The book Starting Strength is often touted as the best way to learn the deadlift, front/back squat, overhead press, and bench press. It has a lot of detail abo

The book Starting Strength is often touted as the best way to learn the deadlift, front/back squat, overhead press, and bench press. It has a lot of detail about the posture you want during the lifts, as well as how to increase your workloads until you are Huge(tm). In short, you have a program of lifts you do (sets x reps x weight = work), and you increase your work output every time you go to the gym, which means you need to structure your workouts to allow for recovery but not atrophy.