Basic Weight Lifting Exercises

The basic weight lifting exercises are the core exercises that any weight lifter or bodybuilder should include into their program. When we talk about basic exercises we are essentially looking at the ones that are easy to learn, this is not to say that they are not effective! Some of the most basic exercises are:

Bench Press
Shoulder Press
Pull ups
Dips
Rows

Now I know what your thinking, I've not included any lower body exercises! Well the two most effective are squats and deadlifts, and they do require a bit more attention to form, especially if you want to avoid injury! For this reason I would not call them basic, however I highly recommend learning them from someone who is familiar with good technique or even an online resource if necessary.

A basic weight lifting exercise is one that can be quite easily picked up and mastered, a lot of the above ones that I have mentioned are extremely easy to do and are actually quite hard to perform with bad form! Essentially you have one range of movement with them and as long as your focusing on that you cant really go wrong. Take the bench press, this is a push movement, you are lying flat and there is only one way the bar can really go, providing you are not using a weight that you cannot handle then your form should be easy to perfect.

Remember that if you are new to weight lifting you should keep things simple to begin with, for more advanced exercises you really need to learn the correct form before you consider using any substantial amount of weight for, this is particularly true with deadlifts and squats!

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