Weight Lifting Phoenix

Benefits of Weight Lifting include:

• Helps athletes deliver strength and power
• It’s the perfect conditioning program
• Decreases risk of osteoporosis
• Allows you to burn more calories
• Helps to improve posture and lower back pain

This is a common form of strength training that helps to strengthen and improve one’s musculoskeletal structure. The workout incorporates the use of different weights and workout sessions designed to target different muscle groups such as biceps, triceps, hamstring, back and quad. Weightlifting is also a competitive sport at the Olympic arena. It features strength standards for Power Snatch, Power Clean, Squat, Press, Deadlift and Bench Press. Athletes compete against each other while judges measure their strength and power through lifting of weights. The sport was featured prominently in both Egyptian and Greek sports. It was first featured at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.