Dangerous Lifts?

Expert Discussion Strength Training
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I have never seriously touched a set of weights in my life. In the eight grade it was part of our curriculum to do a crash course in weightraining in which I learned how to do a biscep curl and a benchpress. That beings said, I have to do some weight training for the upcoming season. I was wondering, are any complicated or more advanced lifts I should avoid until I’m more experienced with my own capacity?

Also, I was wondering if there where any basic lifts I should be doing to help me get a better sense of familiarity with this really big heavy thing in my hands?

Does anyone have a link to a good lifting website that can give me the basics?

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Dont attempt any olympic lifts until you have a certified coach or at least a coach who knows what he or she is doing work with you on progressions. Same goes for the squat.

3

What’s an olympic lift? What does an olympic lift do that’s so dangerous for begining lifters?
Same questions for the squat…

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http://www.exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html

They are not dangerous if you do them correctly, so you have to get taught first. It like driving, its dangerous unless your taught to do it

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More specifically:
http://www.exrx.net/Lists/PowerExercises.html

I don’t know if I would agree about the squat, I think this could be learned over the computer as long as the progression is slow.

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Ick, That’s a lot of muscles I’ve got on me!! That site scares me…
Now that I’ve got an index for different lifts, what kind of lifts should I do for my scrawny sprinter arse?

P.S. who is that dude in the shorts? He’s awesome.

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i think thats a “dudette”