What is a good weekly weight lifting routine for beginners?
Luckily you’re a beginner, so IF you choose a quality weight lifting routine, it’s a lot more likely that you’ll be able to both gain muscle mass and lose fat at the same time (aka newbie gains). It’s important that you choose a routine that’s for your level of experience; I recommend that all beginners perform a 3 day full body workout routine (4 or 5 days is overkill, and you should avoid body part splits at all costs). You can find a couple of very good, proven workouts for beginners in this weight lifting routine database: http://www.myweightlifting.com/weight-li… On that page, I recommend using either the “Starting Strength” routine or the “Full Body Workout Routine – Beginner & Intermediate/Advanced Templates” routine. These weight training routines focus on high frequency training using just a handful of major compound (multi-joint, multi-muscle) exercises like deadlifts, squats, bench press,
