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> if you learn the correct form That's a big if. I don't trust myself to do it properly by myself based off a diagram from the internet. What's my alternative?
by drewrv 14y ago
> if you learn the correct form
That's a big if. I don't trust myself to do it properly by myself based off a diagram from the internet. What's my alternative? The evil big box gym and overpriced personal trainer?
- shokwave 14y agoStart with -just- the bar. Or get Starting Strength, by Mark Rippetoe, which has about 70 pages of instructions and diagrams on the correct form of each lift. Or find a gym that has a personal trainer willing to teach you the proper form. Or do it, record yourself with a camera of some sort, and find a community of weightlifting people (/r/fitness welcomes this) to correct your form.
- fudged71 14y agoI hope someone builds a computer vision system to provide audio feedback for correct form. I often feel that I have zero self awareness for body position, and it makes me worried to work out alone.
- abhijat 14y agoRead starting strength. Its a small, cheap book, and it goes into more detail on form than you will probably need. It has chapters on each of the major lifts and I used to read it on my phone (kindle app) before/during the workout at the gym until I got everything right, using low weights of course.