Bodybuilding guide on how to start up

Everything has a starting point in life, and lifting and bodybuilding are ground floor. There’s just no way you can start in the middle or at the top. Lifting is a gradual thing. I’ve seen so many people come into the gym and try to lift heavy right off the start only to tear a muscle and then be set back a few months.Skip to main content
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Bodybuilding legend Ric Drasin offers up some words of wisdom to weightlifting beginners.

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Everything has a starting point in life, and lifting and bodybuilding are ground floor. There’s just no way you can start in the middle or at the top. Lifting is a gradual thing. I’ve seen so many people come into the gym and try to lift heavy right off the start only to tear a muscle and then be set back a few months.

If you’re just beginning with bodybuilding then you have to have a basic plan. Take a look at your body and focus on what you really need to do to it. One of the biggest mistakes made is trying to bulk up right away. Bulking up was a term used in the 60’s by some of the older bodybuilders who wanted to put on size fast.