Weight Training Programs

Muscle is absolutely essential for maintaining your ideal weight. Each pound of muscle that you have burns 30 - 50 calories a day just to support itself. Fat cells, on the other hand, are inert. Muscle takes up less space than fat cells. A person with a high percentage of muscle and low body fat at the same weight as a person with a high percentage of body fat will look leaner - and, yes, that is at the same body weight. You owe it to your body to do weight training. If you believe all of the infomercials that you may have seen lately, all you need to do is to buy the piece of weight lifting equipment that they are selling and you will look like the fitness models you see in the commercials in no time, but that simply is not true.

Why Do You Need A Weight Lifting Program?

If you are weight lifting to manage your weight, slow the aging process and achieve your ideal form, then you need to do more and know much more than to just buy that "one piece of weight lifting equipment that will do it all." Proper weight training requires specific techniques to achieve the most benefit in the time that you have allotted. If you begin strength training and using weight lifting equipment without proper guidance, your efforts may very well be wasted. The strength training programs that we offer focus on all muscle groups and will give you the toned, strong look that you are trying to achieve and that will go a long way to managing your weight. We endorse the weight training programs presented below because they are thorough, safe, well designed, easy to follow and effective and will give you the best opportunity to achieve your specific goals in the minimum amount of time.

Weight Training Programs on DVD

P90X™ Extreme Training System Twelve routines that keep introducing new moves and challenging your muscles to get you absolutely ripped in 90 days. With trainer Tony Horton. View Details

Power 90™ In-Home Boot Camp Fat burning and total-body sculpting focused on abs, thighs, and upper body. With trainer Tony Horton. View Details

Slim in 6® Rapid Results Slim in 6, with trainer Debbie Siebers, will literally reshape your body in 6 weeks using the science of Slim Training®. Slim Training combines cardio with light resistance moves to help you burn fat and sculpt a lean, sexy bodyespecially your abs, thighs, and buns. View Details

Kathy Smiths Project: YOU™ Created by fitness icon Kathy Smith, Project: YOU is a breakthrough in fitness and weight loss using Kathy's exclusive "Metabolism Acceleration" method. This proven method combines her Fat Burning, Strength, and Core/Flexibility workouts with her Fat-Burning Food Plan so you lose weight and literally shed layers of fat quickly. View Details

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More Weight Training Resources

Synergy Fitness - "Ready, Set, Go Synergy Fitness explains why so many people start exercising, don't see results and give up. The program is easy to understand, has transformed people of all fitness levels and ages, and is supported by more scientific research than I've seen in any other consumer fitness book" 368-pages of power-packed information 300 photo-illustrations for $19.95

Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle - Discover what might be the most powerful fat loss system ever developed. It's the same system fitness models and bodybuilders use to reach single digit body fat levels and achieve rock-hard muscle definition that makes them look like walking anatomy charts.

Muscle Building Nutrition - Build serious lean muscle mass, quickly, using real world, scientifically proven nutritional methods, while keeping bodyfat to the absolute minimum. Learn the correct ratios of foods to eat to optimize your bodies own anabolic hormones. Cut right to the chase and learn the principles of a successful training routine that is time tested and guaranteed to blast your progress like you never thought possible, and written by probably the World's most respected figure in this field...

Fitness Magazines - Find the most up-to-the-minute information on fitness, health nutrition and weight training in this great selection of magazines from Blue Dolphin

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