The first thing you need to do before you start weightlifting is see your doctor, so that your doctor can check some medical conditions you have or had before. "According to the President's Council on Physical Fitness Sport: High blood pressure, heart trouble, frequent dizzy spells, loss of breath, arthritis, muscular ligament or tendon problems, are problems that your doctor should look for. Vigorous weightlifting involves little health risk for people in good health or those following a doctor's advice" Weight lifting.com 28 Nov.2000 http://homepages.together.net/-twilbur/guideline.htm

After you have seen your doctor and you are physically ready to for weightlifting find out the right kind of workout that is good for you. Some keys for finding th

To keep lean body mass when weightlifting you should diet, for example after you finish working out, you should not eat some greasy French fries and a hamburger. This means you just work out for no reason, and fed your muscles some very unhealthy stuff. After working out you need to feed your muscle healthy foods. The number one thing you can feed your muscle after a work is protein. Protein keeps your muscles strong and solid it also helps your muscles recover faster. When lifting weights you rip your muscles and when they heal they get bigger and cut up, that's where the protein plays a role in recovering your muscles faster. Dieting is a very important part of working out. Here is a diet you may want to try, eating foods that are low in cholesterol, calories and sodium. The best thing you can eat is vegetables you should eat six servings of fruit and vegetables a day. " Broccoli is considered to be one of the best bodybuilding vegetables, because of it's excellent source of vitamin C" (Joe Weider's Flex Magazine Advanced Nutrition 78). Eat salad when you eat your dinner make extra salad and what ever you don't eat, eat it the next day for lunch. Also try to have at least one vegetarian dish twice a week or more. When cooking your meals try to stirfry, bake or boil your foods. Try to stay away from fry your food or eating fried foods.

When working out you need to make sure that you are working out safely and properly. First you need to make sure that when you are lifting you have someone spotting you to make sure you don't drop the weights, make sure you have control of the weights. Keeping control and maintaining the weight is important because if the weight is out of control you may pull a muscle, most of all you may shred your muscles If you shred you muscle it will take six to eight months to heel, It is difficult to get the muscle back to it's regular form. Keeping control of the weight helps you build your muscle better, also lifting slow helps you form your muscle and works on your technique. Technique is very important because

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