Read 1st part here:

WEIGHT TRAINING: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

4. If you need to play,play with something else and not with the weights.Forget about the pink stories with 5kg dumbbells.You need to tax your muscular system decently if you want to elicit desirable results.

If you are afraid that you will bulk up, relax!I can guarantee that you will not if you are drug and dubious supplement-free.And this is especially valid for female weight trainers!

5. Beware of overtraining!

I am seized by great melancholy when I see so many fitness enthusiasts paying the heavy price tag carried by overtraining.

So much effort,persistence and sweat in vain!

They just follow their instinct only to get betrayed.

Ovetraining will cannibalize your hard efforts together with your muscle tissue.

All you fervent admirers of the Iron God,take care!

6. Do not neglect symmetry issues or do it at an unbearable cost.

Especially do not neglect your lower body.

Train all your muscle evenly .This will protect you from serious, both aesthetical and functional problems.

Do not show preferential treatment to any part of your body!

7. Do not indulge only in weights!

Try to vary your exercise menu.

Showing prejudice in one field will harm you.

Include some cardio activity in your program,preferably anaerobic interval training which will respect your muscles and additionally boost yor metabolism.

8. Include static stretching in your routine and after your workouts.For many people it seems like an unnecessary luxury but as they get older they will be thankful for their prudence.

9.Take care of your nutrition which should be supportive of your training plans and not undermine them.

If you need some solid knovledge on the matter of supportive nutrition take a look at:

MUSCLE BUILDING/DEVELOPMENT:ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

This article will hopefully open your eyes.

10. ‘You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.’

Sorry ! The tenth commandment is:

Listen to what the pundits say, read from reliable sources BUT pass everything through your own filters and adjust it to your own needs.

Chris Strogilis