing a constantly varied approach to training, functional movements and

I have always loved sports ever since I was a little kid. Some of my earliest memories are of playing soccer with my friends on a wet, cold spring day or hitting a ball off of a tee and feeling like it went a mile, when in reality it only went about fifty feet. Even to this day I still can never get enough of sports. I get about four weeks off out of the entire year where I’m not technically in a sport, but I’m still always practicing and trying to get better because that’s the only way I know. I love everything about sports: the friendships, the competition, the passion, the atmosphere, the unity. Sports are one of my true loves and they consume my life. It is this strong desire that I have for sports that has driven me to want to pursue a

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He let out a powerful yell, one much similar to a war cry and began to lift the 500 pounds in front of him off the floor. Everyone on the lacrosse team was cheering him on as the barbell slowly moved up and reached its destination. I stood there in awe at this incredible feat of strength: at this moment that I knew that I too, wanted to be strong. Before I became serious about weightlifting, I would often settle for the minimum amount of success possible. I believed that this was enough to get by in life. Once I began weightlifting however, I saw almost no progress. After reevaluating what I had been doing, I realized I needed to take a different approach and take weightlifting more seriously. I decided to set smaller, more achievable goals

After 2 years of dedicated training, Guo Sheng Tee has managed to be one of few selected weightlifters to represent Australia. Guo Yuan Tee shares Guo Sheng’s experience.

This sport/exercise dates back as far as the beginning of time. It is a way to show off your muscle strength and your power to lift. This sport is all about proper form in your body as well as flexibility and breathing. Though it looks easy from watching, there is actually a lot of discipline behind weightlifting. With the right form while weightlifting, you can improve your overall strength, muscle tone, and maintain a healthy weight. The most important aspect of keeping a healthy form is so you won’t damage any bones in your body. According to a study as shown in this website (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/health/15stat.html), more than 48% of people who weightlift have been related in an injury that involved weightlifting in any form.

I come to a squealing halt as I throw my white Civic Si into first gear and hop out of the parking spot between the gold Chevy Tahoe and the black Jeep Wrangler. Grabbing my gym bag from the trunk, I march under the covered patio for the door of Mountainside Fitness to start my daily ritual. Walking through the doors the smell of sweat, hard work and cheap coffee attacks my senses. Lifting weights has been my place of refuge for almost two years now. Albeit I have gotten into pretty decent shape, I have an ulterior motive that goes deeper than just getting bigger, faster, and stronger. While the charming blond girl at the front desk scans my key card, I take a quick scan of the gym and see the customary faces of pain, strain, and disdain on those already in their workout. What motivation is powering these gym goers to finish their workout when it is so easy to quit? For me, going to the gym is a remarkable way to improve physical health, but the stress relief from being completely absorbed in a workout, the hormones released after a workout, and accomplished state of mind after a completed workout makes the mental benefits just as significant.